World Series Cup
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The World Series Cup was the name of the One Day International cricket
tournament that took place in Australia
every season between Australia and two touring teams from 1979-80 to 1995-96. The tournament was renamed the World Series from 1990-1. This was the very first of the One Day International (ODI) triangular tournaments that later became a common format for ODI series. The World Series name was lost when Benson & Hedges
was forced to give up its sponsorship of cricket in Australia in 1996 following changes to Australian law which prevented cigarette
companies from advertising at sporting events.
World Series Cricket
, run by Kerry Packer
during the 1977-8 and 1978-9 seasons, featured a limited overs competition played named the International Cup, played between the three WSC teams: Australia; the West Indies; and the World XI. This series introduced innovations to cricket including cricket under floodlights, white cricket balls, black sightscreens and coloured clothing. When the Australian Cricket Board reconciled with Packer in 1979, it was agreed that a similar three-nation tournament would take place.
cricket
in Australia
in coloured uniforms of their own choosing.
Night matches in World Series Cricket
(1977-8 and 1978-9) had used coloured clothing after responding to complaints from players that it was too easy to lose sight of the white ball against the background of white clothing. For the first World Series Cup in 1979-80 however, the organisers attempted to please both players and traditionalists by designing predominantly white playing outfits with coloured stripes on the shoulders and waist (gold for Australia, blue for England and red for the West Indies). This, however, was rejected by the English who wore their traditional white-only clothing during the series, albeit with black batting pads to assist umpires in seeing the ball for lbw decisions.
From 1980-1, the playing uniforms were completely coloured with a country’s dominant colour taking up most of the uniform while a secondary colour was used for the collar, sides, pant pockets and stripes down the arms and around the cuffs. These stripes were omitted from the 1981-2 season. This uniform design was worn by Australia (gold and green), India (sky blue and gold), New Zealand (tan and black), West Indies (grey and maroon) and Pakistan (green and dark blue). Again, this uniform was deemed too colourful for England who wore a block light blue uniform during the 1982-3 season, although their team jumpers did contain dark blue trim. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/jul/24kapil.jpg
The first major re-design of the uniforms came in the 1984-5 season, when the team’s secondary colour was now used for the collar, the band containing the buttons, and a broad stripe around the chest edged above and below by a thinner stripe. All countries’ dominant and secondary colours were retained from the previous design apart from India whose dominant colour changed to light blue. Sri Lanka appeared for the first time wearing yellow with dark blue. England continued to wear its block light blue uniform during the 1984-5 World Championship of Cricket but eventually fell into line in the 1986-7 season when dark blue was added as its secondary colour. http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200706/r152260_544313.jpg
The standard uniform format was next changed in 1988-9 when the secondary colour was now used for a single broad stripe around the chest and, for the first time, the players’ names on the back of their shirts. A slight variation on the secondary colour was used to write the name of the country across the chest. Somewhat strangely, white was re-introduced to the uniforms in the form of a solid stripe beneath the coloured stripe. Some of the countries also varied their colours. The green in Pakistan’s uniform became noticeably lighter, Sri Lanka switched its uniform so that its dominant colour was now dark blue, and New Zealand changed its dominant colour from tan to grey. While advances in clothing materials meant that Sri Lanka could become the first team to wear a dark coloured uniform in the Australian summer without sweltering, they were not so advanced that New Zealand could wear its preferred black. http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/truveo/images/thumbnails/A4/1E/A41E8D7B7A7721071023DE.jpg
1992-3 saw the next change when the secondary colour was now used for coloured lightning bolt designs over the shoulders and onto the chest, the country’s name across the chest and the player’s name on the back. South Africa played in the World Series for the first time in 1993-4 with their colours as bottle green and gold. http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/truveo/images/thumbnails/07/C4/07C41B28AC05D4.jpg
The most radical uniform change occurred in the 1994-5 season when the uniforms consisted of vertical stripes of alternating colours so that on the shirt, the dominant colour would be taken over by the secondary colour as the stripes moved from left shoulder to right shoulder. Zimbabwe played in red and black colours, West Indies added green to their grey and maroon, Sri Lanka’s uniform was dark blue on both arms with green and yellow trim in the centre, while Australia A
wore a reversal of the main Australian colours, i.e. mostly green with gold trim, but with a significantly lighter green to distinguish them from South Africa. In addition, the uniform would feature a national symbol: the Southern Cross for Australia and Australia A
; the Union Jack for England; the Zimbabwe bird
for Zimbabwe; the lion
for Sri Lanka; and a palm tree for the West Indies. In addition, 1995-6 saw player numbers introduced on the back of the shirts.
