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Every player to appear in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket is listed below along with their appearance records.
Four teams would take part in the various World Series Cricket competitions, Australia XI, Cavaliers XI, West Indies XI, World XI.

Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Nation
Ian Chappell (c) 26 September 1943 BAT 75 14 35 RHB LB Australia Australia
Ray Bright 13 July 1954 BWL 25 15 11 RHB SLA Australia Australia
Greg Chappell 7 August 1948 BAT 87 14 37 RHB RM Australia Australia
Trevor Chappell 21 October 1952 ALL 3 4 10 RHB RM Australia Australia
Ian Davis 25 June 1953 BAT 15 5 25 RHB UNK Australia Australia
Ross Edwards 1 December 1942 BAT 20 2 9 RHB UNK Australia Australia
Gary Gilmour 26 June 1951 ALL 15 7 34 LHB LFM Australia Australia
David Hookes 3 May 1955 BAT 23 12 33 LHB SLA Australia Australia
Martin Kent 23 November 1953 BAT 3 10 20 RHB UNK Australia Australia
Bruce Laird 21 November 1950 BAT 21 13 24 RHB UNK Australia Australia
Rob Langer 3 October 1948 BAT 0 2 4 LHB RM Australia Australia
Dennis Lillee 18 July 1949 BWL 70 14 24 RHB RF Australia Australia
Rick McCosker 11 December 1946 BAT 25 6 14 RHB LB Australia Australia
Garth McKenzie 24 June 1941 BWL 60 0 1 RHB RF Australia Australia
Ashley Mallett 13 July 1945 BWL 38 0 0 RHB OB Australia Australia
Mick Malone 9 October 1950 BWL 1 1 29 RHB RFM Australia Australia
Rod Marsh 4 November 1947 WKT 96 15 40 LHB OB Australia Australia
Kerry O'Keeffe 25 November 1949 BWL 24 0 1 RHB LB Australia Australia
Len Pascoe 13 February 1950 BWL 14 9 19 RHB RF Australia Australia
Wayne Prior 30 September 1952 BWL 0 2 7 RHB RF Australia Australia
Ian Redpath 11 May 1941 BAT 66 2 5 RHB RM Australia Australia
Richie Robinson 8 June 1946 WKT 3 1 3 RHB UNK Australia Australia
Jeff Thomson 16 August 1950 BWL 51 5 6 RHB RF Australia Australia
Max Walker 12 September 1948 BWL 34 7 31 RHB RFM Australia Australia
Doug Walters 21 December 1945 BAT 74 1 16 RHB RM Australia Australia
Graeme Watson 8 March 1945 ALL 5 0 0 RHB RM Australia Australia
Kepler Wessels 14 September 1957 BAT 40 4 13 LHB RM Australia Australia/South Africa South Africa
Dennis Yagmich 23 August 1948 WKT 0 0 0 RHB UNK Australia Australia

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Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Nation
Clive Lloyd (c) 31 August 1944 BAT 110 13 31 LHB RM Guyana Guyana
Jim Allen 18 August 1951 BAT 0 3 20 RHB RM Montserrat Leeward Islands
Richard Austin 5 September 1954 ALL 2 4 18 RHB RM/OB Jamaica Jamaica
Colin Croft 15 March 1953 BWL 27 7 15 RHB RF Guyana Guyana
Wayne Daniel 16 January 1956 BWL 10 7 28 RHB RF Barbados Barbados
Roy Fredericks 11 November 1942 BAT 59 10 22 LHB LAC Guyana Guyana
Joel Garner 16 December 1952 BWL 58 7 28 RHB RF Barbados Barbados
Lance Gibbs 29 September 1934 BWL 79 0 0 RHB OB Guyana Guyana
Gordon Greenidge 1 May 1951 BAT 108 13 31 RHB RM Barbados Barbados
Desmond Haynes 15 February 1956 BAT 116 4 18 RHB RM Barbados Barbados
Michael Holding 16 February 1954 BWL 60 9 16 RHB RF Jamaica Jamaica
David Holford 16 April 1940 ALL 24 1 2 RHB LB Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad And Tobago
Bernard Julien 13 March 1950 ALL 24 0 25 RHB LMF/SLA Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad And Tobago
Rohan Kanhai 26 December 1935 BAT 79 0 0 RHB RM Guyana Guyana
Collis King 11 June 1951 BAT 9 8 34 RHB RM Barbados Barbados
Deryck Murray 20 May 1943 WKT 62 10 29 RHB LB Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad And Tobago
Albert Padmore 17 December 1946 BWL 2 5 11 RHB OB Barbados Barbados
Viv Richards 7 March 1952 BAT 121 14 33 RHB OB Antigua and Barbuda Leeward Islands
Andy Roberts 29 January 1951 BWL 47 13 30 RHB RF Antigua and Barbuda Leeward Islands
Lawrence Rowe 8 June 1949 BAT 30 9 28 RHB LFM Jamaica Jamaica

