Every player to appear in Kerry Packer

Kerry Packer

Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC was an Australian media tycoon. The son of Sir Frank Packer and Gretel Bullmore, the Packer family company owned controlling interest in both the Nine television network and leading Australian publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later...

's 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...

 is listed below along with their appearance records. Four teams would take part in the various WSC competitions

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...

, Australia

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...

, West Indies

WSC West Indies

The WSC West Indies was a cricket team representing the West Indies in World Series Cricket. Their first game was against the WSC Australia XI 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...

, 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,...

 and the Cavaliers.

WSC Australian XI

Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling State of Origin Ian Chappell Ian Chappell Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...  (c Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... ) 26 September 1943 BAT 75 14 35 RHB LB   South Australia Ray Bright Ray Bright Raymond James Bright is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer.A left-arm orthodox spin bowler and useful lower order right-handed batsman, Bright made his first-class debut for Victoria at eighteen years of age, against New South Wales in Sydney in the 1972–1973 domestic...   13 July 1954 BWL 25 15 11 RHB SLA   Victoria Greg Chappell Greg Chappell Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...   7 August 1948 BAT 87 14 37 RHB RM   South Australia Trevor Chappell Trevor Chappell Trevor Martin Chappell is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket...   21 October 1952 ALL 3 4 10 RHB RM   South Australia Ian Davis Ian Davis (cricketer) Ian Charles Davis is a former Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1973 to 1977...   25 June 1953 BAT 15 5 25 RHB UNK   New South Wales Ross Edwards Ross Edwards Ross Edwards is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer.Edwards played in 20 Tests for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals including the 1975 Cricket World Cup series...   1 December 1942 BAT 20 2 9 RHB UNK   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... Gary Gilmour Gary Gilmour Gary John Gilmour is a former Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests and 5 One Day Internationals from 1973 to 1977....   26 June 1951 ALL 15 7 34 LHB LFM   New South Wales David Hookes David Hookes David William Hookes was an Australian cricketer, broadcaster and coach of the Victorian cricket team. An aggressive left-handed batsman, Hookes usually batted in the middle order...   3 May 1955 BAT 23 12 33 LHB SLA   South Australia Martin Kent Martin Kent Martin Francis Kent is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 5 ODIs in 1981.This elegant right-handed batsman was unfortunate to play only three times for his country...   23 November 1953 BAT 3 10 20 RHB UNK   Queensland Bruce Laird Bruce Laird Bruce Malcolm Laird is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. He was an opening batsmen who played in 21 Tests and 23 ODIs. He also starred in World Series Cricket.-Early career:...   21 November 1950 BAT 21 13 24 RHB UNK   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... Rob Langer Rob Langer Robert Samuel Langer is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Langer's first-class career extended from 1973–1974 until 1981–1982...   3 October 1948 BAT 0 2 4 LHB RM   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... Dennis Lillee Dennis Lillee Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...   18 July 1949 BWL 70 14 24 RHB RF   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... Rick McCosker Rick McCosker Richard Bede McCosker is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer.McCosker played in 25 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals in a career spanning 1975 to 1982 playing as a right hand batsman....   