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World Series Cricket World XI

{{Infobox cricket team

|name = World Series Cricket Rest Of The World XI

|image = World WSC.png

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|coach =

|captain = {{flagicon|England}} Tony Greig

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|colours = Pale blue

|founded = 1977

|ground = None

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The World Series Cricket Rest Of The World XI was a cricket team representing the Rest of the World in World Series Cricket (WSC).{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110931315|title=World XI into final|date=24 December 1978|work=The Canberra Times (via Trove)|publisher=Fairfax Media|page=24|accessdate=16 September 2017}} Their first game was against the Australia XI in 1978. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australia XI 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. Rest Of 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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;" border="1"
scope="col| No.

! scope="col| Player

! scope="col| Nationality

1Tony Greig

|{{cr|England}}

2Dennis Amiss

|{{cr|England}}

3Asif Iqbal

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

4Eddie Barlow

|{{cr|RSA|1928}}

5Richard Hadlee

|{{cr|New Zealand}}

6Imran Khan

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

7Javed Miandad

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

8Alan Knott

|{{cr|England}}

9Garth Le Roux

|{{cr|RSA|1928}}

10Haroon Rashid

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

11Majid Khan

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

12Mushtaq Mohammed

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

13Mike Procter

|{{cr|RSA|1928}}

14Clive Rice

|{{cr|RSA|1928}}

15Barry Richards

|{{cr|RSA|1928}}

16Sarfraz Nawaz

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

17John Snow

|{{cr|England}}

18Taslim Arif

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

19Derek Underwood

|{{cr|England}}

20Bob Woolmer

|{{cr|England}}

21Zaheer Abbas

|{{cr|Pakistan}}

Records (Supertests)

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){{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=100;type=trophy |title=Highest totals |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=6 January 2023 }}

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! Score
(Overs)

! Team

! Versus

! Venue

! Date

625 (114.3)

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| 20px Australia XI

| Gloucester Park

| 27–30 January 1978

471(163.3)

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| File:Windies WSC.png West Indies XI

| Sydney Cricket Ground

| 21–23 December 1978

434 (86.1)

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| 20px Australia XI

| VFL Park

| 9–13 February 1978

290(74.3)

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| 20px Australia XI

| Sydney Showground

| 14–19 January 1978

257(140)

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| 20px Australia XI

| VFL Park

| 8–11 December 1978

=Most runs=

{{smalldiv|1=

  • Note: Only top 5 players shown.{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=100;type=trophy |title=Most runs |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=6 January 2023 }}}}

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! Player

! Team

! M

! I

! NO

! Runs

! Avg

! 50s

! 100s

! HS

align="left"|Barry Richardsalign="left" | 20px Rest Of The World XI581554align="right"| 79.1422align="right"|207
align="left"|Zaheer Abbasalign="left" | 20px Rest Of The World XI470214align="right"|30.5710align="right"| 91
align="left"|Asif Iqbalalign="left" | 20px Rest Of The World XI580209align="right"|26.1201align="right"| 107
align="left"|Mike Procteralign="left" | 20px Rest Of The World XI471182align="right"|30.3320align="right"| 66
align="left"|Clive Ricealign="left" | 20px Rest Of The World XI350151align="right"|30.2010align="right"| 83

=Highest individual scores=

Note: Only top five scores listed.{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=100;type=trophy |title=High scores |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=6 January 2023 }}

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! Runs

! Batsman

! Team

! Versus

! Venue

! Date

207

| Barry Richards

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| 20px Australia XI

| Gloucester Park

| 27 January 1978

107

| Asif Iqbal

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| 20px Australia XI

| Sydney Cricket Ground

| 21 December 1978

101*

| Barry Richards

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| 20px Australia XI

| Sydney Cricket Ground

| 2 February 1979

91

| Zaheer Abbas

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| File:Windies WSC.png West Indies XI

| Sydney Cricket Ground

| 21 December 1978

83

| Clive Rice

| 20px Rest Of The World XI

| File:Windies WSC.png West Indies XI

| Sydney Cricket Ground

| 21 December 1978

=Most wickets=

{{smalldiv|1=

  • Note: Sorted by wickets then bowling average.{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=100;type=trophy |title=Most wickets |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=6 January 2023 }}}}

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! Player

! Team

! Matches

! Balls

! Runs

! Wkts

! BBI

! BBM

! Ave

! Econ

! SR

! 5WI

align="left"|Imran Khan20px Rest Of The World XI5999521254/247/10320.843.1239.90
align="left"|Garth le Roux20px Rest Of The World XI3648270175/399/10115.882.5038.102
align="left"|Derek Underwood20px Rest Of The World XI51254441164/596/9527.562.1178.300
align="left"|Mike Procter20px Rest Of The World XI4494225144/335/5816.072.7335.20
align="left"|Clive Rice20px Rest Of The World XI340216972/383/6424.142.5257.400

=Best bowling=

  • Note: Only top 5 figures shown.{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=100;type=trophy |title=Best bowling figures in an innings |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=6 January 2023 }}

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! Bowling figures:
Wickets/Runs (Overs)

! Bowler

! Country

! Versus

! Venue

! Date

5/39 (25.5)Garth le Roux20px Rest Of The World XI20px Australia XIVFL Park8 December 1978
5/57 (18.4)Garth le Roux20px Rest Of The World XI20px Australia XISydney Cricket Ground2 February 1979
4/24 (7)Imran Khan20px Rest Of The World XI20px Australia XIGloucester Park27 January 1978
4/30 (15.2)Imran Khan20px Rest Of The World XI20px Australia XIVFL Park8 December 1978
4/33 (9.7)Mike Procter20px Rest Of The World XI20px Australia XISydney Showground14 January 1978

References

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See also

{{World Series Cricket}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Series Cricket}}

Category:World Series Cricket teams