A scorecard from one of the Supertests played in 1979 at SCG
note Australian team known as WSC Australians
Which was the World Series Cricket side.
I was a small kid at time and watched WSC cricket on channel 9 and actually did not understand what the *other* Australian side was. i.e the Test side at the time. The Test cricket was on channel two but it looked like not of same standard. The next summer WSC Cricket and Test cricket merged together as one and that was last time I saw day/night Supetests!!!
from cricinfo site here is one of games from back then that I probably saw on tv.
Dennis Lillee got 7 for 23 in second innings and match winner but these stats never get included in his Test match record.
No WSC stats are recognized by ICC but it was the best standard of cricket around at that time.
World Series Cricket Supertests - Semi final
WSC Australia v WSC West Indies
WSC Australia won by 10 wickets
1978/79 season
Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
21,22,23,24 January 1979 - day/night match (4-day match)
WSC West Indies 1st innings R
CG Greenidge c Pascoe b Bright 39
RA Austin b Lillee 27
IVA Richards c IM Chappell b Bright 10
LG Rowe c & b Bright 4
JC Allen c Gilmour b Bright 20
CH Lloyd* not out 37
DL Murray† c †Marsh b Bright 0
AME Roberts c †Marsh b Pascoe 0
AL Padmore c Wessels b Bright 12
WW Daniel b Pascoe 1
CEH Croft c †Marsh b Lillee 3
Extras (lb 4, nb 6) 10
Total (all out; 67 overs) 163 (2.43 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Austin), 2-82 (Greenidge), 3-82 (Richards), 4-102 (Rowe), 5-118 (Allen), 6-118 (Murray), 7-119 (Roberts), 8-144 (Padmore), 9-145 (Daniel), 10-163 (Croft)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 15 4 33 2 2.20
GJ Gilmour 10 3 26 0 2.60
LS Pascoe 19 4 42 2 2.21
RJ Bright 23 6 52 6 2.26
WSC Australia 1st innings R
BM Laird c Greenidge b Roberts 0
KC Wessels b Croft 5
GS Chappell lbw b Croft 8
IR Redpath lbw b Padmore 9
DW Hookes c Greenidge b Croft 69
IM Chappell* b Croft 23
RW Marsh† c Richards b Croft 23
GJ Gilmour c Austin b Roberts 3
DK Lillee c Richards b Roberts 2
RJ Bright b Daniel 18
LS Pascoe not out 5
Extras (b 7, lb 6, nb 7) 20
Total (all out; 86.4 overs) 185 (2.13 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Laird), 2-10 (Wessels), 3-17 (GS Chappell), 4-88 (Redpath), 5-118 (IM Chappell), 6-147, 7-153, 8-173, 9-177, 10-185
Bowling O M R W Econ
AME Roberts 29 14 35 3 1.20
CEH Croft 26 7 65 5 2.50
WW Daniel 14.4 4 21 1 1.43
RA Austin 2 0 9 0 4.50
AL Padmore 15 3 35 1 2.33
WSC West Indies 2nd innings R
CG Greenidge c GS Chappell b Lillee 8
RA Austin lbw b Lillee 0
JC Allen c GS Chappell b Lillee 4
LG Rowe c Redpath b Lillee 12
IVA Richards b Lillee 10
CH Lloyd* c Laird b Pascoe 29
DL Murray† c GS Chappell b Lillee 9
AME Roberts lbw b Pascoe 0
AL Padmore c Laird b Bright 11
WW Daniel b Lillee 2
CEH Croft not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 1) 4
Total (all out; 37.5 overs) 89 (2.35 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Austin), 2-12 (Greenidge), 3-19 (Allen), 4-31 (Rowe), 5-42 (Richards), 6-69 (Lloyd), 7-69 (Roberts), 8-80 (Murray), 9-88 (Daniel), 10-89 (Padmore)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 14 3 23 7 1.64
GJ Gilmour 11 3 30 0 2.72
LS Pascoe 5 0 20 2 4.00
RJ Bright 7.5 2 12 1 1.53
WSC Australia 2nd innings (target: 68 runs) R
KC Wessels not out 40
BM Laird not out 26
Extras (nb 2) 2
Total (0 wickets; 24.5 overs) 68 (2.73 runs per over)
Did not bat GS Chappell, IR Redpath, DW Hookes, IM Chappell*, RW Marsh†, GJ Gilmour, DK Lillee, RJ Bright, LS Pascoe
Bowling O M R W Econ
AME Roberts 4 0 21 0 5.25
CEH Croft 3 0 11 0 3.66
WW Daniel 4 1 14 0 3.50
RA Austin 5 1 7 0 1.40
AL Padmore 8.5 3 13 0 1.47
Match details
Toss WSC West Indies, who chose to bat
Umpires JR Collins and G Duperouzel
Close of play
Sun, 21 Jan - day 1 - WSC Australia 1st innings 50/3 (IR Redpath ?*, DW Hookes 25*)
Mon, 22 Jan - day 2 - no play
Tue, 23 Jan - day 3 - WSC West Indies 2nd innings 78/7 (DL Murray ?*, AL Padmore ?*)
Wed, 24 Jan - day 4 - WSC Australia 2nd innings 68/0 (24.5 ov) - end of match
