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Tuesday, December 19, 1978

WSC Australia v WSC West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 19, 1978


World Series Cricket International Cup
WSC Australia v WSC West Indies
1978/79 season

Played at VFL Park, Melbourne, on 19 December 1978 (50-over match)

Result WSC West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

WSC Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M 4s 6s

KC Wessels run out (Allen) 30




BM Laird c Allen b Roberts 68 130 9 0

GS Chappell c Holding b Julien 0




IC Davis c Rowe b Garner 15




DW Hookes not out 50 79 3 2
captain IM Chappell c Allen b Holding 42



wicketkeeper RW Marsh run out 1 8 0 0

Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 1) 10









Total (6 wickets; 50 overs; 212 mins) 216 (4.32 runs per over)

Did not bat GJ Gilmour, MHN Walker, DK Lillee, LS Pascoe

Fall of wickets1-58 (Wessels), 2-71 (GS Chappell), 3-119 (Davis), 4-119 (Laird), 5-215 (IM Chappell), 6-216 (Marsh)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AME Roberts 10 2 37 1 3.70

BD Julien 10 1 32 1 3.20

MA Holding 10 0 52 1 5.20

CEH Croft 10 0 68 0 6.80

J Garner 10 3 17 1 1.70

WSC West Indies innings (target: 217 runs from 50 overs) R M 4s 6s

CG Greenidge b Walker 47 76 8 1

DL Haynes not out 97 184 10 0

IVA Richards c sub b Walker 15




LG Rowe lbw b Pascoe 26




JC Allen c GS Chappell b Pascoe 14




BD Julien c Walker b GS Chappell 5




AME Roberts not out 7




Extras (lb 6) 6









Total (5 wickets; 48.1 overs; 184 mins) 217 (4.50 runs per over)

Did not bat captainwicketkeeperDL Murray, MA Holding, J Garner, CEH Croft

Fall of wickets1-81 (Greenidge), 2-107 (Richards), 3-160 (Rowe), 4-176 (Allen), 5-202 (Julien)

Bowling O M R W Econ

DK Lillee 4 1 17 0 4.25

GJ Gilmour 8.1 1 43 0 5.26

LS Pascoe 10 0 60 2 6.00

DW Hookes 10 1 36 0 3.60

MHN Walker 10 0 32 2 3.20

GS Chappell 6 0 23 1 3.83

Toss WSC Australia, who chose to bat first
Points WSC West Indies 2, WSC Australia 0

Player of the match DL Haynes (WSC West Indies)

Umpires Unknown

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