The first two years of the new Tri-series were the last two years of standardised one-day uniforms in Australia. In these years, the secondary colour was used in a block across the shoulders and arms and in spaced vertical stripes down the body of the shirt. The West Indies continued to wear their uniform from the 1995-6 season and Pakistan returned to the darker green of their early World Series Cup years in 1996/97. In 1997-8, South Africa, in an attempt to distinguish them from both Australia and Australia A
, wore red with green and gold trim, while New Zealand ditched both tan and grey and wore teal with their standard black.
In 1979-80, the series concluded with a best-of-three finals series. This was expanded to a best-of-five series in 1980-1 before reverting to best-of-three in 1982-3. Finals matches were always held in Melbourne and Sydney.
The other highly controversial moment from this match was the disallowed 'catch' by Kiwi Martin Snedden
in the outfield off Greg Chappell. The umpires claimed they were unsighted and refused to dismiss Chappell.
Television replays showed Snedden, racing in and diving forward, taking a clear and spectacular catch inches from the turf. Chappell was on 58 and went on to score another 32 quickfire runs which was more than the difference between the two sides in the end of an unforgettable match.
|-
! Season
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Finals
! Third place
! Most runs
! Most wickets
|-
{|
|| 1979-80 || West Indies
|| England
|| 2-0|| Australia
|| Viv Richards
WI 485 || Dennis Lillee
AUS 20
|-
|| 1980-81 || Australia
|| New Zealand
|| 3-1|| India
|| Greg Chappell
AUS 686 || Dennis Lillee
AUS 25
|-
|| 1981-82 || West Indies
|| Australia
|| 3-1 || Pakistan || Viv Richards
WI 536 || Joel Garner
WI 24
|-
|| 1982-83 || Australia
|| New Zealand
|| 2-0 || England
|| David Gower
ENG 563 || Ian Botham
ENG 17
|-
|| 1983-84 || West Indies
|| Australia
|| 2-0 (1 tie) || Pakistan || Kepler Wessels
AUS 495 || Michael Holding
WI 23
|-
|| 1984-85 || West Indies
|| Australia
|| 2-1 || Sri Lanka
|| Viv Richards
WI 651 || J. Garner
WI and M. Holding
WI 16
|-
|| 1985-86 || Australia
|| India
|| 2-0 || New Zealand
|| David Boon
AUS 418 || Kapil Dev
IND 20
|-
|| 1986-87 || England
|| Australia
|| 2-0 || West Indies
|| Dean Jones
AUS 396 || Phillip DeFreitas
ENG 17
|-
|| 1987-88 || Australia
|| New Zealand
|| 2-0 || Sri Lanka
|| Dean Jones
AUS 461 || Tony Dodemaide
AUS 18
|-
|| 1988-89 || West Indies
|| Australia
|| 2-1 || Pakistan || Desmond Haynes
WI 513 || Curtly Ambrose
WI 21
|-
|| 1989-90 || Australia
|| Pakistan || 2-0 || Sri Lanka
|| Dean Jones
AUS 461 || Simon O'Donnell
AUS 20
|-
|| 1990-91 || Australia
|| New Zealand
|| 2-0 || England
|| Dean Jones
AUS 513 || Chris Pringle
NZ 18
|-
|| 1991-92 || Australia
|| India
|| 2-0 ||West Indies
|| David Boon
AUS 432 || Craig McDermott
AUS 21
|-
|| 1992-93 || West Indies
|| Australia
|| 2-0 || Pakistan || Brian Lara
WI 331 || Curtly Ambrose
WI 18
|-
|| 1993-94 || Australia
|| South Africa
|| 2-1 || New Zealand
|| Mark Waugh
AUS 395 || Shane Warne
AUS 20
|-
|| 1994-95 || Australia
|| Australia 'A'
|| 2-0 ||England
and Zimbabwe
|| David Boon
AUS 384 || Glenn McGrath
AUS 18
|-
|| 1995-96 || Australia
|| Sri Lanka
|| 2-0 || West Indies
|| Mark Taylor
AUS 423 || Ottis Gibson
WI 16
|-
|}
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tournament that took place in Australia
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every season between Australia and two touring teams from 1979-80 to 1995-96. The tournament was renamed the World Series from 1990-1. This was the very first of the One Day International (ODI) triangular tournaments that later became a common format for ODI series. The World Series name was lost when Benson & Hedges
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was forced to give up its sponsorship of cricket in Australia in 1996 following changes to Australian law which prevented cigarette
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companies from advertising at sporting events.