11 December 1946 BAT 25 6 14 RHB LB   New South Wales Garth McKenzie  24 June 1941 BWL 60 0 1 RHB RF   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... Ashley Mallett Ashley Mallett Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...   13 July 1945 BWL 38 0 0 RHB OB   South Australia Mick Malone Mick Malone Michael Francis Malone is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test and 10 ODIs from 1977 to 1982. Malone played in only one Test prior to joining World Series Cricket. In English county cricket he had a period with Lancashire...   9 October 1950 BWL 1 1 29 RHB RFM   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... Rod Marsh Rod Marsh Rodney William Marsh MBE is a former Australian wicketkeeper.A colourful character, Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian season. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling Western...   4 November 1947 WKT 96 15 40 LHB OB   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... Kerry O'Keeffe Kerry O'Keeffe Kerry James "Skull" O'Keeffe is a former Australian cricketer and now a commentator for ABC Radio. O'Keeffe played 24 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1971 and 1977.He was a spin bowler, bowling leg breaks...   25 November 1949 BWL 24 0 1 RHB LB   New South Wales Len Pascoe Len Pascoe Leonard Stephen Pascoe is a former Australian Test and ODI cricketer. He attended Punchbowl Boys' High School in New South Wales....   13 February 1950 BWL 14 9 19 RHB RF   New South Wales Wayne Prior Wayne Prior Wayne Prior was an Australian cricketer considered by some to be unlucky never to play Test cricket.Born in Salisbury, South Australia, Prior played cricket and Australian rules football as a junior before developing into a tall, rangy right-arm fast bowler, who, on his day, was one of the fastest...   30 September 1952 BWL 0 2 7 RHB RF   South Australia Ian Redpath Ian Redpath Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...   11 May 1941 BAT 66 2 5 RHB RM   Victoria Richie Robinson Richie Robinson Richard Daryl Robinson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 2 ODIs in 1977. Robinson was widely recognised as the second best wicketkeeper in Australia during his career, behind the formidable Rod Marsh and would no doubt have played more tests had Marsh not been around...   8 June 1946 WKT 3 1 3 RHB UNK   Victoria Jeff Thomson Jeff Thomson Jeffrey Robert Thomson is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he was one of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket and was the opening partner of fellow fast bowler Dennis Lillee; their combination was one of the most fearsome in Test cricket history...   16 August 1950 BWL 51 5 6 RHB RF   New South Wales Max Walker Max Walker Maxwell Henry Norman Walker AM is a former Australian cricketer and VFL/AFL footballer. Formerly an architect, he currently works as a media commentator and motivational speaker and has diverse business interests.- Football career :...   12 September 1948 BWL 34 7 31 RHB RFM   Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... Doug Walters Doug Walters Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...   21 December 1945 BAT 74 1 16 RHB RM   New South Wales Graeme Watson Graeme Watson (cricketer) Graeme Donald Watson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1966 to 1972. He also played Australian rules football for Melbourne in the VFL.-External links:***...   8 March 1945 ALL 5 0 0 RHB RM   Victoria Kepler Wessels Kepler Wessels Kepler Christoffel Wessels is a former South African cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. He was the first man to have played One Day International cricket for two countries....   14 September 1957 BAT 40 4 13 LHB RM South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... Dennis Yagmich Dennis Yagmich Dennis Brian Yagmich is a former Western Australian and South Australian cricketer.Yagmich played in 24 first-class matches in a career spanning 1972/73 and 1976/77...   23 August 1948 WKT 0 0 0 RHB UNK   Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

