List of World Series Cricket international centuries explained

World Series Cricket (WSC) was a professional cricket competition established by Kerry Packer which ran from 1977 and 1979. Packer set the competition up after failing to gain the rights to show Test cricket on his Channel Nine television channel.[1] It was opposed by the International Cricket Conference (ICC), who ruled that such matches would not be first-class,[2] and any players taking part would be banned from playing in officially sanctioned cricket, although the latter was ruled to be a "restraint of trade" and was not enforceable.[3] They also barred the WSC from using the term "Test matches", or naming a team "Australia". As a result, the matches were dubbed "Supertests", while the teams were WSC Australia XI, WSC West Indies XI and WSC World XI. In all, 16 Supertests and 58 international one-day matches were played, before Packer and the Australian Cricket Board came to an agreement in May 1979, and World Series Cricket came to an end.[2]

The first Supertest began on 2 December 1977,[2] although the first century (100 or more runs in a single innings) was not scored until the third match, in which Ian Chappell accumulated 141 runs in the first innings.[4] Bruce Laird and Viv Richards went on to score centuries in the same match. A month later, Barry Richards achieved the competition's first double century, scoring 207 runs for the WSC World XI.[5] In the same innings, Gordon Greenidge and Richards also passed a hundred, while Greg Chappell did so in the second innings for WSC Australia XI. In the next match, Greg Chappell surpassed Richards' total, remaining 246 not out, one of his record five WSC centuries.[6]

Only two centuries were made in the international one-day matches. Kepler Wessels scored the first, accruing 136 runs; his score is the highest in WSC one-day international matches, and makes him the only player to have scored a century in both a Supertest and an international one-day match in the WSC. The other century was scored by Martin Kent, who scored 109 runs. In all, 25 centuries were scored in Supertests, and 2 in international one-day matches. Seven of the centuries were scored at VFL Park in Melbourne, the most of any venue.

Key

SymbolMeaning
The century scorer remained not out.
Inn.The innings of the match in which the player scored his century.
DateThe date on which the match began.
LostThe match was lost by the century scorer's team.
WonThe match was won by the century scorer's team.
DrawnThe match was drawn.

Century scores

Centuries in Supertests
No.PlayerScoreForAgainstInn.VenueDateResult
1 141 1 Won [7] [8]
2 106 2 3 Won
3 123 4 Lost
4 106 1 1 Lost [9] [10]
5 119 2 Won
6 207 1 Won [11]
7 140 1 Won
8 177 1 Won
9 174 2 Lost
10 129 1 Won [12]
11 1 Won
12 170 2 Lost
13 107 1 Won [13] [14]
14 126 1 Drawn [15]
15 116 1 Drawn
16 175 2 Drawn
17 101* 4 Won [16]
18 197 3 Won [17] [18]
19 122 1 Won [19]
20 150 3 Won
21 113 1 Drawn [20]
22 110 2 Drawn
23 104 1 Drawn [21]
24 135 2 Drawn
25 102* 3 Drawn
Centuries in international one-day matches
No.PlayerScoreForAgainstInn.VenueDateResult
1 136 1 Won [22] [23]
2 109 2 Lost [24] [25]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Packer: A born gambler . . Petropoulos . Thrasy . 9 May 2002 . 22 January 2015.
  2. Web site: World Series Cricket: A brief history . Williamson . Martin . . 20 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Court backed Packer's men . BBC Sport . Petropoulos . Thrasy . 10 May 2002 . 22 January 2015.
  4. News: Focus on excitement . Grunill . Paul . BBC Sport . 9 May 2002 . 22 January 2015.
  5. Web site: Super Test results . BBC Sport . 9 May 2002 . 22 January 2015.
  6. Web site: A true measure of quality: World Series Cricket . Ramakrishnan . Madhusudhan . ESPNcricinfo . 27 August 2010 . 22 January 2015.
  7. Web site: WSC Australia v WSC West Indies: World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (3rd Supertest) . CricketArchive . 15 October 2011.
  8. Web site: Records / World Series Cricket Supertests [WSC West Indies in Australia], 1977/78 / High scores ]. ESPNcricinfo . 20 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219011749/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=3557%3Btype%3Dseries . 19 February 2015 . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: Records / World Series Cricket Supertests [WSC World XI in Australia], 1977/78 / High scores ]. ESPNcricinfo . 20 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219010222/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=3560%3Btype%3Dseries . 19 February 2015 . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: WSC Australia v WSC World XI: World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (4th Supertest) . CricketArchive . 17 October 2011.
  11. Web site: WSC Australia v WSC World XI: World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (5th Supertest) . CricketArchive . 18 October 2011.
  12. Web site: WSC Australia v WSC World XI: World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (6th Supertest) . CricketArchive . 18 October 2011.
  13. Web site: World Series Cricket Supertests, 1978/79 / Records / High scores . ESPNcricinfo . 20 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219011838/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/worldseries/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=3563%3Btype%3Dtournament . 19 February 2015 . dmy-all .
  14. Web site: WSC West Indies v WSC World XI: World Series Cricket Supertests 1978/79 . CricketArchive . 18 October 2011.
  15. Web site: WSC Australia v WSC West Indies: World Series Cricket Supertests 1978/79 . CricketArchive . 18 October 2011.
  16. Web site: WSC Australia v WSC World XI: World Series Cricket Supertests 1978/79 (Final) . CricketArchive . 18 October 2011.
  17. Web site: Records / World Series Cricket Supertests (in West Indies), 1978/79 / High scores . ESPNcricinfo . 20 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219011814/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=3662%3Btype%3Dseries . 19 February 2015 . dmy-all .
  18. Web site: WSC West Indies v WSC Australia: WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (1st Supertest) . CricketArchive . 18 October 2011.
  19. Web site: WSC West Indies v WSC Australia: WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (3rd Supertest) . CricketArchive . 19 October 2011.
  20. Web site: WSC West Indies v WSC Australia: WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (4th Supertest) . CricketArchive . 19 October 2011.
  21. Web site: WSC West Indies v WSC Australia: WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (5th Supertest) . CricketArchive . 19 October 2011.
  22. Web site: WSC Australia v WSC West Indies: World Series Cricket International Cup 1978/79 (1st Final) . CricketArchive . 22 October 2011.
  23. Web site: World Series Cricket International Cup, 1978/79 / Records / High scores . ESPNcricinfo . 20 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219011825/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/worldseries/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=3658%3Btype%3Dtournament . 19 February 2015 . dmy-all .
  24. Web site: WSC West Indies v WSC Australia: WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (6th ODI) . CricketArchive . 22 October 2011.
  25. Web site: Records / World Series Cricket Internationals (in West Indies), 1978/79 / High scores . ESPNcricinfo . 20 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219011801/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=3663%3Btype%3Dseries . 19 February 2015 . dmy-all .

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