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
, run by Kerry Packer
Kerry Packer
Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC was an Australian media tycoon. The son of Sir Frank Packer and Gretel Bullmore, the Packer family company owned controlling interest in both the Nine television network and leading Australian publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later...
during the 1977-8 and 1978-9 seasons, featured a limited overs competition played named the International Cup, played between the three WSC teams: Australia; the West Indies; and the World XI. This series introduced innovations to cricket including cricket under floodlights, white cricket balls, black sightscreens and coloured clothing. When the Australian Cricket Board reconciled with Packer in 1979, it was agreed that a similar three-nation tournament would take place.
Standardised Playing Uniforms
From the 1979-80 World Series Cup right up until the 1997-8 Tri-series, the playing uniforms were standardised by the series organisers. It was not until the 1998-9 Tri-series that England and Sri Lanka became the first teams to play One-day InternationalOne-day International
A One Day International is a form of limited overs cricket, in which a fixed number of overs, usually 50, but in the past 40, 45 or 60 overs, are played between two teams with international status. The Cricket World Cup is played in this format...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in coloured uniforms of their own choosing.
Night matches in World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
(1977-8 and 1978-9) had used coloured clothing after responding to complaints from players that it was too easy to lose sight of the white ball against the background of white clothing. For the first World Series Cup in 1979-80 however, the organisers attempted to please both players and traditionalists by designing predominantly white playing outfits with coloured stripes on the shoulders and waist (gold for Australia, blue for England and red for the West Indies). This, however, was rejected by the English who wore their traditional white-only clothing during the series, albeit with black batting pads to assist umpires in seeing the ball for lbw decisions.
From 1980-1, the playing uniforms were completely coloured with a country’s dominant colour taking up most of the uniform while a secondary colour was used for the collar, sides, pant pockets and stripes down the arms and around the cuffs. These stripes were omitted from the 1981-2 season. This uniform design was worn by Australia (gold and green), India (sky blue and gold), New Zealand (tan and black), West Indies (grey and maroon) and Pakistan (green and dark blue). Again, this uniform was deemed too colourful for England who wore a block light blue uniform during the 1982-3 season, although their team jumpers did contain dark blue trim. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/jul/24kapil.jpg
The standard uniform format was next changed in 1988-9 when the secondary colour was now used for a single broad stripe around the chest and, for the first time, the players’ names on the back of their shirts. A slight variation on the secondary colour was used to write the name of the country across the chest. Somewhat strangely, white was re-introduced to the uniforms in the form of a solid stripe beneath the coloured stripe. Some of the countries also varied their colours. The green in Pakistan’s uniform became noticeably lighter, Sri Lanka switched its uniform so that its dominant colour was now dark blue, and New Zealand changed its dominant colour from tan to grey. While advances in clothing materials meant that Sri Lanka could become the first team to wear a dark coloured uniform in the Australian summer without sweltering, they were not so advanced that New Zealand could wear its preferred black. http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/truveo/images/thumbnails/A4/1E/A41E8D7B7A7721071023DE.jpg
1992-3 saw the next change when the secondary colour was now used for coloured lightning bolt designs over the shoulders and onto the chest, the country’s name across the chest and the player’s name on the back. South Africa played in the World Series for the first time in 1993-4 with their colours as bottle green and gold. http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/truveo/images/thumbnails/07/C4/07C41B28AC05D4.jpg
The most radical uniform change occurred in the 1994-5 season when the uniforms consisted of vertical stripes of alternating colours so that on the shirt, the dominant colour would be taken over by the secondary colour as the stripes moved from left shoulder to right shoulder. Zimbabwe played in red and black colours, West Indies added green to their grey and maroon, Sri Lanka’s uniform was dark blue on both arms with green and yellow trim in the centre, while Australia A
Australia A cricket team
The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in...
wore a reversal of the main Australian colours, i.e. mostly green with gold trim, but with a significantly lighter green to distinguish them from South Africa. In addition, the uniform would feature a national symbol: the Southern Cross for Australia and Australia A
Australia A cricket team
The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in...