WSC West Indies XI

Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Island Clive Lloyd Clive Lloyd Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE AO is a former West Indies cricketer. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s...  (c Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... ) 31 August 1944 BAT 110 13 31 LHB RM   Guyana Jim Allen Jim Allen (cricketer) James Charles "Jim" Allen is a former Montserratian first-class cricketer who represented the World Series Cricket West Indians and is considered the greatest ever Montserrat sportsperson....   18 August 1951 BAT 0 3 20 RHB RM   Leeward Islands Leeward Islands cricket team The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not... Richard Austin  5 September 1954 ALL 2 4 18 RHB RM/OB   Jamaica Colin Croft Colin Croft Colin Everton Hunte Croft is a former West Indian cricketer. He provides expert analysis on the British Broadcasting Corporation's Test Match Special.-Cricket career:...   15 March 1953 BWL 27 7 15 RHB RF   Guyana Wayne Daniel Wayne Daniel Wayne Wendell Daniel played 10 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.A hostile and muscular fast bowler, Daniel seemed assured of a long and potent test career when he, in partnership with the lithe Michael Holding and the brooding Andy Roberts, battered England into submission...   16 January 1956 BWL 10 7 28 RHB RF   Barbados Roy Fredericks Roy Fredericks Roy Clifton Fredericks was a West Indian cricketer who played from 1968 to 1977....   11 November 1942 BAT 59 10 22 LHB LAC   Guyana Joel Garner Joel Garner Joel Garner , also known as "Big Joel" or "Big Bird", is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early '80s West Indies cricket teams....   16 December 1952 BWL 58 7 28 RHB RF   Barbados Lance Gibbs Lance Gibbs Lancelot Richard Gibbs is a former West Indies cricketer, one of the most successful spin bowlers in Test cricket history. He took 309 Test wickets, only the second player to pass 300, the first spinner to pass that milestone, and had an exceptional economy rate of under two runs per over...   29 September 1934 BWL 79 0 0 RHB OB   Guyana Gordon Greenidge Gordon Greenidge Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge MBE is a former member of the West Indies cricket team.Greenidge was an opening batsman for the West Indies. He began his Test career against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in 1974 and continued playing internationally until 1991. He was half of the West...   1 May 1951 BAT 108 13 31 RHB RM   Barbados Desmond Haynes Desmond Haynes Desmond Leo Haynes is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991. Haynes formed a formidable partnership with Gordon Greenidge for the West Indies cricket team in Test cricket during 1980s. Between them they managed 16 century stands, four in excess of...   15 February 1956 BAT 116 4 18 RHB RM   Barbados Michael Holding Michael Holding Michael Anthony Holding is a former West Indian cricketer. One of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease...   16 February 1954 BWL 60 9 16 RHB RF   Jamaica David Holford David Holford David Anthony Jerome Holford is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 24 Tests from 1966 to 1977. He is the cousin of Garry Sobers.-References:...   16 April 1940 ALL 24 1 2 RHB LB   Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago cricket team The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies... Bernard Julien Bernard Julien Bernard Denis Julien played 24 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.He played in England for Kent and joined Packers World Series in 1977. He scored a century at Lords vs England in the 1973 test....   13 March 1950 ALL 24 0 25 RHB LMF/SLA   Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago cricket team The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies... Rohan Kanhai Rohan Kanhai Rohan Bholalall Kanhai is a former West Indian Cricket player of Indo-Guyanese descent. He is widely considered as one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featured in several great West Indian teams, playing with, among others, Sir Garfield Sobers, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, and Alvin...   26 December 1935 BAT 79 0 0 RHB RM   Guyana Collis King Collis King Collis Llewellyn King is a former West Indies cricketer who played nine Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies....   11 June 1951 BAT 9 8 34 RHB RM   Barbados Deryck Murray Deryck Murray Deryck Lance Murray is a former West Indies cricketer. A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, Murray kept wicket to the potent West Indian fast bowling attacks of the 1970s ; his efficient glovework effected 189 Test dismissals and greatly enhanced the potency of the bowling attack.Murray...   20 May 1943 WKT 62 10 29 RHB LB   Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago cricket team The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies... Albert Padmore Albert Padmore Albert Leroy Padmore is a former West Indies cricketer, playing two Tests in 1976 and representing the West Indies in World Series Cricket....   17 December 1946 BWL 2 5 11 RHB OB   Barbados Viv Richards Viv Richards Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...   7 March 1952 BAT 121 14 33 RHB OB   Leeward Islands Leeward Islands cricket team The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not... Andy Roberts  29 January 1951 BWL 47 13 30 RHB RF   Leeward Islands Leeward Islands cricket team The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not... Lawrence Rowe Lawrence Rowe Lawrence George Rowe is a former West Indian cricketer.Lawrence, also known as "Yagga", was an elegant right-handed batsman described by Michael Holding, his team mate, as "the best batsman I ever saw". It was felt that his ability was so extraordinary that Sobers believed he could have been the...   8 June 1949 BAT 30 9 28 RHB LFM   Jamaica

