World Series Cricket squads

Every player to appear in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket is listed below along with their appearance records.
Four teams would take part in the various World Series Cricket competitions, Australia XI, Cavaliers XI, West Indies XI, World XI.

Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Nation
Ian Chappell (c) 26 September 1943 BAT 75 14 35 RHB LB   Australia
Ray Bright 13 July 1954 BWL 25 15 11 RHB SLA   Australia
Greg Chappell 7 August 1948 BAT 87 14 37 RHB RM   Australia
Trevor Chappell 21 October 1952 ALL 3 4 10 RHB RM   Australia
Ian Davis 25 June 1953 BAT 15 5 25 RHB UNK   Australia
Ross Edwards 1 December 1942 BAT 20 2 9 RHB UNK   Australia
Gary Gilmour 26 June 1951 ALL 15 7 34 LHB LFM   Australia
David Hookes 3 May 1955 BAT 23 12 33 LHB SLA   Australia
Martin Kent 23 November 1953 BAT 3 10 20 RHB UNK   Australia
Bruce Laird 21 November 1950 BAT 21 13 24 RHB UNK   Australia
Rob Langer 3 October 1948 BAT 0 2 4 LHB RM   Australia
Dennis Lillee 18 July 1949 BWL 70 14 24 RHB RF   Australia
Rick McCosker 11 December 1946 BAT 25 6 14 RHB LB   Australia
Garth McKenzie 24 June 1941 BWL 60 0 1 RHB RF   Australia
Ashley Mallett 13 July 1945 BWL 38 0 0 RHB OB   Australia
Mick Malone 9 October 1950 BWL 1 1 29 RHB RFM   Australia
Rod Marsh 4 November 1947 WKT 96 15 40 LHB OB   Australia
Kerry O'Keeffe 25 November 1949 BWL 24 0 1 RHB LB   Australia
Len Pascoe 13 February 1950 BWL 14 9 19 RHB RF   Australia
Wayne Prior 30 September 1952 BWL 0 2 7 RHB RF   Australia
Ian Redpath 11 May 1941 BAT 66 2 5 RHB RM   Australia
Richie Robinson 8 June 1946 WKT 3 1 3 RHB UNK   Australia
Jeff Thomson 16 August 1950 BWL 51 5 6 RHB RF   Australia
Max Walker 12 September 1948 BWL 34 7 31 RHB RFM   Australia
Doug Walters 21 December 1945 BAT 74 1 16 RHB RM   Australia
Graeme Watson 8 March 1945 ALL 5 0 0 RHB RM   Australia
Kepler Wessels 14 September 1957 BAT 40 4 13 LHB RM   Australia/  South Africa
Dennis Yagmich 23 August 1948 WKT 0 0 0 RHB UNK   Australia

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Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Nation
Clive Lloyd (c) 31 August 1944 BAT 110 13 31 LHB RM   Guyana
Jim Allen 18 August 1951 BAT 0 3 20 RHB RM   Leeward Islands
Richard Austin 5 September 1954 ALL 2 4 18 RHB RM/OB   Jamaica
Colin Croft 15 March 1953 BWL 27 7 15 RHB RF   Guyana
Wayne Daniel 16 January 1956 BWL 10 7 28 RHB RF   Barbados
Roy Fredericks 11 November 1942 BAT 59 10 22 LHB LAC   Guyana
Joel Garner 16 December 1952 BWL 58 7 28 RHB RF   Barbados
Lance Gibbs 29 September 1934 BWL 79 0 0 RHB OB   Guyana
Gordon Greenidge 1 May 1951 BAT 108 13 31 RHB RM   Barbados
Desmond Haynes 15 February 1956 BAT 116 4 18 RHB RM   Barbados
Michael Holding 16 February 1954 BWL 60 9 16 RHB RF   Jamaica
David Holford 16 April 1940 ALL 24 1 2 RHB LB   Trinidad And Tobago
Bernard Julien 13 March 1950 ALL 24 0 25 RHB LMF/SLA   Trinidad And Tobago
Rohan Kanhai 26 December 1935 BAT 79 0 0 RHB RM   Guyana
Collis King 11 June 1951 BAT 9 8 34 RHB RM   Barbados
Deryck Murray 20 May 1943 WKT 62 10 29 RHB LB   Trinidad And Tobago
Albert Padmore 17 December 1946 BWL 2 5 11 RHB OB   Barbados
Viv Richards 7 March 1952 BAT 121 14 33 RHB OB   Leeward Islands
Andy Roberts 29 January 1951 BWL 47 13 30 RHB RF   Leeward Islands
Lawrence Rowe 8 June 1949 BAT 30 9 28 RHB LFM   Jamaica

