Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	b Garner	106	235	287	8	2	45.10
Rick McCosker	lbw b Procter	5	11	18	-	-	45.45
Ian Chappell (c)	run out	44	99	148	3	-	44.44
Robbie Langer	c †Knott b Garner	39	83	120	4	1	46.98
Greg Chappell	c IVA Richards b Garner	35	75	92	3	-	46.66
Martin Kent	c IVA Richards b Underwood	10	64	84	1	-	15.62
Rod Marsh †	c Lloyd b Procter	8	26	32	-	-	30.76
Gary Gilmour	c †Knott b Roberts	10	18	23	1	-	55.55
Ray Bright	c †Knott b Procter	9	23	50	1	-	39.13
Max Walker	b Procter	22	33	40	3	-	66.66
Wayne Prior	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	4s	6s	NB
Andy Roberts	16	3	53	1	2.48	-	-	-	0
Mike Procter	9.7	1	33	4	2.50	-	-	-	0
Joel Garner	22	2	71	3	2.42	-	-	-	1
Tony Greig	11	1	55	0	3.75	-	-	-	1
Derek Underwood	24	4	77	1	2.40	-	-	-	4

WSC World XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c †Marsh b Gilmour	4	17	20	-	-	23.52
Barry Richards	b Gilmour	57	83	117	9	-	68.67
Gordon Greenidge	c †Marsh b Walker	23	43	61	4	-	53.48
Viv Richards	c Gilmour b Walker	119	206	263	17	2	57.76
Clive Lloyd	c IM Chappell b Walker	1	9	14	-	-	11.11
Tony Greig (c)	c IM Chappell b Walker	38	122	158	4	-	31.14
Alan Knott †	b Gilmour	2	20	27	-	-	10.00
Mike Procter	c †Marsh b Walker	6	22	28	-	-	27.27
Andy Roberts	c †Marsh b Walker	10	33	35	1	-	30.30
Joel Garner	c Laird b Walker	24	36	48	2	-	66.66
Derek Underwood	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	4s	6s	NB
Wayne Prior	11	1	66	0	4.50	-	-	-	0
Gary Gilmour	25	2	103	3	3.09	-	-	-	3
Max Walker	28.3	8	88	7	2.32	-	-	-	0
Ray Bright	4	2	21	0	3.93	-	-	-	0
Greg Chappell	6	1	9	0	1.12	-	-	-	0

WSC Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	lbw b Roberts	5	11	13	1	-	45.45
Rick McCosker	b Procter	3	13	17	-	-	23.07
Ian Chappell (c)	c Fredericks b Roberts	19	44	61	3	-	43.18
Robbie Langer	b Roberts	12	22	29	1	-	54.54
Greg Chappell	b Roberts	0	3	1	-	-	0.00
Martin Kent	c †Knott b Garner	31	47	87	2	-	65.95
Rod Marsh †	c †Knott b Roberts	6	11	10	1	-	54.54
Gary Gilmour	b Roberts	26	19	19	3	2	136.84
Ray Bright	c †Knott b Garner	11	44	60	1	-	25.00
Max Walker	c †Knott b Garner	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
Wayne Prior	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	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	12	2	69	6	4.31	-	-	-
Mike Procter	9	1	25	1	2.08	-	-	-
Joel Garner	7.4	1	26	3	2.60	-	-	-

WSC World XI 2nd Innings (T: 143 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	b Gilmour	13	13	9	2	-	100.00
Barry Richards	c †Marsh b Walker	48	59	82	4	1	81.35
Gordon Greenidge	b Gilmour	50	104	128	6	-	48.07
Viv Richards	c †Marsh b Walker	18	25	40	2	-	72.00
Tony Greig (c)	c Langer b Gilmour	8	11	18	1	-	72.72
Alan Knott †	b Gilmour	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
Mike Procter	not out	5	7	5	-	-	71.42
Clive Lloyd	not out	0	0	2	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	27.5 Ov (RR: 5.24, 148 Mins)	145/6
Did not bat: Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Derek Underwood
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	4s	6s
Wayne Prior	13	0	74	0	4.26	-	-	-
Gary Gilmour	4	1	26	4	4.87	-	-	-
Max Walker	10.5	1	42	2	2.96	-	-	-

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 play

Thu, 19 Jan - day 6 - WSC World 2nd innings 145/6 (27.5 ov) - end of match

Match 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

RAS Showground, Sydney
Toss	WSC Australia, elected to bat first
Series	WSC World XI tour of Australia
Season	1977/78
Match days	day (6-day match)
Umpires	Douglas Sang Hue Jack Collins

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WSC World XI Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
W Prior	13	0	74	0	4.26
GJ Gilmour	4	1	26	4	4.87
MHN Walker	10.5	1	42	2	2.96

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