List of World Series Cricket international five-wicket hauls

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 XI and WSC West Indies. The teams included leading Australian, English, Pakistani, South African and West Indian players, most notably England captain Tony Greig, West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, Australian captain Greg Chappell and former Australian captain Ian Chappell.

The teams played five day "Supertests" and one day "International Cup" matches in Australia and the West Indies. The first WSC game, a Supertest between the Australians and the West Indians, began at VFL Park on 2 December 1977.

Sixteen Supertest five wicket hauls were by players from all three of the WSC teams. The first of these was by Greg Chappell on 1 January 1978. Dennis Lillee's seven wickets for twenty three runs (7/23) was the best bowling figures in World Series Cricket and Lillee also holds the record for most Supertest five wicket hauls with four.

Eight International Cup five wicket hauls were taken during World Series Cricket, with Andy Roberts claiming the first on 3 February 1978. No player took more than one five wicket haul and WSC World XI player Garth Le Roux returned the best figures with five wickets for six runs, against WSC Australia XI.

Key

• Date – Date the fifth wicket was taken.
• Inn – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken.
• Overs – Number of overs bowled in that innings.
• * - Overs consisting of eight deliveries.
• Runs – Runs conceded.
• Wkts – Number of wickets taken.
• Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul.
• Result – The result for the player's team in that match.

Supertest five wicket hauls

No.	Player	Date	For	Against	Inn	Venue	Overs	Wkts	Runs	Batsmen	Result
1	Greg Chappell	1 January 1978	Australia	West Indies	2	Football Park, Adelaide	12*	5	20	RC Fredericks CG Greenidge LG Rowe CL King J Garner	Won[2]
2	Max Walker	16 January 1978	Australia	World XI	2	RAS Showground, Sydney	28.3*	7	88	CG Greenidge CH Lloyd AW Greig IVA Richards MJ Procter AME Roberts J Garner	Lost[3]
3	Andy Roberts	17 January 1978	World XI	Australia	3	RAS Showground, Sydney	12*	6	69	BM Laird RS Langer IM Chapell GS Chappell RW Marsh GJ Gilmour	Won[3]
4	Ray Bright	28 January 1978	Australia	World XI	1	Gloucester Park, Perth	31.3*	5	149	BA Richards Imran Khan APE Knott CG Greenidge WW Daniel	Lost[4]
5	Joel Garner	12 February 1978	World XI	Australia	3	VFL Park, Melbourne	14.7*	5	52	IC Davis GS Chappell R Edwards DW Hookes MHN Walker	Lost[5]
6	Dennis Lillee	13 February 1978	Australia	World XI	4	VFL Park, Melbourne	15*	5	82	BA Richards IVA Richards AW Greig Imran Khan J Garner	Won[5]
7	Max Walker	13 February 1978	Australia	World XI	4	VFL Park, Melbourne	14*	5	62	CG Greenidge Zaheer Abbas AME Roberts Asif Iqbal WW Daniel	Won[5]
8	Dennis Lillee	5 November 1978	Australia	World XI	2	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	18	7	59	BA Richards DL Amiss AW Greig APE Knott BD Julien JA Snow AL Padmore	Won[6]
9	Richard Hadlee	5 November 1978	World XI	Australia	3	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	15	5	26	IC Davis IM Chapell DW Hookes RB McCosker GJ Gilmour	Lost[6]
10	Dennis Lillee	6 November 1978	Australia	World XI	4	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	14	5	30	DL Amiss RA Woolmer CEB Rice CL King RJ Hadlee	Won[6]
11	Garth Le Roux	9 December 1978	World XI	Australia	2	VFL Park, Melbourne	25.5	5	39	BM Laird RJ Bright DW Hookes IM Chappell DK Lillee	Won[7]
12	Ray Bright	21 January 1979	Australia	West Indies	1	SCG, Sydney	23	6	52	CG Greenisge IVA Richards LG Rowe JC Allen DL Murray AL Padmore	Won[8]
13	Colin Croft	23 January 1979	West Indies	Australia	2	SCG, Sydney	26	5	65	KC Wessels GS Chappell IM Chappell DW Hookes RW Marsh	Lost[8]
14	Dennis Lillee	24 January 1979	Australia	West Indies	3	SCG, Sydney	14	7	23	RA Austin CG Greenidge JC Allen LG Rowe IVA Richards DL Murray WW Daniel	Won[8]
15	Garth Le Roux	2 February 1979	World XI	Australia	1	SCG, Sydney	18.4	5	57	BM Laird IM Chppell MF Kent RW Marsh LS Pascoe	Won[9]
16	Dennis Lillee	3 February 1979	Australia	World XI	2	SCG, Sydney	18.5	5	51	EJ Barlow MJ Procter AW Greig Imran Khan DL Underwood	Lost[9]
17	Michael Holding	16 March 1979	West Indies	Australia	1	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	21	5	48	IM Chappell GS Chappell DW Hookes TM Chappell RJ Bright	Lost[10]
18	Jeff Thomson	18 March 1979	Australia	West Indies	2	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	20	5	78	RC Fredericks LG Rowe IVA Richards CH Lloyd MA Holding	Won[10]
19	Dennis Lillee	9 April 1979	Australia	West Indies	2	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	33.2	6	125	DL Haynes RC Fredericks IVA Richards CH Lloyd LG Rowe MA Holding	Won[11]

International Cup five wicket hauls

No.	Player	Date	For	Against	Inn	Venue	Overs	Wkts	Runs	Batsmen	Result
1	Andy Roberts	3 February 1978	West Indies	World XI	2	RAS Showground, Sydney	8*	5	17	DL Amiss RA Woolmer Majid Khan Asif Iqbal BA Richards	Won[12]
2	Wayne Daniel	5 February 1978	West Indies	Australia	2	RAS Showground, Sydney	5.7*	5	29	IC Davis RW Marsh GJ Gilmour DK Lillee LS Pascoe	Won[13]
3	Greg Chappell	28 November 1978	Australia	West Indies	1	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	9.3	5	19	LG Rowe JC Allen BD Julien DL Murray J Garner	Won[14]
4	Len Pascoe	18 December 1978	Australia	World XI	2	VFL Park, Melbourne	10	5	30	Zaheer Abbas BA Richards Javed Miandad MJ Procter Asif Iqbal	Won[15]
5	Garth Le Roux	1 January 1979	World XI	Australia	1	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	6.1	5	6	GS Chappell IR Redpath TM Chappell MF Malone W Prior	Won[16]
6	Max Walker	9 January 1979	Australia	West Indies	2	VFL Park, Melbourne	10	5	23	JC Allen IBD Julien DL Murray AME Roberts MA Holding	Won[17]
7	Jeff Thomson	21 February 1979	Australia	West Indies	1	Sabina Park, Kingston	7.3	5	31	CL King DL Murray MA Holding J Garner WW Daniel	Won[18]
8	Colin Croft	4 April 1979	West Indies	Australia	1	Windsor Park, Roseau	9	5	21	BM Laird MF Kent IM Chappell RJ Bright MF Malone	Won[19]

See also

• Cricket portal

• List of World Series Cricket international centuries

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