WSC Aust. vs WSC World XI, 1st Match at Sydney, Jan 14 1978 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Match, Sydney, January 14 - 19, 1978, WSC World XI tour of Australia
WSC Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Garner | 106 | 235 | 287 | 8 | 2 | 45.10 | |||
| lbw b Procter | 5 | 11 | 18 | - | - | 45.45 | |||
| run out | 44 | 99 | 148 | 3 | - | 44.44 | |||
| c †Knott b Garner | 39 | 83 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 46.98 | |||
| c IVA Richards b Garner | 35 | 75 | 92 | 3 | - | 46.66 | |||
| c IVA Richards b Underwood | 10 | 64 | 84 | 1 | - | 15.62 | |||
| c Lloyd b Procter | 8 | 26 | 32 | - | - | 30.76 | |||
| c †Knott b Roberts | 10 | 18 | 23 | 1 | - | 55.55 | |||
| c †Knott b Procter | 9 | 23 | 50 | 1 | - | 39.13 | |||
| b Procter | 22 | 33 | 40 | 3 | - | 66.66 | |||
| not out | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 25.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 3, nb 6) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | 82.7 Ov (RR: 3.66, 459 Mins) | 304 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Rick McCosker, 3.5 ov), 2-113 (Ian Chappell, 31.7 ov), 3-203 (Bruce Laird, 52.5 ov), 4-204 (Robbie Langer, 52.7 ov), 5-252 (Greg Chappell, 69.5 ov), 6-252 (Martin Kent, 69.5 ov), 7-270 (Gary Gilmour, 74.7 ov), 8-270 (Rod Marsh, 75.3 ov), 9-303 (Max Walker, 82.1 ov), 10-304 (Ray Bright, 82.7 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 2.48 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9.7 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 2.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 2.42 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 3.75 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 2.40 | - | 0 | 4 |
WSC World XI 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Marsh b Gilmour | 4 | 17 | 20 | - | - | 23.52 | |||
| b Gilmour | 57 | 83 | 117 | 9 | - | 68.67 | |||
| c †Marsh b Walker | 23 | 43 | 61 | 4 | - | 53.48 | |||
| c Gilmour b Walker | 119 | 206 | 263 | 17 | 2 | 57.76 | |||
| c IM Chappell b Walker | 1 | 9 | 14 | - | - | 11.11 | |||
| c IM Chappell b Walker | 38 | 122 | 158 | 4 | - | 31.14 | |||
| b Gilmour | 2 | 20 | 27 | - | - | 10.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Walker | 6 | 22 | 28 | - | - | 27.27 | |||
| c †Marsh b Walker | 10 | 33 | 35 | 1 | - | 30.30 | |||
| c Laird b Walker | 24 | 36 | 48 | 2 | - | 66.66 | |||
| not out | 3 | 8 | 17 | - | - | 37.50 | |||
| Extras | (nb 3) | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 74.3 Ov (RR: 3.89, 402 Mins) | 290 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Roy Fredericks, 3.6 ov), 2-59 (Gordon Greenidge, 13.5 ov), 3-95 (Barry Richards, 20.2 ov), 4-124 (Clive Lloyd, 23.1 ov), 5-218 (Tony Greig, 54.3 ov), 6-227 (Alan Knott, 59.4 ov), 7-253 (Viv Richards, 64.1 ov), 8-253 (Mike Procter, 64.7 ov), 9-275 (Andy Roberts, 70.7 ov), 10-290 (Joel Garner, 74.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 2 | 103 | 3 | 3.09 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 28.3 | 8 | 88 | 7 | 2.32 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3.93 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.12 | - | 0 | 0 |
WSC Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Roberts | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | 45.45 | |||
| b Procter | 3 | 13 | 17 | - | - | 23.07 | |||
| c Fredericks b Roberts | 19 | 44 | 61 | 3 | - | 43.18 | |||
| b Roberts | 12 | 22 | 29 | 1 | - | 54.54 | |||
| b Roberts | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | |||
| c †Knott b Garner | 31 | 47 | 87 | 2 | - | 65.95 | |||
| c †Knott b Roberts | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - | 54.54 | |||