World XI

Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Country Tony Greig Tony Greig Anthony "Tony" William Greig is a former English Test cricketer and currently a commentator.Born in Queenstown, South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall batting all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. He became captain of the...  (c Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... ) 6 October 1946 ALL 58 4 23 RHB RFM/OB   England Dennis Amiss Dennis Amiss Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire...   7 April 1943 BAT 50 1 16 RHB LM   England Asif Iqbal Asif Iqbal (cricketer) Asif Iqbal Razvi is a Pakistani cricketer who captained Pakistan and Kent CCC. He is now an ICC Match Referee....   6 June 1943 BAT 58 5 20 RHB RM   Pakistan Eddie Barlow Eddie Barlow Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer . Barlow played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81...   12 August 1940 ALL 30 1 4 RHB RM South Africa Richard Hadlee Richard Hadlee Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania. He is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.Hadlee was...   3 July 1951 ALL 86 0 7 LHB RF   New Zealand New Zealand cricket team The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the... Imran Khan Imran Khan Imran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...   25 November 1952 ALL 88 5 17 RHB RF   Pakistan Javed Miandad Javed Miandad Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan , popularly known as Javed Miandad , is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975 and 1996. He is Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket team...   12 June 1957 BAT 124 2 7 RHB LB   Pakistan Alan Knott Alan Knott Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....   9 April 1946 WKT 95 6 28 RHB OB   England Garth Le Roux Garth Le Roux Garth Stirling Le Roux in Kenilworth, Cape Town is a former South African first class cricketer. He went to Wynberg Boys High School, graduating in 1973....   4 September 1945 BWL 0 3 9 RHB RF South Africa Haroon Rashid Haroon Rashid (cricketer) Haroon Rasheed Dar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983. He has also remained the manager of the Pakistan Cricket team and has been credited with the discovery of Waqar Younis and Shahid Khan Afridi....   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 Mike Procter Michael John Procter is a former South African cricketer. A fast bowler and hard hitting batsman, his chances for a long and productive test career were wrecked by South Africa's banishment from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s...   15 September 1946 ALL 7 4 25 RHB RF South Africa Clive Rice Clive Rice Clive Edward Butler Rice is a former South African international cricketer. An all-rounder, Rice ended his first class cricket career with a batting average of 40.95 and a bowling average of 22.49....   23 July 1949 ALL 0 3 17 RHB RFM South Africa Barry Richards Barry Richards Barry Anderson Richards is a former South African batsman. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful cricketers. He was able to play only four Test matches - all against Australia - before South Africa's exclusion from the...   21 July 1945 BAT 4 5 26 RHB OB South Africa Sarfraz Nawaz Sarfraz Nawaz Sarfraz Nawaz Malik is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball...   1 December 1948 BWL 55 0 5 RHB RFM   Pakistan John Snow John Snow (cricketer) John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...   13 October 1941 BWL 49 0 14 RHB RFM   England Taslim Arif Taslim Arif Taslim Arif Abbasi was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 2 One-day Internationals in 1980. His score of 210* for Pakistan against Australia stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket. Taslim Arif died in Karachi after a brief illness...   1 May 1954 WKT 6 0 0 RHB RM   Pakistan Derek Underwood Derek Underwood Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....   8 June 1945 BWL 86 5 20 RHB SLA   England Bob Woolmer Bob Woolmer Robert Andrew Woolmer was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator...   14 May 1948 ALL 19 0 12 RHB RM   England Zaheer Abbas Zaheer Abbas Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani , popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by that country. He is widely known as the "Asian Bradman", a reference to former Australian great Sir Donald Bradman...   24 July 1947 BAT 78 4 14 RHB OB   Pakistan

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

• Clive Lloyd
  Clive Lloyd
  Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE AO is a former West Indies cricketer. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s...
  
   (2)
• Roy Fredericks
  Roy Fredericks
  Roy Clifton Fredericks was a West Indian cricketer who played from 1968 to 1977....
  
   (1)
• Viv Richards
  Viv Richards
  Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
  
   (3)
• Wayne Daniel
  Wayne Daniel
  Wayne Wendell Daniel played 10 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.A hostile and muscular fast bowler, Daniel seemed assured of a long and potent test career when he, in partnership with the lithe Michael Holding and the brooding Andy Roberts, battered England into submission...
  