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Player D.O.B. Role Tests* Supertests WSC ODIs Batting Bowling Nation
Tony Greig (c) 6 October 1946 ALL 58 4 23 RHB RFM/OB England England
Dennis Amiss 7 April 1943 BAT 50 1 16 RHB LM England England
Asif Iqbal 6 June 1943 BAT 58 5 20 RHB RM Pakistan Pakistan
Eddie Barlow 12 August 1940 ALL 30 1 4 RHB RM South Africa South Africa
Richard Hadlee 3 July 1951 ALL 86 0 7 LHB RF New Zealand New Zealand
Imran Khan 25 November 1952 ALL 88 5 17 RHB RF Pakistan Pakistan
Javed Miandad 12 June 1957 BAT 124 2 7 RHB LB Pakistan Pakistan
Alan Knott 9 April 1946 WKT 95 6 28 RHB OB England England
Garth Le Roux 4 September 1955 BWL 0 3 9 RHB RF South Africa South Africa
Haroon Rashid 25 March 1953 BAT 23 0 4 RHB RM Pakistan Pakistan
Majid Khan 28 September 1946 BAT 63 2 15 RHB OB Pakistan Pakistan
Mushtaq Mohammed 22 November 1943 ALL 57 0 2 RHB LB Pakistan Pakistan
Mike Procter 15 September 1946 ALL 7 4 25 RHB RF South Africa South Africa
Clive Rice 23 July 1949 ALL 0 3 17 RHB RFM South Africa South Africa
Barry Richards 21 July 1945 BAT 4 5 26 RHB OB South Africa South Africa
Sarfraz Nawaz 1 December 1948 BWL 55 0 5 RHB RFM Pakistan Pakistan
John Snow 13 October 1941 BWL 49 0 14 RHB RFM England England
Taslim Arif 1 May 1954 WKT 6 0 0 RHB RM Pakistan Pakistan
Derek Underwood 8 June 1945 BWL 86 5 20 RHB SLA England England
Bob Woolmer 14 May 1948 ALL 19 0 12 RHB RM England England
Zaheer Abbas 24 July 1947 BAT 78 4 14 RHB OB Pakistan Pakistan

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The following West Indians also represented WSC World XI in the 1977–78 Supertests

The Following West Indians also represented WSC World XI in the 1978/79 on the tour of New Zealand

Cavaliers XI were included as a fourth team for the 1978/79 Country Cavaliers Tour. The XI was selected from players the other three sides had not selected for that rounds fixtures. This gave some of the contracted players who were not regularly appearing the chance to perform and earn bonus/prize money on offer.


Nat. Role Player Apps Nat. Role Player Apps
Australia BAT Rick McCosker 19 England ALL Bob Woolmer 3
Australia BAT Ross Edwards 17 Australia ALL Gary Gilmour 1
Australia BAT Martin Kent 16 Australia WKT Richie Robinson 17
Australia BAT Doug Walters 12 Pakistan WKT Taslim Arif 3
Australia BAT Robert Langer 10 Australia BWL Kerry O'Keeffe 15
Pakistan BAT Haroon Rashid 7 England BWL John Snow 11
England BAT Dennis Amiss 6 Australia BWL Wayne Prior 8
Cricket West Indies BAT Rohan Kanhai 5 Pakistan BWL Sarfraz Nawaz 4
Australia BAT Ian Redpath 5 Australia BWL Garth McKenzie 4
Australia BAT Kepler Wessels 2 Australia BWL Mick Malone 4
Cricket West Indies BAT Jim Allen 2 Cricket West Indies BWL Wayne Daniel 3
Australia BAT Bruce Laird 2 Australia BWL Len Pascoe 3
South Africa ALL Eddie Barlow (c) 19 Cricket West Indies BWL Albert Padmore 2
Australia ALL Trevor Chappell 13 Australia BWL Max Walker 2
Cricket West Indies ALL David Holford 10 Australia BWL Ian Davis 1
Pakistan ALL Mushtaq Mohammed 9 Cricket West Indies BWL Lance Gibbs 1
Australia ALL Graeme Watson 9 Cricket West Indies ALL Richard Austin 4
Cricket West Indies ALL Bernard Julien 4

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Key

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Tests – Number of Test Matches played at the end of the player's career

Supertests – Number of World Series Cricket Supertests played

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC Australia Squad".
  2. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC West Indies Squad".
  3. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC World XI Squad".
  4. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC Supertests 1977/78 Scorecards".
  5. ^ "Cricinfo – WSC 1978/79 Tour of New Zealand Scorecards".
  6. ^ "Cricinfo – Cavaliers Statistics".