Draft:1978–79 World Series Cricket International Cup

1978-79 World Series Cricket International Cup
1978-79 World Series Cricket International Cup
Date	1978-79
Location	Australia
WSC Australia XI
Teams
WSC Australia XI	WSC West Indies
Captains
Ian Chappell	Clive Lloyd
Most runs
Most wickets
	← 1977-78 West Indies 1979 →

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The 1978–79 World Series Cricket International Cup was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to the West Indies and World XI during World Series Cricket.

Points table edit

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Points
1	Australia	12	7	4	15
2	West Indies	12	5	6	11
3	World XI	12	4	6	10

Result summary edit

1st Match edit

28 November 1978 (D/N)

West Indies 128	v	Australia 5-129
Gordon Greenidge 41 Greg Chappell 5/19		Ian Davis 48 Joel Garner 2/18

Australia won by 5 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Player of the match: Dennis Lilee

Australia won the toss and elected to field.
First day/night international

2nd Match edit

29 November 1978 (D/N)

Australia 6-223	v	World XI 4/99
Ian Chappell 66 Derek Underwood 3/40		Zaheer Abbas 32 Mick Malone 2/11

WSC Australia won on faster scoring rate
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Player of the match: Ian Chappell

3rd Match edit

4 December 1978

World XI 163	v	Australia 100
Javed Miandad 62 Dennis Lillee 4/30		Ian Davis 29 Garth le Roux 3/13

WSC World XI won by 63 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Player of the match: Garth le Roux

4th Match edit

13 December 1978

Australia 217	v	World XI 179
Greg Chappell 79 Imran Khan 4/40		Zaheer Abbas 41 Greg Chappell 3/26

WSC Australia won by 38 runs
Player of the match: Greg Chappell

5th Match edit

14 December 1978

WSC World XI 112	v	WSC West Indies 2-116
Clive Rice 44 Michael Holding 3/16		Gordon Greenidge 58 Imran Khan 1/16

WSC West Indies won by 8 wickets
Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge

6th Match edit

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Final series edit

West Indies won the final series against Australia 3–1.

1st final edit

27 January 1978

WSC Australia 5-208	v	WSC West Indies 169
Kepler Wessels 136 Joel Garner 0/29		Gordon Greenidge 55 max Walker 3/33

WSC Australia won by 39 runs
Player of the match: Kepler Wessels

2nd final edit

28 January 1978

WSC Australia 8-189	v	WSC West Indies 6-192
Kepler Wessels 40 Joel Garner 1-23		Viv Richards 44 Dennis Lillee 2-36

WSC West Indies won by 4 wickets
Player of the match: Collis King

Collis King hit 28 off 15 balls

3rd final edit

29 January 1979

WSC Australia 6-200	v	WSC West Indies 3-202
Kepler Wessels 70 Andy Roberts 1-21		Gordon Greenidge 81 Max Walker 2/48

WSC West Indies won by 7 wickets
Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge

The match was reduced before play started to 49 overs per side

4th final edit

30 January 1979

WSC Australia 240	v	WSC West Indies 8-228
Martin Kent 62 Wayne Daniel 2/50		Clive Lloyd 72 Gary Gilmour 3/46

WSC West Indies won on faster scoring rate
Player of the match: Clive LLoyd

v t e World Series Cricket
Series (1977–78)	WSC West Indies in Australia WSC World XI in Australia International Cup
Series (1978–79)	Tour of New Zealand International Cup Supertest Series WSC Australia in the West Indies
Teams	WSC Australia WSC Cavaliers XI WSC West Indies WSC World XI
Statistics	Results Squads Records Centuries Five-wicket hauls
Miscellany	Venues Kerry Packer C'mon Aussie C'mon Daddles
Category

v t e International cricket
International Cricket Council (ICC) ICC Awards ICC members ICC Future Tours Programme
Forms	Test Men's format Women's format One Day International Men's format Women's format Twenty20 International Men's format Women's format
Global events	World Test Championship World Cup qualifier Men's T20 World Cup qualifier Champions Trophy Women's World Cup qualifier ICC Women's Championship Women's T20 World Cup qualifier ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy Under-19 World Cup Women's Under-19 World Cup Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Commonwealth Games Olympics
Asia	Asian Test Championship Asia Cup Women's Asia Cup ACC Trophy (List A) ACC Premier League ACC Twenty20 Cup Asian Games South Asian Games
Africa	WCL Africa Kwibuka T20 Tournament African Games
Americas	ICC Americas Championship South American Championship
East Asia and Pacific	ICC EAP Trophy (One day) ICC EAP Trophy (Twenty20) Twenty20 East Asia Cup Asian Games Pacific Games
Europe	European Championship Women's European Championship Central Europe Cup
Other	World Series Cricket
Italics indicate a defunct competition.