; the Union Jack for England; the Zimbabwe bird
Zimbabwe Bird
The stone-carved Zimbabwe Bird is a national emblem of Zimbabwe, appearing on the national flags and coats of arms of both Zimbabwe and Rhodesia, as well as on banknotes and coins...
for Zimbabwe; the lion
Flag of Sri Lanka
The flag of Sri Lanka, also called the Lion Flag, consists of a gold lion, holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw, in front of a crimson background with four golden bo leaves, one in each corner. Around the background is a yellow border, and to its left are 2 vertical stripes of equal size...
for Sri Lanka; and a palm tree for the West Indies. In addition, 1995-6 saw player numbers introduced on the back of the shirts.
The first two years of the new Tri-series were the last two years of standardised one-day uniforms in Australia. In these years, the secondary colour was used in a block across the shoulders and arms and in spaced vertical stripes down the body of the shirt. The West Indies continued to wear their uniform from the 1995-6 season and Pakistan returned to the darker green of their early World Series Cup years in 1996/97. In 1997-8, South Africa, in an attempt to distinguish them from both Australia and Australia A
Australia A cricket team
The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in...
, wore red with green and gold trim, while New Zealand ditched both tan and grey and wore teal with their standard black.
Venues
In 1979-80, 12 qualifying matches were held. This was increased to 15 in 1980-1 before reverting to 12 in 1986-7. Matches were held at the following Australian grounds:- Adelaide OvalAdelaide OvalThe Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
- 'Gabba, BrisbaneBrisbane Cricket GroundThe Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....
- NWTCA Ground, DevonportDevonport OvalDevonport Oval is an Australian rules football, cricket and athletics stadium in Devonport, Tasmania.It is the home stadium for the Devonport Football Club in the Tasmanian State League and for the Devonport Cricket Club in the NWTCA competition....
- Bellerive Oval, HobartBellerive OvalBellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...
- TCA Ground, HobartTCA GroundThe TCA Ground, or Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground, is one of two First Class standard cricket grounds in Hobart, Tasmania in Australia...
- NTCA Ground, LauncestonNTCA GroundThe Northern Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, better known as the NTCA Ground, is a multi-use sports venue in Launceston, Australia. It is currently used mostly for club cricket matches and has a capacity of under 10,000....
- Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
- WACA Ground, PerthWACA GroundThe WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
- Sydney Cricket GroundSydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
In 1979-80, the series concluded with a best-of-three finals series. This was expanded to a best-of-five series in 1980-1 before reverting to best-of-three in 1982-3. Finals matches were always held in Melbourne and Sydney.
World Series Cup notable events
- 1979-80 - The match on 27 November 1979 between Australia and the West Indies in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
was the first official One Day International to be played at night
- 1979-80 - During match 4 at the MCG, West Indian batsman Viv RichardsViv RichardsSir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
scored 153 not out v Australia off 130 balls with 16 fours and 1 six. His 2nd wicket partnership of 205 with Desmond HaynesDesmond HaynesDesmond Leo Haynes is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991. Haynes formed a formidable partnership with Gordon Greenidge for the West Indies cricket team in Test cricket during 1980s. Between them they managed 16 century stands, four in excess of...
was the WSC record until 1984-85.
- 1979-80 - England defeated the West Indies by two runs in Sydney when, with the West Indies requiring three runs to win from the final ball of the match, England captain Mike BrearleyMike BrearleyJohn Michael Brearley OBE is a former cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2007–08.-Early life:...
pushed all of his fieldsmen, including the wicket-keeper, back to the boundary. The WSC rules would later be changed to incorporate a fielding circle 30 yards from the pitch and restrictions on the number of fieldsmen allowed to be outside the circle at different stages of the innings.
- 1979-80 - The West Indies were the first winners of the World Series Cup beating England in the best-of-three finals. For the only time in the history of the World Series Cup, Australia did not qualify for the finals series.
- 1980-81 - Australian captain Greg ChappellGreg ChappellGregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...
takes 5 for 15 against India in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
. This would remain the best individual bowling analysis in the WSC until equalled by Indian Ravi ShastriRavi ShastriRavishankar Jayadritha Shastri is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years...
