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Compared to previous international tours to the West Indies the schedule of the WSC tour was rigorous. The previous year the official Australia side had conducted a tour of the West Indies that took in five Test matches, two ODIs and six tour matches in 75 days from 17 February to 3 May 1978. The WSC tour featured five Supertests and twelve ...
World Series Cricket (WSC) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979. [1]Formed by Australian business man Kerry Packer following the refusal of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) to accept the bid of Packer's Channel Nine to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches, World Series Cricket involved matches between WSC Australia XI, WSC ...
World Series Cricket results are the results of the main games played in the now defunct World Series Cricket (WSC) competition. World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979, organized by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, the Nine Network.
The 2025 World Test Championship final will take place at Lord's in England. The five-day match is scheduled to begin on 11 June. There will be ball-by-ball radio commentary available across the BBC.
It was also South Africa's first Test match since their reintroduction to the sport after being suspended in 1970 due to the apartheid regime, and their first Test against a non-white team. [1] The tour consisted of three One-day Internationals and one Test match against the West Indies. All four matches were won by the West Indies.
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.
ABC news report of the first WSC match. World Series Cricket (WSC) was a commercial professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 which was organised by Kerry Packer and his Australian television network, Nine Network. WSC ran in commercial competition to established international cricket.
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)