List of World Series Cricket international five-wicket hauls
No Player Date For Against Inn Venue Overs Wkts Runs Batsmen Result
1 Andy Roberts 3 February 1978 WSC WI WSC World XI 2 RAS Showground , Sydney 8* 5 17 DL Amiss RA Woolmer Majid Khan Asif Iqbal BA Richards Won
2 Wayne Daniel 5 February 1978 WSC WI WSC Australia XI 2 RAS Showground , Sydney 5.7* 5 29 IC Davis RW Marsh GJ Gilmour DK Lillee LS Pascoe Won
3 Greg Chappell 28 November 1978 WSC Aus WSC WI 1 Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney 9.3 5 19 LG Rowe JC Allen BD Julien DL Murray J Garner Won
4 Len Pascoe 18 December 1978 WSC Aus WSC World XI 2 VFL Park , Melbourne 10 5 30 Zaheer Abbas BA Richards Javed Miandad MJ Procter Asif Iqbal Won
5 Garth Le Roux 1 January 1979 WSC World XI WSC Aus 1 Brisbane Cricket Ground , Brisbane 6.1 5 6 GS Chappell IR Redpath TM Chappell MF Malone W Prior Won
6 Max Walker 9 January 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 2 VFL Park , Melbourne 10 5 23 JC Allen IBD Julien DL Murray AME Roberts MA Holding Won
7 Jeff Thomson 21 February 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 1 Sabina Park , Kingston 7.3 5 31 CL King DL Murray MA Holding J Garner WW Daniel Won
8 Colin Croft 4 April 1979 WSC WI WSC Aus 1 Windsor Park , Roseau 9 5 21 BM Laird MF Kent IM Chappell RJ Bright MF Malone Won
International Cup five wicket hauls
World Series Cricket (WSC) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979. Formed by Australian business man Kerry Packer following the refusal of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) to accept the bid of Packer's Channel Nine to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches, World Series Cricket involved matches between WSC Australia XI, WSC World XI and WSC West Indies. The teams included leading Australian, English, Pakistani, South African and West Indian players, most notably England captain Tony Greig, West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, Australian captain Greg Chappell and former Australian captain Ian Chappell. The teams played five day Supertests and one day International Cup matches in Australia and the West Indies. The first WSC game, a Supertest between the Australians and the West Indians, began at VFL Park on 2 December 1977. Sixteen Supertest five wicket hauls were by players from all three of the WSC teams. The first of these was by Greg Chappell on 1 January 1978. Dennis Lillee's seven wickets for twenty three runs (7/23) was the best bowling figures in World Series Cricket and Lillee also holds the record for most Supertest five wicket hauls with four. Eight International Cup five wicket hauls were taken during World Series Cricket, with Andy Roberts claiming the first on 3 February 1978. No player took more than one five wicket haul and WSC World XI player Garth Le Roux returned the best figures with five wickets for six runs, against WSC Australia XI.