misc3570 wsct11	WSC Australia v WSC World XI
	World Series Cricket Supertests 1978/79 (Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 2nd, 3rd, 4th February 1979 (4-day match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	WSC Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	WSC World XI won by 5 wickets
Umpires	JR Collins, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	WSC World XI (1) 100/8 (Knott 5*, le Roux 9*)
Close of play day 2	WSC Australia (2) 198/6 (Hookes 93*, Bright 4*)
Player of the Match	GS le Roux

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WSC Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Richards b Procter	27	60	105	1	-
BM Laird	c Zaheer Abbas b le Roux	2	9	12	-	-
*IM Chappell	c Imran Khan b le Roux	3	10	9	-	-
IR Redpath	c Knott b Rice	4	19	31	-	-
DW Hookes	c Knott b Procter	33	38	71	4	-
MF Kent	c Greig b le Roux	2	12	17	-	-
+RW Marsh	c Knott b le Roux	6	12	21	1	-
RJ Bright	not out	27	66	126	2	-
GJ Gilmour	c Greig b Procter	27	20	27	5	-
DK Lillee	c Procter b Rice	8	10	23	1	-
LS Pascoe	b le Roux	25	47	54	2	-
Extras	(7 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 257 minutes, 50.4 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Laird), 2-11 (Chappell), 3-25 (Redpath), 4-66 (Wessels), 5-70 (Kent), 6-74 (Hookes), 7-80 (Marsh), 8-119 (Gilmour), 9-135 (Lillee), 10-172 (Pascoe, 50.4 ov)

WSC World XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	18.4	3	57	5	-	-
Imran Khan	9	2	35	0	-	-
Rice	13	2	38	2	-	-
Procter	7	2	33	3	-	-
Underwood	3	2	1	0	-	-

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WSC World XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c Wessels b Pascoe	28	70	88	3	1
EJ Barlow	lbw b Lillee	0	1	3	-	-
Zaheer Abbas	c Laird b Gilmour	18	20	31	4	-
CEB Rice	c Marsh b Gilmour	18	41	63	1	-
Asif Iqbal	c Bright b Gilmour	8	23	28	1	-
MJ Procter	lbw b Lillee	1	17	20	-	-
*AW Greig	c Marsh b Lillee	0	5	13	-	-
Imran Khan	lbw b Lillee	6	18	17	1	-
+APE Knott	b Gilmour	9	32	53	-	-
GS le Roux	not out	33	94	129	3	-
DL Underwood	b Lillee	32	72	81	2	-
Extras	(9 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 271 minutes, 64.5 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Barlow), 2-39 (Zaheer Abbas), 3-69 (Richards), 4-71 (Rice), 5-80 (Asif Iqbal), 6-80 (Procter), 7-85 (Greig), 8-86 (Imran Khan), 9-104 (Knott), 10-168 (Underwood, 64.5 ov)

WSC Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	18.5	6	51	5	-	-
Gilmour	25	6	53	4	-	-
Pascoe	13	3	29	1	-	-
Bright	5	1	10	0	-	-
Hookes	3	1	10	0	-	-

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WSC Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Greig b Procter	1	20	23	-	-
BM Laird	c Knott b Imran Khan	58	158	296	6	-
*IM Chappell	b Imran Khan	19	28	31	1	1
IR Redpath	c Knott b Rice	3	6	5	-	-
DW Hookes	b le Roux	96	183	295	11	-
MF Kent	run out (Asif Iqbal)	4	13	12	1	-
+RW Marsh	c Knott b Imran Khan	6	12	13	1	-
RJ Bright	c Barlow b le Roux	10	58	85	1	-
GJ Gilmour	c sub b le Roux	0	5	8	-	-
DK Lillee	not out	9	25	47	-	1
LS Pascoe	b le Roux	2	16	27	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 421 minutes, 87.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Wessels), 2-29 (Chappell), 3-32 (Redpath), 4-166 (Laird), 5-172 (Kent), 6-179 (Marsh), 7-203 (Hookes), 8-203 (Gilmour), 9-211 (Bright), 10-219 (Pascoe, 87.3 ov)

WSC World XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	17.3	4	44	4	-	-
Imran Khan	22	5	60	3	-	-
Rice	12	2	26	1	-	-
Procter	18	2	45	1	-	-
Underwood	17	7	26	0	-	-
Greig	1	0	7	0	-	-

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WSC World XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	not out	101	183	248	12	1
EJ Barlow	c Gilmour b Lillee	0	11	9	-	-
Zaheer Abbas	c Wessels b Gilmour	37	49	62	6	-
CEB Rice	c Marsh b Pascoe	4	18	20	-	-
Asif Iqbal	lbw b Gilmour	3	13	18	-	-
MJ Procter	b Bright	44	59	83	6	1
Imran Khan	not out	17	23	44	3	-
*AW Greig	did not bat
+APE Knott	did not bat
GS le Roux	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 13 nb, 4 w)	20
Total	(5 wickets, 248 minutes, 57.1 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Barlow), 2-57 (Zaheer Abbas), 3-70 (Rice), 4-84 (Asif Iqbal), 5-175 (Procter)

WSC Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	17	4	57	1	-	-
Gilmour	22	6	75	2	-	-
Pascoe	12	2	49	1	-	-
Bright	6	1	25	1	-	-
Chappell	0.1	0	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.

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Attendance: 38,249 (Day 1 - 8,011; Day 2 - 16,165; Day 3 - 14,073)

 

 

 

 

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