11 years later. India were bowled out for 63, the lowest score in the WSC.
- 1980-81 - New Zealand recorded the only 10-wicket victory in the WSC when John WrightJohn Wright (cricketer)John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England...
and Bruce EdgarBruce EdgarBruce Adrian Edgar was a cricketer from Wellington and one of the best batsmen New Zealand has ever produced. An accountant by profession, in the 1980s, he played 39 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals, altogether he played 175 first-class matches...
passed India's total in MelbourneMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
.
- 1980-81 - New Zealand defeated Australia by one run in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
. Australian wicket-keeperWicket-keeperThe wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
Rod MarshRod MarshRodney William Marsh MBE is a former Australian wicketkeeper.A colourful character, Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian season. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling Western...
broke his bat during Australia's run chase
- 1980-81 - In the third final, with New Zealand needing six runs from the final ball to tie the match, Australian captain Greg ChappellGreg ChappellGregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...
ordered his younger brother, TrevorTrevor ChappellTrevor Martin Chappell is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket...
to bowl the ball underarmUnderarm bowling incident of 1981The underarm bowling incident of 1981 took place on 1 February 1981, when Australia was playing New Zealand in a One Day International cricket match, the third of five such matches in the final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground...
along the ground. Following an international outcry, the WSC laws were changed so that any ball delivered underarm would be called no ball
Martin Snedden
Martin Colin Snedden played 25 Tests, between 1981 and 1990, and 93 One Day Internationals, between 1980 and 1990, for New Zealand...
in the outfield off Greg Chappell. The umpires claimed they were unsighted and refused to dismiss Chappell.
Television replays showed Snedden, racing in and diving forward, taking a clear and spectacular catch inches from the turf. Chappell was on 58 and went on to score another 32 quickfire runs which was more than the difference between the two sides in the end of an unforgettable match.
- 1981-82 - In the final qualifying match, Australia defeated the West Indies at SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
on faster scoring rate in a rain shortened match. The Melbourne Age newspaper alleged that the West Indies threw the match to ensure the Australians got to the finals series ahead of Pakistan. WI captain Clive LloydClive LloydClive Hubert Lloyd CBE AO is a former West Indies cricketer. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s...
won a libel action against the newspaper and was awarded damages plus costs
- 1982-83 - England batsman David GowerDavid GowerDavid Ivon Gower OBE is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test...
scored 158 against New Zealand at BrisbaneBrisbane Cricket GroundThe Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....
, the highest individual score in the World Series Cup.
- 1982-83 - New Zealand defeated England in an astonishing game at the Adelaide Oval when two world record totals were scored in the one day. At the break New Zealand were demoralised after England smashed them all over the park for a then massive 5-296 (David GowerDavid GowerDavid Ivon Gower OBE is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test...
109, Trevor JestyTrevor JestyTrevor Edward Jesty was a cricketer. He played 10 One Day Internationals for England but no Tests. He played 490 first-class matches from 1966 to 1991....
52 off 35 balls). However, a big-hitting 49 from Lance CairnsLance CairnsBernard Lance Cairns is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns....
, who was promoted up the order, and a half-century from Jeff CroweJeff CroweJeffrey John Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He is the son of Dave Crowe and elder brother of Martin Crowe. They are cousins of Oscar winning actor, Russell Crowe....
kept them with an outside chance of winning. From there a record 121-run sixth wicket partnership between Jeremy ConeyJeremy ConeyJeremy Vernon Coney MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. He was one of New Zealand's most successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties, but centuries often eluded him and he had to...
(47 not out) and Richard HadleeRichard HadleeSir Richard John Hadlee, MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania. He is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.Hadlee was...
(79) took New Zealand home to an memorable victory with 7 balls to spare.
- 1982-83 - In the second Final, Australia scored 8 for 302 against New Zealand in MelbourneMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
; the first score of over 300 in the WSC. In reply, all-rounder Lance CairnsLance CairnsBernard Lance Cairns is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns....
completed his fifty in 21 balls, then the ODI record for the fastest fifty, and hit six sixes, then the ODI record for the most sixes in an innings. In the 15-match preliminary round, New Zealand finished a convincing first over Australia and England. However, they lost star allrounder Richard Hadlee to a hamstring injury on the eve of the finals, and despite Cairns' individual heroics salvaging some pride, they were convincingly beaten 2-0 by a rejuvenated Australia.