   (2)
• Gordon Greenidge
  Gordon Greenidge
  Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge MBE is a former member of the West Indies cricket team.Greenidge was an opening batsman for the West Indies. He began his Test career against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in 1974 and continued playing internationally until 1991. He was half of the West...
  
   (3)
• Andy Roberts (3)
• Joel Garner
  Joel Garner
  Joel Garner , also known as "Big Joel" or "Big Bird", is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early '80s West Indies cricket teams....
  
   (2)

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

• Collis King
  Collis King
  Collis Llewellyn King is a former West Indies cricketer who played nine Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies....
  
   (7)
• Bernard Julien
  Bernard Julien
  Bernard Denis Julien played 24 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.He played in England for Kent and joined Packers World Series in 1977. He scored a century at Lords vs England in the 1973 test....
  
   (5)
• Albert Padmore
  Albert Padmore
  Albert Leroy Padmore is a former West Indies cricketer, playing two Tests in 1976 and representing the West Indies in World Series Cricket....
  
   (4)
• Lawrence Rowe
  Lawrence Rowe
  Lawrence George Rowe is a former West Indian cricketer.Lawrence, also known as "Yagga", was an elegant right-handed batsman described by Michael Holding, his team mate, as "the best batsman I ever saw". It was felt that his ability was so extraordinary that Sobers believed he could have been the...
  
   (7)

• 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...
  
  

Cavaliers

The Cavaliers 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.

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||  Australia || BAT || Rick McCosker

Rick McCosker

Richard Bede McCosker is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer.McCosker played in 25 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals in a career spanning 1975 to 1982 playing as a right hand batsman....

 || 19 ||  England || ALL || Bob Woolmer

Bob Woolmer

Robert Andrew Woolmer was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator...

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||  Australia || BAT || Ross Edwards

Ross Edwards

Ross Edwards is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer.Edwards played in 20 Tests for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals including the 1975 Cricket World Cup series...

 || 17 ||  Australia || ALL || Gary Gilmour

Gary Gilmour

Gary John Gilmour is a former Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests and 5 One Day Internationals from 1973 to 1977....

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||  Australia || BAT || Martin Kent

Martin Kent

Martin Francis Kent is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 5 ODIs in 1981.This elegant right-handed batsman was unfortunate to play only three times for his country...

 || 16 ||  Australia || WKT || Richie Robinson

Richie Robinson

Richard Daryl Robinson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 2 ODIs in 1977. Robinson was widely recognised as the second best wicketkeeper in Australia during his career, behind the formidable Rod Marsh and would no doubt have played more tests had Marsh not been around...

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||  Australia || BAT || Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

 || 12 ||  Pakistan || WKT || Taslim Arif

Taslim Arif

Taslim Arif Abbasi was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 2 One-day Internationals in 1980. His score of 210* for Pakistan against Australia stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket. Taslim Arif died in Karachi after a brief illness...

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||  Australia || BAT || Rob Langer

Rob Langer

Robert Samuel Langer is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Langer's first-class career extended from 1973–1974 until 1981–1982...

 || 10 ||  Australia || BWL || Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry James "Skull" O'Keeffe is a former Australian cricketer and now a commentator for ABC Radio. O'Keeffe played 24 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1971 and 1977.He was a spin bowler, bowling leg breaks...

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||  Pakistan || BAT || Haroon Rashid

Haroon Rashid (cricketer)

Haroon Rasheed Dar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983. He has also remained the manager of the Pakistan Cricket team and has been credited with the discovery of Waqar Younis and Shahid Khan Afridi....

 || 7 ||  England || BWL || John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

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Dennis Amiss

Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire...

 || 6 ||  Australia || BWL || Wayne Prior

Wayne Prior

Wayne Prior was an Australian cricketer considered by some to be unlucky never to play Test cricket.Born in Salisbury, South Australia, Prior played cricket and Australian rules football as a junior before developing into a tall, rangy right-arm fast bowler, who, on his day, was one of the fastest...

