WSC Australia v WSC World XI at Melbourne, Nov 24-27, 1977

World Series Cricket Other Matches WSC Australia v WSC World XI

1977/78 season

Played at VFL Park, Melbourne, on 24,25,26,27 November 1977 (4-day match) Result Match drawn

	WSC Australia 1st innings			R
		RB McCosker	c Knott b Imran Khan	13
		IC Davis	b Imran Khan	31
		IM Chappell	not out	118
		GS Chappell	b Underwood	16
		IR Redpath	c Knott b Underwood	1
		KD Walters	c Knott b Underwood	5
		RD Robinson	c Imran Khan b Underwood	24
		RJ Bright	b Padmore	47
		MHN Walker	c & b Padmore	15
		Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 2)	6
		Total	(8 wickets dec; 71.1 overs)	276	(2.91 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat DK Lillee, W Prior

Fall of wickets1-25 (McCosker), 2-51 (Davis), 3-73 (GS Chappell), 4-77 (Redpath), 5-97 (Walters), 6-131 (Robinson), 7-256 (Bright), 8-276 (Walker)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MJ Procter	11	1	36	0	2.45
	Imran Khan	17	1	79	2	3.48
	BD Julien	6	2	12	0	1.50
	DL Underwood	19	4	66	4	2.60
	Mushtaq Mohammad	3	0	23	0	5.75
	AW Greig	4	1	24	0	4.50
	CL King	6	0	16	0	2.00
	AL Padmore	5.1	1	14	2	2.04

	WSC World XI 1st innings			R
		Majid Khan	c Redpath b Prior	3
		BA Richards	c Robinson b Prior	10
		Mushtaq Mohammad	c McCosker b Prior	9
		AW Greig	c Robinson b Walker	18
		CL King	b Bright	52
		MJ Procter	c IM Chappell b Bright	6
		Imran Khan	c Bright b Lillee	1
		APE Knott	b Walker	29
		BD Julien	b Walker	0
		DL Underwood	c IM Chappell b Bright	3
		AL Padmore	not out	9
		Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 3)	8
		Total	(all out; 41.2 overs)	148	(2.69 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-10 (Majid Khan), 2-23 (Richards), 3-31 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 4-48 (Greig), 5-75 (Procter), 6-76 (Imran Khan), 7-124, 8-131, 9-136, 10-148

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DK Lillee	9	2	34	1	2.83
	W Prior	10	3	30	3	2.25
	MHN Walker	9	1	39	3	3.25
	RJ Bright	13.2	3	37	3	2.09

	WSC Australia 2nd innings			R
		RB McCosker	lbw b Procter	4
		IC Davis	c King b Procter	8
		IR Redpath	st Knott b Padmore	152
		GS Chappell	c Procter b Padmore	59
		KD Walters	c King b Padmore	8
		IM Chappell	c Knott b Greig	12
		RD Robinson	b Padmore	46
		RJ Bright	not out	18
		Extras	(b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 1)	18
		Total	(7 wickets dec; 76.4 overs)	325	(3.18 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat MHN Walker, DK Lillee, W Prior

Fall of wickets1-12, 2-18, 3-118, 4-140, 5-175, 6-300, 7-325

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MJ Procter	9	1	28	2	2.33
	Imran Khan	11	2	37	0	2.52
	DL Underwood	19	0	61	0	2.40
	BD Julien	4	3	3	0	0.56
	AL Padmore	20.4	1	119	4	4.35
	Mushtaq Mohammad	6	0	34	0	4.25
	AW Greig	7	0	25	1	2.67

	WSC World XI 2nd innings (target: 454 runs)			R
		Majid Khan	not out	39
		BA Richards	b Lillee	2
		Mushtaq Mohammad	b Lillee	2
		CL King	b Walker	56
		MJ Procter	not out	10
		Extras	(b 12, nb 1)	13
		Total	(3 wickets; 25.7 overs)	122	(3.53 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat AW Greig, Imran Khan, APE Knott, BD Julien, DL Underwood, AL Padmore

Fall of wickets1-3 (Richards), 2-16 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 3-105 (King)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DK Lillee	8	0	46	2	4.31
	W Prior	5	0	21	0	3.15
	MHN Walker	10.7	2	31	1	2.13
	RJ Bright	2	0	11	0	4.12

Balls per over 8

Toss WSC World XI, who chose to field first

Umpires Unknown

Close of play
24 Nov day 1 - WSC Australia 1st innings 276/8 (IM Chappell 118*)
25 Nov day 2 - WSC Australia 2nd innings 80/2 (IR Redpath 29*, GS Chappell 36*)
26 Nov day 3 - WSC World XI 2nd innings 100/2 (Majid Khan 32*, CL King 51*)
27 Nov day 4 - WSC World XI 2nd innings 122/3 (25.7 ov) - end of match