- 1983-84 - The first ever tied One-day International took place in the second Final at the MCGMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
between Australia and the West Indies when Carl RackemannCarl RackemannCarl Gray Rackemann OAM , born in Wondai, Queensland, is a former Queensland and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler in 12 Tests, 52 ODIs and 167 first-class cricket matches in a career spanning 1979–80 to 1995–96....
was run out going for the winning run. After the match, the West Indies, having won the first Final, argued that they could not lose the series and therefore should be awarded the World Series Cup. The organisers, however, decreed that the series had not been decided and a third final should be played. West Indies duly won that match by six wickets
- 1984-85 - An unbroken third-wicket partnership of 224 between Australian batsmen Dean JonesDean Jones (cricketer)Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...
and Allan BorderAllan BorderAllan Robert Border AO is a former Australian cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh...
against Sri Lanka in Adelaide was then the highest for any wicket in ODIs. Australia's score of 2 for 323 was the highest team total in the WSC and its victory by 232 runs was the greatest winning margin. Border's hundred of 78 balls was the WSC's fatest.
- 1984-85 - After Australia shocked the previously unbeaten West Indies by 26 runs in the first final in Sydney, helped by a superb 127 not out by Alan Border, the Australians probably thought they had that season's WSC won when they scored 3 for 271 and had Viv RichardsViv RichardsSir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
out for 9 in the second final in Melbourne. The West Indies had different ideas though and scored a dramatic four wicket victory with four balls to spare thanks mainly to a sixth wicket partnership between Gus LogieGus LogieAugustine Lawrence Logie is a former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach....
and Jeff DujonJeff DujonPeter Jeffrey Leroy Dujon is a retired West Indian cricketer.He was the wicketkeeper for the West Indian cricket team of the 1980s, an athletic presence behind the stumps as well as a competent lower-order batsman....
. They won the third and deciding match in Sydney convincingly to deservedly win the WSC for a record fourth time.
- 1985-86 - One match after qualifying for the finals, Australia suffered its greatest ever one-day loss when it was defeated by New Zealand by 206 runs in AdelaideAdelaide OvalThe Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
. Australia scored only 70 to New Zealand's 276.
- 1985-86 - Australian fast bowler Bruce ReidBruce ReidBruce Anthony Reid is an Australian cricketer and bowling coach of the Indian national cricket team on their 2003-04 tour to Australia....
took the only hat-trickHat-trickA hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
in the WSC when he achieved the feat against New Zealand in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
on 29 January 1986. It was the second hat-trick in ODIs
- 1986-87 - England became the only team other than Australia and the West Indies to win the WSC. That season the West Indies, after winning the cup in their previous appearances, finished third. England beat Australia 2-0 in the finals. Mike GattingMike GattingMichael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...
's team completed a unique treble by also winning the AshesThe AshesThe Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...
Test series and the Benson & Hedges Challenge one-day tournament.
- 1987-88 - In the opening match of the series, Tony DodemaideTony DodemaideAnthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide is a former Australian Test Cricketer. After a three year stint as Chief Executive of the Western Australian Cricket Association in Perth, he is the current Chief Executive of Cricket Victoria...
took 5-21 on his one day debut v Sri Lanka at Perth.
- 1987-88 - New Zealand again defeated Australia by one run, this time in PerthWACA GroundThe WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
. The game was the first played between the two countries since the memorable 3rd 'Boxing Day' test at the MCG where Michael Whitney survived the last over from Richard HadleeRichard HadleeSir Richard John Hadlee, MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania. He is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.Hadlee was...
, a feat which reclaimed the Trans-Tasman trophy for Australia. This time however, with two runs to win, Whitney went for glory and skied a running catch to John BracewellJohn BracewellJohn Garry Bracewell is a New Zealand cricketer and coach. He played 41 Test matches between 1979-80 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He has been the coach of the New Zealand cricket team since the autumn of 2003...
off Martin Sneddon.
- 1988-89 - The West Indies defeated Australia by one run in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
when Craig McDermottCraig McDermottCraig John McDermott is a former Australian cricketer. He is currently the bowling coach for the Australian cricket team....
hit Curtley Ambrose to Viv Richards from the final ball of the match.