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Rohan Kanhai

Rohan Bholalall Kanhai is a former West Indian Cricket player of Indo-Guyanese descent. He is widely considered as one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featured in several great West Indian teams, playing with, among others, Sir Garfield Sobers, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, and Alvin...

 || 5 ||  Pakistan || BWL || Sarfraz Nawaz

Sarfraz Nawaz

Sarfraz Nawaz Malik is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball...

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||  Australia || BAT || Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

 || 5 ||  Australia || BWL || Garth McKenzie || 4 ||
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||  Australia || BAT || Kepler Wessels

Kepler Wessels

Kepler Christoffel Wessels is a former South African cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. He was the first man to have played One Day International cricket for two countries....

 || 2 ||  Australia || BWL || Mick Malone

Mick Malone

Michael Francis Malone is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test and 10 ODIs from 1977 to 1982. Malone played in only one Test prior to joining World Series Cricket. In English county cricket he had a period with Lancashire...

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|| || BAT || Jim Allen

Jim Allen (cricketer)

James Charles "Jim" Allen is a former Montserratian first-class cricketer who represented the World Series Cricket West Indians and is considered the greatest ever Montserrat sportsperson....

 || 2 || || BWL || Wayne Daniel

Wayne Daniel

Wayne Wendell Daniel played 10 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.A hostile and muscular fast bowler, Daniel seemed assured of a long and potent test career when he, in partnership with the lithe Michael Holding and the brooding Andy Roberts, battered England into submission...

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||  Australia || BAT || Bruce Laird

Bruce Laird

Bruce Malcolm Laird is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. He was an opening batsmen who played in 21 Tests and 23 ODIs. He also starred in World Series Cricket.-Early career:...

 || 2 ||  Australia || BWL || Len Pascoe

Len Pascoe

Leonard Stephen Pascoe is a former Australian Test and ODI cricketer. He attended Punchbowl Boys' High School in New South Wales....

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|| || ALL || Eddie Barlow

Eddie Barlow

Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer . Barlow played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959-60 to 1967-68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968-69 to 1980-81...

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Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

) || 19 || || BWL || Albert Padmore

Albert Padmore

Albert Leroy Padmore is a former West Indies cricketer, playing two Tests in 1976 and representing the West Indies in World Series Cricket....

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||  Australia || ALL || Trevor Chappell

Trevor Chappell

Trevor Martin Chappell is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket...

 || 13 ||  Australia || BWL || Max Walker

Max Walker

Maxwell Henry Norman Walker AM is a former Australian cricketer and VFL/AFL footballer. Formerly an architect, he currently works as a media commentator and motivational speaker and has diverse business interests.- Football career :...

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|| || ALL || David Holford

David Holford

David Anthony Jerome Holford is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 24 Tests from 1966 to 1977. He is the cousin of Garry Sobers.-References:...

 || 10 ||  Australia || BWL || Ian Davis

Ian Davis

Ian Davis was a longtime top senior partner and director at management consultancy McKinsey & Company, serving as managing director from 2003 to 2009. He succeeded Rajat Gupta on July 1, 2003. He joined McKinsey in 1979, retired in 2010 and currently serves as a senior partner emeritus.Davis was...

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||  Pakistan || ALL || Mushtaq Mohammed || 9 || || BWL || Lance Gibbs

Lance Gibbs

Lancelot Richard Gibbs is a former West Indies cricketer, one of the most successful spin bowlers in Test cricket history. He took 309 Test wickets, only the second player to pass 300, the first spinner to pass that milestone, and had an exceptional economy rate of under two runs per over...

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||  Australia || ALL || Graeme Watson

Graeme Watson (cricketer)

Graeme Donald Watson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1966 to 1972. He also played Australian rules football for Melbourne in the VFL.-External links:***...

 || 9 || || ALL || Richard Austin || 4 ||
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|||| ALL || Bernard Julien

Bernard Julien

Bernard Denis Julien played 24 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.He played in England for Kent and joined Packers World Series in 1977. He scored a century at Lords vs England in the 1973 test....

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Key

Tests - Number of Test Matches played at the end of the players 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.