The following lists are of records in Supertests played in World Series Cricket from 1977 to 1979.
Supertests Records from all Supertests played in World Series Cricket. There were four series of Supertests: 1977/78: Australia v West Indies (3 Matches) 1978: Australia v World XI (3) 1978/79: Australia v West Indies v World XI (5 [3 round robin, 1 semi-final, 1 final]) 1979: West Indies v Australia (5)
Team records Results Team Matches Won Lost Drawn W/L %W %L %D Australia 15 4 7 4 0.57 26.66 46.66 26.66 West Indies 11 3 4 4 0.75 27.27 36.36 36.36 World XI 6 5 1 0 5 83.33 16.66 0Source:
Highest team total +Highest team total (450 plus) Score (Overs) Team Versus Venue Date 625 (114.3) World XI Australia Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia 27-30 January 1978 538-6 (100.5) Australia World XI VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria 9-13 February 1978 481(109.4) West Indies Australia Sabina Park, Jamaica 23-26 February 1979 476-5 (113.1) West Indies Australia Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana 25-28 March 1979 471(163.3) World XI West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground, New South Wales 21-23 December 1978Source:
Bowling Most wickets in the tournament Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average. Player Team Matches Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5WIDennis Lillee Australia 14 522.1 106 1800 67 7/23 9/56 26.87 3.295 53.35 4Andy Roberts West Indies 13 417.3 99 1207 50 6/69 7/104 24.14 2.608 56.68 1Ray Bright Australia 15 420 97 1248 42 6/52 7/64 29.71 2.88 64.25 2Michael Holding West Indies 9 255.1 37 808 35 5/48 7/97 23.09 2.993 44.45 1Joel Garner West Indies 7 284.3 43 867 35 5/52 7/113 24.77 2.598 62.25 1Colin Croft West Indies 7 291.7 55 866 30 5/65 6/104 28.87 2.835 58.20 1Len Pascoe Australia 9 242.1 55 866 30 3/20 5/75 32.00 3.523 58.20 0Max Walker Australia 7 191 38 712 28 7/88 9/130 25.43 2.800 78.87 2Imran Khan World XI 5 146.5 27 521 25 4/24 7/103 20.84 3.150 40.05 0Gary Gilmour Australia 7 255 56 784 23 4/26 7/129 34.87 3.097 66.50 0Source:
Best innings bowling figures Note: Only top ten performances listed. Bowling figures:Wickets-Runs (Overs) Bowler Country Versus Venue Date 7-23 (14) Dennis Lillee Australia West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground 21 January 1979 7-88 (28.3) Max Walker Australia World XI RAS 14 January 1978 6-52 (23) Ray Bright Australia West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground 21 January 1979 6-69 (12) Andy Roberts World XI Australia RAS 14 January 1978 6-81 (54.4) Albert Padmore West Indies Australia Queen's Park Oval 16 March 1979 6-125 (33.2) Dennis Lillee Australia West Indies Antigua Recreation Ground 6 April 1979 5-20 (12) Greg Chappell Australia West Indies Football Park 31 December 1977 5-39 (25.5) Garth Le Roux World XI Australia VFL Park 8 December 1978 5-48 (21) Michael Holding West Indies Australia Queen's Park Oval 16 March 1979 5-51 (18.5) Dennis Lillee Australia World XI Sydney Cricket Ground 2 February 1979Source:
Best match bowling figures Note: Only top ten performances listed. Bowling figures:Wickets-Runs (Overs) Bowler Country Versus Venue Date 9-56 (29) Dennis Lillee Australia West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground 21 January 1979 9-101 (36.1) Garth Le Roux World XI Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2 February 1979 9-130 (39) Max Walker Australia World XI RAS 14 January 1978 8-168 (43.2) Dennis Lillee Australia West Indies Sabina Park 23 February 1979 8-64 (30.5) Ray Bright Australia West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground 21 January 1979 7-97 (49.0) Michael Holding West Indies Australia Queen's Park Oval 16 March 1979 7-103 (26.0) Imran Khan World XI Australia Gloucester Park 27 January 1978 7-104 (28) Andy Roberts West Indies Australia VFL Park 2 December 1977 7-113 (26) Joel Garner West Indies Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 16 December 1977 7-113 (27) Max Walker Australia World XI VFL Park 9 February 1978Source:
