The World Series Cricket Rest Of The World XI was a cricket team representing the Rest of the World in World Series Cricket (WSC). Their first game was against the Australia in 1978. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australia tour to West Indies. The side was captained by former England captain Tony Greig, who was assigned to recruit his teammates. Greig's former England teammates Derek Underwood, Dennis Amiss, John Snow and star wicketkeeper Alan Knott were signed along with many players from Pakistan, including national icon Imran Khan. The World XI also offered competitive international class cricket to players from South Africa, who were then barred from international cricket, such as Barry Richards, Garth Le Roux and Mike Procter.

Players No. Player Nationality1Tony Greig2Dennis Amiss3Asif Iqbal4Eddie Barlow5Richard Hadlee6Imran Khan7Javed Miandad8Alan Knott9Garth Le Roux10Haroon Rashid11Majid Khan12Mushtaq Mohammed13Mike Procter14Clive Rice15Barry Richards16Sarfraz Nawaz17John Snow18Taslim Arif19Derek Underwood20Bob Woolmer21Zaheer Abbas

Records The following are records by players who exclusively played WSC matches for the World XI

Highest team total Highest team total (over 350 runs only) SupertestOne Day Score (Overs) Team Versus Venue Date Score (Overs) Team Versus Venue Date 625 (114.3) World XI Australia Gloucester Park 27–30 January 1978 248/7 (40) World XI West Indies VFL Park 24 December 1977 471(163.3) World XI West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground 21–23 December 1978 236/8 (39.4) World XI West Indies Sydney Showground 22 January 1978 434 (86.1) World XI Australia VFL Park 9–13 February 1978 204/9 (40) World XI Australia Football Park 10 December 1977 290 (74.3) World XI Australia Sydney Showground 14–19 January 1978 197 (49.3) World XI West Indies Brisbane Cricket Ground 30 December 1978 257 (140) World XI Australia VFL Park 8–11 December 1978 194/8 (50) World XI West Indies VFL Park 16 December 1978

Most runs

SupertestOne Day Player Team M I NO Runs Avg 50s 100s HS Player Team M I NO Runs Avg 50s 100s HS Barry Richards World XI 5 8 1 554 79.14 2 2 207 Barry Richards World XI 26 26 0 625 24.03 4 0 95 Zaheer Abbas World XI 4 7 0 214 30.57 1 0 91 Clive Rice World XI 17 16 3 377 29.00 0 0 46 Asif Iqbal World XI 5 8 0 209 26.12 0 1 107 Tony Greig World XI 23 21 1 337 16.85 2 0 62 Mike Procter World XI 4 7 1 182 30.33 2 0 66 Dennis Amiss World XI 16 16 1 312 20.80 3 0 71 Clive Rice World XI 3 5 0 151 30.20 1 0 83 Asif Iqbal World XI 20 19 2 309 18.17 2 0 59

Highest individual scores Note: Only top five scores listed. SupertestOne Day Runs Batsman Team Versus Venue Date Runs Batsman Team Versus Venue Date 207 Barry Richards World XI Australia Gloucester Park 27 January 1978 95 Barry Richards World XI West Indies VFL Park 24 December 1977 107 Asif Iqbal World XI Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 21 December 1978 92 Barry Richards World XI West Indies Brisbane Cricket Ground 30 December 1978 101* Barry Richards World XI Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2 February 1979 71 Dennis Amiss World XI Australia Pukekura Park 15 November 1978 91 Zaheer Abbas World XI West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground 21 December 1978 64 Barry Richards World XI Australia Nelson Cricket Ground 18 November 1978 83 Clive Rice World XI West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground 21 December 1978 63* Dennis Amiss World XI Australia Mount Smart Stadium 8 November 1978

Most wickets

SupertestOne Day Player Team Matches Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5WI Player Team Matches Balls Runs Wkts BB Ave Econ SR 5WI Imran Khan World XI 5 999 521 25 4/24 7/103 20.84 3.12 39.9 0 Derek Underwood World XI 20 947 570 27 4/31 21.11 3.61 35.07 0 Garth le Roux World XI 3 648 270 17 5/39 9/101 15.88 2.50 38.10 2 Imran Khan World XI 17 797 408 22 4/40 18.54 3.07 36.22 0 Derek Underwood World XI 5 1,254 441 16 4/59 6/95 27.56 2.11 78.30 0 Mike Procter World XI 25 1,045 530 22 4/6 24.09 3.04 47.50 0 Mike Procter World XI 4 494 225 14 4/33 5/58 16.07 2.73 35.2 0 Richard Hadlee World XI 7 350 154 18 4/25 8.55 2.64 19.44 0 Clive Rice World XI 3 402 169 7 2/38 3/64 24.14 2.52 57.40 0 Garth le Roux World XI 9 379 221 17 5/6 13.00 3.49 22.29 1

Best bowling Note: Only top 5 figures shown. SupertestOne Day Bowling figures:Wickets/Runs (Overs) Bowler Team Versus Venue Date Bowling figures:Wickets/Runs (Overs) Bowler Team Versus Venue Date 5/39 (25.5) Garth le Roux World XI Australia VFL Park 8 December 1978 5/6 (6.1) Garth le Roux World XI Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground 1 January 1979 5/57 (18.4) Garth le Roux World XI Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2 February 1979 4/6 (9) Mike Procter World XI Australia Pukekura Park 15 November 1978 4/24 (7) Imran Khan World XI Australia Gloucester Park 27 January 1978 4/14 (8) Clive Rice World XI Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground 1 January 1979 4/30 (15.2) Imran Khan World XI Australia VFL Park 8 December 1978 4/25 (10) Richard Hadlee World XI Australia Mount Smart Stadium 19 November 1978 4/33 (9.7) Mike Procter World XI Australia Sydney Showground 14 January 1978 4/27 (10) Garth le Roux World XI West Indies Brisbane Cricket Ground 30 December 1978

References

See also World Series Cricket results World Series Cricket player records WSC Australia XI WSC West Indies XI WSC Cavaliers XI