World Series Cricket player records
Supertests
Records from all Supertests played in World Series Cricket. There were four series of Supertests:
- 1977/78 Australia v West Indies (3 Matches)
- 1978 Australia v World XI (3)
- 1978/79 Australia v West Indies v World XI (5 [3 round robin, 1 semi-final, 1 final])
- 1979 West Indies v Australia (5)
Team totals
Highest team total
| Score (Overs) |
Team | Versus | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625 (114.3) | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia | 27-30 January 1978 |
| 538-6 (100.5) | Australia | World XI | VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria | 9-13 February 1978 |
| 481(109.4) | West Indies | Australia | Sabina Park, Jamaica | 23-26 February 1979 |
| 476-5 (113.1) | West Indies | Australia | Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana | 25-28 March 1979 |
| 471(163.3) | World XI | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground, New South Wales | 21-23 December 1977 |
| Source: Cricinfo | ||||
Bowling
Most wickets in the tournament
- Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | Australia | 14 | 522.1 | 106 | 1800 | 67 | 7/23 | 9/56 | 26.87 | 3.295 | 53.35 | 4 |
| Andy Roberts | West Indies | 13 | 417.3 | 99 | 1207 | 50 | 6/69 | 7/104 | 24.14 | 2.608 | 56.68 | 1 |
| Ray Bright | Australia | 15 | 420 | 97 | 1248 | 42 | 6/52 | 7/64 | 29.71 | 2.88 | 64.25 | 2 |
| Michael Holding | West Indies | 9 | 255.1 | 37 | 808 | 35 | 5/48 | 7/97 | 23.09 | 2.993 | 44.45 | 1 |
| Joel Garner | West Indies | 7 | 284.3 | 43 | 867 | 35 | 5/52 | 7/113 | 24.77 | 2.598 | 62.25 | 1 |
| Colin Croft | West Indies | 7 | 291.7 | 55 | 866 | 30 | 5/65 | 6/104 | 28.87 | 2.835 | 58.20 | 1 |
| Len Pascoe | Australia | 9 | 242.1 | 55 | 866 | 30 | 3/20 | 5/75 | 32.00 | 3.523 | 58.20 | 0 |
| Max Walker | Australia | 7 | 191 | 38 | 712 | 28 | 7/88 | 9/130 | 25.43 | 2.800 | 78.87 | 2 |
| Imran Khan | World XI | 5 | 146.5 | 27 | 521 | 25 | 4/24 | 7/103 | 20.84 | 3.150 | 40.05 | 0 |
| Gary Gilmour | Australia | 7 | 255 | 56 | 784 | 23 | 4/26 | 7/129 | 34.87 | 3.097 | 3.09 | 0 |
Best bowling
Note: Only top ten performances listed.
| Bowling figures: Wickets-Runs (Overs) |
Bowler | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-23 (14) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | West Indies | SCG | 21 Jan '79 |
| 7-88 (28.3) | Max Walker | Australia | World XI | RAS | 14 Jan '78 |
| 6-52 (23) | Ray Bright | Australia | West Indies | SCG | 21 Jan '79 |
| 6-69 (12) | Andy Roberts | World XI | Australia | RAS | 14 Jan '78 |
| 6-81 (54.4) | Albert Padmore | West Indies | Australia | Queen's Park Oval | 16 Mar '79 |
| 6-125 (33.2) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | West Indies | ARG | 6 Apr '79 |
| 5-20 (12) | Greg Chappell | Australia | West Indies | Football Park | 31 Dec '77 |
| 5-39 (25.5) | Garth Le Roux | World XI | Australia | VFL Park | 8 Dec '78 |
| 5-48 (21) | Michael Holding | West Indies | Australia | Queen's Park Oval | 16 Mar '79 |
| 5-51 (18.5) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | World XI | SCG | 2 Feb '79 |
Batting
Most runs in the tournament
- Note : Only top 10 players shown.
| Player | Team | M | I | NO | Runs | Avg | 100s | 50s | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Chappell | Australia | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1415 | 56.60 | 5 | 4 | 246* |
| Viv Richards | West Indies | 14 | 25 | 2 | 1281 | 55.69 | 4 | 4 | 177 |
| Ian Chappell | Australia | 14 | 27 | 2 | 893 | 35.72 | 1 | 5 | 141 |
| David Hookes | Australia | 12 | 22 | 2 | 771 | 38.55 | 1 | 7 | 116 |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 13 | 23 | 2 | 754 | 35.90 | 1 | 4 | 140 |
| Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 13 | 21 | 3 | 683 | 37.94 | 1 | 3 | 197 |
| Bruce Laird | Australia | 13 | 26 | 1 | 630 | 25.20 | 3 | 1 | 122 |
| Roy Fredericks | West Indies | 10 | 18 | 0 | 621 | 34.50 | 0 | 4 | 89 |
| Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | 9 | 15 | 2 | 570 | 43.85 | 2 | 2 | 175 |
| Barry Richards | World XI | 5 | 8 | 1 | 554 | 79.14 | 2 | 2 | 207 |
Highest individual scores
Note: Only top ten scores listed.
| Runs | Batsman | Team | Versus | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246* | Greg Chappell | Australia | World XI | VFL Park | 9 Feb '78 |
| 207 | Barry Richards | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park | 27 Jan '78 |
| 197 | Clive Lloyd | West Indies | Australia | Sabina Park | 23 Feb '79 |
| 177 | Viv Richards | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park | 28 Jan '78 |
| 175 | Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | Australia | VFL Park | 12 Jan '79 |
| 174 | Greg Chappell | Australia | World XI | Gloucester Park | 27 Jan '78 |
| 170 | Viv Richards | World XI | Australia | VFL Park | 9 Feb '78 |
| 150 | Greg Chappell | Australia | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval | 16 Mar '79 |
| 141 | Ian Chappell | Australia | West Indies | Football Park | 31 Dec '77 |
| 140 | Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | World XI | Gloucester Park | 27 Jan '78 |
- Viv Richards played for the World XI in the 1977/78 Supertests against Australia.
References
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