Best match bowling averages Note: Only top 10 players shown. Player Team Matches Balls Runs Wkts Ave BBI BBM Econ SR 5WIGarth Le Roux World XI 3 648 270 17 15.88 5/39 9/101 2.50 38.1 2Mike Proctor World XI 4 494 225 14 16.07 4/33 5/58 2.73 35.2 0Imran Khan World XI 5 999 521 25 20.84 4/24 7/103 3.12 39.9 0Michael Holding West Indies 9 1643 808 35 23.08 5/48 7/97 2.95 46.9 1Andy Roberts West Indies 13 2809 1207 50 24.14 6/69 7/104 2.57 56.1 1Clive Rice World XI 3 402 169 7 24.14 2/38 3/64 2.52 57.4 0Joel Garner West Indies 7 1985 867 35 24.77 5/52 7/113 2.62 56.7 1Max Walker Australia 7 1430 712 28 24.77 7/88 9/130 2.98 51.0 2Greg Chappell Australia 14 352 156 6 26.00 5/20 5/45 2.65 58.6 1Richard Austin West Indies 2 267 133 5 26.60 3/59 3/109 2.98 53.4 0Source:
Batting Most runs in the tournament Note : Only top 10 players shown. Player Team M I NO Runs Avg 100s 50s HSGreg Chappell Australia 14 26 1 1415 56.60 5 4 246*Viv Richards West Indies 14 25 2 1281 55.70 4 4 177Ian Chappell Australia 14 27 2 893 35.72 1 5 141David Hookes Australia 12 22 2 771 38.55 1 7 116Gordon Greenidge West Indies 13 23 2 754 35.90 1 4 140Clive Lloyd West Indies 13 21 3 683 37.94 1 3 197Bruce Laird Australia 13 26 1 630 25.20 3 1 122Roy Fredericks West Indies 10 18 0 621 34.50 0 4 89Lawrence Rowe West Indies 9 15 2 570 43.85 2 2 175Barry Richards World XI 5 8 1 55479.14 2 2 207Source:
Highest average in the tournament Note : Only top 10 players shown. Not including Barry Richards who only played one series. Player Team M I NO Runs Avg 100s 50s HSGreg Chappell Australia 14 26 1 1415 56.60 5 4 246*Vivian Richards West Indies 14 25 2 1281 55.70 4 4 177Lawrence Rowe West Indies 9 15 2 570 43.85 2 2 175David Hookes Australia 12 22 2 771 38.55 1 7 116Clive Lloyd West Indies 13 21 3 683 37.94 1 3 197Gordon Greenidge West Indies 13 23 2 754 35.90 1 4 140Ian Chappell Australia 14 27 2 893 35.72 1 5 141Roy Fredericks West Indies 10 18 0 621 34.50 0 4 89Andy Roberts West Indies 13 20 6 439 31.35 0 2 89Deryck Murray West Indies 10 15 2 377 29.00 0 2 82Source:
Highest individual scores
Note: Only top ten scores listed. Runs Batsman Team Versus Venue Date 246* Greg Chappell Australia World XI VFL Park 9 February 1978 207 Barry Richards World XI Australia Gloucester Park 27 January 1978 197 Clive Lloyd West Indies Australia Sabina Park 23 February 1979 177 Viv Richards World XI Australia Gloucester Park 28 January 1978 175 Lawrence Rowe West Indies Australia VFL Park 12 January 1979 174 Greg Chappell Australia World XI Gloucester Park 27 January 1978 170 Viv Richards World XI Australia VFL Park 9 February 1978 150 Greg Chappell Australia West Indies Queen's Park Oval 16 March 1979 141 Ian Chappell Australia West Indies Football Park 31 December 1977 140 Gordon Greenidge West Indies World XI Gloucester Park 27 January 1978Source: Viv Richards played for the World XI in the 1977/78 Supertests against Australia.
Highest partnerships by wicket Wicket Runs First batsman Second batsman Team Opposition Venue Date 1st wicket 234* Gordon Greenidge Barry Richards World XI Australia Gloucester Park 27 January 1978 2nd wicket 219 Rick McCosker Greg Chappell Australia World XI VFL Park 9 February 1978 3rd wicket 124 Richard Austin Lawrence Rowe West Indies Australia VFL Park 12 January 1979 4th wicket 152 Greg Chappell David Hookes Australia World XI VFL Park 9 February 1978 5th wicket 121 Lawrence Rowe Clive Lloyd West Indies Australia VFL Park 12 January 1979 6th wicket 226 Clive Lloyd Andy Roberts West Indies Australia Sabina Park 23 February 1979 7th wicket 161* Rod Marsh Ray Bright Australia West Indies Antigua Recreation Ground 6 April 1979 8th wicket 116 Greg Chappell Ray Bright Australia World XI Gloucester Park 27 January 1978 9th wicket 42 Alan Knott Andy Roberts World XI Australia VFL Park 9 February 1978 10th wicket 78 Alan Knott Wayne Daniel World XI Australia VFL Park 9 February 1978 Source:
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