World Series Cricket Cavaliers XI explained

World Series Cricket Cavaliers XI
Captain: Eddie Barlow
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Founded:1978
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The World Series Cricket Cavaliers XI was a cricket team formed to play in World Series Cricket. Taking the International Cavaliers as its inspiration, the team was envisaged as a way of giving those players under contract to the WSC organisation, but not picked regularly for one of the three main teams (Australia XI, the West Indies XI and the Rest Of The World XI) regular match play and opportunities to win prize money. The team was formed in 1978, before the start of the second season of World Series Cricket, with a tour of Australia scheduled to take place at the same time as the main competition. This would see the Cavaliers play each of the other three WSC teams at a range of smaller venues around Australia between November 1978 and February 1979.

Cavaliers XI Country Tour 1978/79

Following the end of the 1977/78 World Series Cricket season, Kerry Packer's organisation signed up a second tranche of players to participate in the series. The consequence of this was that there were invariably more players available than there were places in the three WSC teams. To compensate for those players who were not being selected regularly, a new side was formed in 1978 that would undertake a tour of Australia. The plan was for this new side, which came to be called the "Cavaliers XI", to take on each of the other three WSC teams in turn in a series of both one-day and two-day games. The schedule would see whichever of the three teams was not playing either a Supertest or an International Cup game taking on Cavaliers XI. This ensured not only that the "fringe" players got both match practice and access to prize money on offer by playing for the Cavaliers, but also that the other teams were also able to continue playing during "downtime" periods when they were not in the main WSC schedule. It had the further effect of bringing World Series Cricket to a number of smaller venues around the country, rather than restricting it to playing in the major cities.

The Country Tour for Cavaliers XI eventually encompassed a total of 9 two-day games and 15 one-day games. These were scheduled in four separate blocks. The first three games were all one-day, with each scheduled against one of the other WSC teams and played in Western Australia. This was followed by a two-week tour of Queensland against West Indies XI, then another two-week tour of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) against Australia, with a final three-week stint against Rest Of The World XI, again in Victoria and NSW. The final game saw Cavaliers XI take on West Indies XI in a two-day game in Tasmania.

Cavaliers XI overall record

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Australia XI512110
West Indies XI935100
Rest Of The World XI1017101

Cavaliers XI v Australia XI

Dates(s)Team 1ScoreTeam 2ScoreResultVenue
24 Nov 1978 Australia XI Cavaliers XI Match AbandonedRecreation Reserve, Bunbury, Western Australia
17 Dec 1978 Australia XI174/8 Cavaliers XI 93Australia XI won by 81 runsSports Ground, Maitland, New South Wales
23 Dec 1978 Australia XI183/7 Cavaliers XI 85Australia XI won by 98 runsShowgrounds, Traralgon, Victoria
24 Dec 1978 Cavaliers XI172/6 Australia XI100Cavaliers XI won by 72 runsFootball Ground, Morwell, Victoria
3-4 Jan 1979 Cavaliers XI 195
106/5 dec.
Australia XI104
162/4
Match DrawnOakes Oval, Lismore, New South Wales

WSC Cavaliers XI v WSC West Indies XI

Dates(s)Team 1ScoreTeam 2ScoreResultVenue
23 Nov 1978 Cavaliers XI 224/6 West Indies XI225/5West Indies XI won by 5 wicketsSir Richard Moore Sports Centre, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1-2 Dec 1978 West Indies XI214
84
Cavaliers XI 216/9 dec.
86/3
Cavaliers XI won by 7 wicketsBarlow Park, Cairns, Queensland
3-4 Dec 1978 West Indies XI214
112/4
Cavaliers XI 131Match DrawnEndeavour Park, Townsville, Queensland
6 Dec 1978 Cavaliers XI 213 West Indies XI216/3West Indies XI won by 7 wicketsRay Mitchell Oval, Mackay, Queensland
8-9 Dec 1978 Cavaliers XI339/9 West Indies XI290/5West Indies XI won by faster run rateAssociation Ground, Rockhampton, Queensland
10 Dec 1978 West Indies XI194/9 Cavaliers XI 125West Indies XI won by 69 runsQueensland Almunia Sports Club Oval, Gladstone, Queensland
12 Dec 1978 West Indies XI214/3 Cavaliers XI 173West Indies XI won by 41 runsSalk Oval, Currumbin, Queensland
13 Dec 1978 West Indies XI173 Cavaliers XI 113/8Cavaliers XI won by faster run rateGold Park, Toowoomba, Queensland
3-4 Feb 1979 Cavaliers XI 78
208/5 dec.
West Indies112
140
Cavaliers XI won by 31 runsGirdlestone Park, Devonport, Tasmania

WSC Cavaliers XI v WSC Rest Of The World XI

Dates(s)Team 1ScoreTeam 2ScoreResultVenue
25 Nov 1978 Cavaliers XI 181/8 Rest Of The World XI185/7Rest Of The World XI won by 3 wicketsRecreation Reserve, Bunbury, Western Australia
26 Dec 1978 Cavaliers XI 113 Rest Of The World XI10/1No ResultNo. 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle, New South Wales
7 Jan 1979 Rest Of The World XI261/6 Cavaliers XI 167Rest Of The World XI won by 94 runsMildura City Oval, Mildura, Victoria
10-11 Jan 1979 Cavaliers XI 326/6 Rest Of The World XI329/7Rest Of The World XI win by 3 wicketsQueen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo, Victoria
13-14 Jan 1979 Cavaliers XI 140
97
Rest Of The World XI343Rest Of The World XI won by an innings and 106 runsNo. 1 Oval, Tamworth, New South Wales
17 Jan 1979 Cavaliers XI 132 Rest Of The World XI135/4Rest Of The World XI won by 6 wicketsMoran Oval, Armidale, New South Wales
20-21 Jan 1979 Rest Of The World XI170 Cavaliers XI 219/2Match DrawnWade Park, Orange, New South Wales
24 Jan 1979 Rest Of The World XI167 Cavaliers XI 168/0Cavaliers XI won by 10 wicketsRobertson Oval, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
27-28 Jan 1979 Cavaliers XI 323/7 Rest Of The World XI324/7Rest Of The World XI won by 3 wicketsAlbury Sports Ground, Albury, New South Wales
29 Jan 1979 Cavaliers XI 158/9 Rest Of The World XI160/6Rest Of The World XI won by 4 wicketsMelville Oval, Hamilton, Victoria

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