The WSC West Indies was a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 team representing the West Indies in World Series Cricket

World Series Cricket

World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...

. Their first game was against the WSC Australia XI

WSC Australia XI

The WSC Australia XI was a cricket team representing Australia in World Series Cricket. Their first game was against the WSC West Indies in 1977. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australian XI tour to the West Indies. The side was made up of current Australian international cricketers...

 in 1977. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australian XI tour to the West Indies. The side was made up of current West Indian international cricketers. During WSC many of the West Indian squad also played against the official Australian touring side, that did not feature WSC cricketers. Against in effect a second string Australia the Windies won the first two tests convincingly (by an innings in the first and 9 wickets in the second). Only Alvin Kallicharran

Alvin Kallicharran

Alvin Isaac Kallicharran is a former West Indian batsman of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity who played from 1972 to 1981. His elegant, watchful batting style produced some substantial innings for a West Indian team very much in its formative years in the seventies...

 and Derick Parry

Derick Parry

Derick Recaldo Parry played 12 Tests and six One Day Internationals for the West Indies....

 played who were not signed to WSC. However when the WSC cricketers were unavailable from the third test the contests were more even. Australia won the third test (by three wickets), the Windies the fourth (by 198 runs), while the fifth was drawn. These facts highlight the strength of the teams competing in WSC.

See also

• World Series Cricket
  World Series Cricket
  World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
  
  
• World Series Cricket Results
  World Series Cricket Results
  World Series Cricket Results are the results of the main games played in the now defunct World Series Cricket competition. World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979, organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, the Nine...
  
  
• World Series Cricket Player Records
  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 * 1978 Australia v World XI...
  
  
• WSC Australia XI
  WSC Australia XI
  The WSC Australia XI was a cricket team representing Australia in World Series Cricket. Their first game was against the WSC West Indies in 1977. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australian XI tour to the West Indies. The side was made up of current Australian international cricketers...
  
  
• WSC World XI
  WSC World XI
  The WSC World XI was a cricket team representing the rest of the world in World Series Cricket. Their first game was against the WSC Australia XI in 1978. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australian XI tour to the West Indies. The side was captained by former England captain Tony Greig,...