| b Roberts | 26 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 136.84 | |||
| c †Knott b Garner | 11 | 44 | 60 | 1 | - | 25.00 | |||
| c †Knott b Garner | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 7 | 13 | 24 | 1 | - | 53.84 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4) | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 28.4 Ov (RR: 4.49, 169 Mins) | 128 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Bruce Laird, 2.6 ov), 2-8 (Rick McCosker, 3.2 ov), 3-25 (Robbie Langer, 8.4 ov), 4-25 (Greg Chappell, 8.7 ov), 5-44 (Ian Chappell, 12.7 ov), 6-54 (Rod Marsh, 14.7 ov), 7-86 (Gary Gilmour, 18.3 ov), 8-113 (Martin Kent, 24.6 ov), 9-113 (Max Walker, 24.8 ov), 10-128 (Ray Bright, 28.4 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2 | 69 | 6 | 4.31 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2.08 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.4 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 2.60 | - | 0 | 0 |
WSC World XI 2nd Innings (T: 143 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Gilmour | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | - | 100.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Walker | 48 | 59 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 81.35 | |||
| b Gilmour | 50 | 104 | 128 | 6 | - | 48.07 | |||
| c †Marsh b Walker | 18 | 25 | 40 | 2 | - | 72.00 | |||
| c Langer b Gilmour | 8 | 11 | 18 | 1 | - | 72.72 | |||
| b Gilmour | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 5 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 71.42 | |||
| not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Extras | (lb 3) | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 27.5 Ov (RR: 5.24, 148 Mins) | 145/6 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Roy Fredericks, 1.6 ov), 2-82 (Barry Richards, 15.7 ov), 3-124 (Viv Richards, 23.5 ov), 4-140 (Gordon Greenidge, 26.3 ov), 5-140 (Alan Knott, 26.5 ov), 6-141 (Tony Greig, 26.8 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 4.26 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 4.87 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10.5 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 2.96 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Sat, 14 Jan
day 1 - WSC Aust. 1st innings 249/4 (Greg Chappell 34*, Martin Kent 8*)Sun, 15 Jan
day 2 - WSC World 1st innings 199/4 (Viv Richards 79*, Tony Greig 33*)Mon, 16 Jan
day 3 - WSC Aust. 2nd innings 13/2 (Ian Chappell 0*, Robbie Langer 4*)Tue, 17 Jan
day 4 - WSC World 2nd innings 78/1 (Barry Richards 45*, Gordon Greenidge 19*)Wed, 18 Jan
day 5 - no playThu, 19 Jan
day 6 - WSC World 2nd innings 145/6 (27.5 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six.
Match attendance: 36,424 (Day 1 - 14,843, Day 2 - 11,566)
Day 4: No play until 2.40 pm (rain)
Day 5: No play (rain)
Day 6: No play until 1.30pm (rain)
WSC Australia 1st innings
Laird 50 from 128 balls, 149 mins, 2 fours 1 six
Laird on 93 swept Greig for four but this was disallowed when it was deemed the bail fell before he bowled (dead ball)
Laird 100 from 223 balls, 265 mins, 8 fours 2 sixes
WSC World XI 1st innings
BA Richards 50 from 70 balls, 107 mins, 8 fours
IVA Richards 50 from 60 balls, 76 mins, 10 fours
IVA Richards 100 from 197 balls, 254 mins, 14 fours 2 sixes
WSC World XI 2nd innings
Greenidge 103 balls, 128 mins, 6 fours 12th men: AA Mallett (WSC Australia) and Asif Iqbal (WSC World XI)
Match Details
GroundRAS Showground, Sydney
TossWSC Australia, elected to bat first
Season1977/78
Match daysday (6-day match)
Umpires
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