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Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Nation
Tony Greig (c) 6 October 1946 ALL 58 4 23 RHB RFM/OB   England
Dennis Amiss 7 April 1943 BAT 50 1 16 RHB LM   England
Asif Iqbal 6 June 1943 BAT 58 5 20 RHB RM   Pakistan
Eddie Barlow 12 August 1940 ALL 30 1 4 RHB RM   South Africa
Richard Hadlee 3 July 1951 ALL 86 0 7 LHB RF   New Zealand
Imran Khan 25 November 1952 ALL 88 5 17 RHB RF   Pakistan
Javed Miandad 12 June 1957 BAT 124 2 7 RHB LB   Pakistan
Alan Knott 9 April 1946 WKT 95 6 28 RHB OB   England
Garth Le Roux 4 September 1955 BWL 0 3 9 RHB RF   South Africa
Haroon Rashid 25 March 1953 BAT 23 0 4 RHB RM   Pakistan
Majid Khan 28 September 1946 BAT 63 2 15 RHB OB   Pakistan
Mushtaq Mohammed 22 November 1943 ALL 57 0 2 RHB LB   Pakistan
Mike Procter 15 September 1946 ALL 7 4 25 RHB RF   South Africa
Clive Rice 23 July 1949 ALL 0 3 17 RHB RFM   South Africa
Barry Richards 21 July 1945 BAT 4 5 26 RHB OB   South Africa
Sarfraz Nawaz 1 December 1948 BWL 55 0 5 RHB RFM   Pakistan
John Snow 13 October 1941 BWL 49 0 14 RHB RFM   England
Taslim Arif 1 May 1954 WKT 6 0 0 RHB RM   Pakistan
Derek Underwood 8 June 1945 BWL 86 5 20 RHB SLA   England
Bob Woolmer 14 May 1948 ALL 19 0 12 RHB RM   England
Zaheer Abbas 24 July 1947 BAT 78 4 14 RHB OB   Pakistan

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The following West Indians also represented WSC World XI in the 1977–78 Supertests

The Following West Indians also represented WSC World XI in the 1978/79 on the tour of New Zealand

Cavaliers XI were included as a fourth team for the 1978/79 Country Cavaliers Tour. The XI was selected from players the other three sides had not selected for that rounds fixtures. This gave some of the contracted players who were not regularly appearing the chance to perform and earn bonus/prize money on offer.


Nat. Role Player Apps Nat. Role Player Apps
  BAT Rick McCosker 19   ALL Bob Woolmer 3
  BAT Ross Edwards 17   ALL Gary Gilmour 1
  BAT Martin Kent 16   WKT Richie Robinson 17
  BAT Doug Walters 12   WKT Taslim Arif 3
  BAT Robert Langer 10   BWL Kerry O'Keeffe 15
  BAT Haroon Rashid 7   BWL John Snow 11
  BAT Dennis Amiss 6   BWL Wayne Prior 8
  BAT Rohan Kanhai 5   BWL Sarfraz Nawaz 4
  BAT Ian Redpath 5   BWL Garth McKenzie 4
  BAT Kepler Wessels 2   BWL Mick Malone 4
  BAT Jim Allen 2   BWL Wayne Daniel 3
  BAT Bruce Laird 2   BWL Len Pascoe 3
  ALL Eddie Barlow (c) 19   BWL Albert Padmore 2
  ALL Trevor Chappell 13   BWL Max Walker 2
  ALL David Holford 10   BWL Ian Davis 1
  ALL Mushtaq Mohammed 9   BWL Lance Gibbs 1
  ALL Graeme Watson 9   ALL Richard Austin 4
  ALL Bernard Julien 4

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Tests – Number of Test Matches played at the end of the player's career

Supertests – Number of World Series Cricket Supertests played

WSC ODIs – Number of World Series Cricket One Day International Matches played; International Cup ODIs (1977/78), International Cup (1978/79), WSC Tour Matches (1978/79 New Zealand), One-day games (1978/79 West Indies). Does not include Country Cup matches, Cavaliers Country Tour, Swan Channel 9 Cup, or other matches played during the WSC era.

References

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  1. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC Australia Squad".
  2. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC West Indies Squad".
  3. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC World XI Squad".
  4. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC Supertests 1977/78 Scorecards".
  5. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC 1978/79 Tour of New Zealand Scorecards".
  6. ^ "Cricinfo – Cavaliers Statistics".