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Wednesday, January 17, 1979

WSC Australia v WSC West Indies at Sydney, Jan 17, 1979


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

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 17 January 1979 (50-over match)

Result WSC West Indies won on faster scoring rate (revised target)

WSC Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M

KC Wessels b Roberts 4


IC Davis b Daniel 32


GS Chappell lbw b Roberts 9


R Edwards b Austin 7


DW Hookes c Rowe b Daniel 8

captain IM Chappell not out 31 81
wicketkeeper RW Marsh b Austin 7


GJ Gilmour c & b Austin 6


DK Lillee c Greenidge b King 24 44

MHN Walker c & b King 3


LS Pascoe not out 6


Extras (b 4, lb 7, nb 1) 12





Total (9 wickets; 50 overs; 208 mins) 149 (2.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Wessels), 2-22 (GS Chappell), 3-47 (Edwards), 4-63 (Hookes), 5-68 (Davis), 5-?* (Marsh, retired not out), 6-78 (Gilmour), 7-88 (Marsh), 8-129 (Lillee), 9-137 (Walker)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AME Roberts 10 2 24 2 2.40

CEH Croft 10 2 32 0 3.20

WW Daniel 10 1 19 2 1.90

CL King 10 2 32 2 3.20

RA Austin 10 1 30 3 3.00

WSC West Indies innings (target: 48 runs from 16 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR

CG Greenidge c Edwards b Lillee 0 2 3 0 0 0.00

RA Austin not out 22





IVA Richards b Pascoe 12




captain CH Lloyd c wicketkeeperMarsh b Pascoe 0





LG Rowe b Pascoe 5





JC Allen not out 20





Extras (lb 5, nb 1) 6











Total (4 wickets; 12 overs; 63 mins) 65 (5.41 runs per over)

Did not bat CL King, wicketkeeperDL Murray, AME Roberts, WW Daniel, CEH Croft

Fall of wickets1-0 (Greenidge), 2-15 (Richards), 3-15 (Lloyd), 4-31 (Rowe)

Bowling O M R W Econ

DK Lillee 6 1 21 1 3.50

LS Pascoe 6 0 38 3 6.33

Toss Unknown
Points WSC West Indies 2, WSC Australia 0

Player of the match RA Austin (WSC West Indies)

Umpires Unknown

Match notes

  • RW Marsh retired hurt on ?* from ?/5 to 78/6

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