- 1988-89 - For the second time, the West Indies came back from one down to beat Australia in the best of three finals. Australia won the opening match by 2 runs at MCG. West Indies won by the 2nd match by 92 runs and the third final on faster scoring rate.
- 1990-91 - New Zealand recorded their third one run victory over Australia in the WSC, this time in HobartBellerive OvalBellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...
. With one over remaining, Australia needed two runs to win. New Zealand fast bowler Chris PringleChris PringleChristopher Pringle is a former New Zealand cricketer. A fast bowler who played 14 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1990 and 1995....
bowled a maiden over to Australian tail-ender Bruce ReidBruce ReidBruce Anthony Reid is an Australian cricketer and bowling coach of the Indian national cricket team on their 2003-04 tour to Australia....
to secure the victory. Reid was run out off the last ball.
- 1991-92 - The second WSC tie occurred when the West Indies and India were both bowled out for 126 in the first game of the series in PerthWACA GroundThe WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
.
- 1991-92 - Indian all-rounder Ravi ShastriRavi ShastriRavishankar Jayadritha Shastri is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years...
took 5 for 15 against Australia in PerthWACA GroundThe WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
, equalling the best bowling performance in the WSC of Greg ChappellGreg ChappellGregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...
in 1981.
- 1992-93 - Mark TaylorMark Taylor (cricketer)Mark Anthony Taylor, AO is a former Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border...
captained Australia for the first time against the West Indies in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
. Taylor took four catches as his team successfully defended a total of just 101 (West Indies scored 87).
- 1992-93 - The third WSC tie was played in HobartBellerive OvalBellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...
between Australia and Pakistan. Asif MujtabaAsif MujtabaMohammad Asif Mujtaba is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 25 Tests and 66 ODIs from 1986 to 1997. He is best known for hitting a Steve Waugh full toss on the last ball in an ODI at Hobart in 1992-93 for six, when Pakistan needed 7 runs to win, thereby tying the match...
hit the final ball of the match, a full toss from Steve WaughSteve WaughStephen Rodger "Steve" Waugh, AO is a former Australian cricketer and fraternal twin of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a successful medium-pace bowler...
, for six to tie the match.
- 1992-93 - West Indian opening batsman Phil SimmonsPhil SimmonsPhilip Veraint Simmons is a former skilled all-round cricketer who played as an opening batsman a useful bowler and a talented slip fielder.-Career:...
takes 4 for 3 from 10 overs against Pakistan in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
, the most economical bowling figures in one day international history.
- 1993-94 - Australia won the best of three finals after being one down against South AfricaSouth African cricket teamThe South African national cricket team represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status...
on their first WSC appearance since their re-admission to international cricket.
- 1994-95 - A fourth team was introduced to the World Series, Australia AAustralia A cricket teamThe Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in...
for the only time. The Australian selectors re-shuffled both their teams so that some players stepped up from the A team to the first team and others went the other way. Both Australian teams qualified for the finals with England and Zimbabwe finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. This was the only WSC to feature four teams.
- 1995-96 - Australia defeated West Indies in SydneySydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
by one wicket when Michael BevanMichael BevanMichael Gwyl Bevan is a former Australian left-handed cricket batsman and a slow left arm chinaman bowler. He played 232 ODI matches for Australia, and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 teams that won the World Cup...
hit the required four from the last ball from Roger HarperRoger HarperRoger Andrew Harper is a former West Indies cricketer turned coach, who played both Test and ODI cricket for the West Indies...
to win the match.
Tournament results
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Season
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Finals
! Third place
! Most runs
! Most wickets
|-
{|
|| 1979-80 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
|| 2-0|| Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| Viv Richards
Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
WI 485 || Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...
AUS 20
|-
|| 1980-81 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
|| 3-1|| India
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
|| Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell
Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...
AUS 686 || Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...
AUS 25
|-
|| 1981-82 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| 3-1 || Pakistan || Viv Richards
Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
WI 536 || Joel Garner
Joel Garner
Joel Garner , also known as "Big Joel" or "Big Bird", is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early '80s West Indies cricket teams....
WI 24
|-
|| 1982-83 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
|| 2-0 || England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
|| David Gower
David Gower
David Ivon Gower OBE is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test...
ENG 563 || Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy"...
ENG 17
|-
|| 1983-84 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| 2-0 (1 tie) || Pakistan || Kepler Wessels
Kepler Wessels
Kepler Christoffel Wessels is a former South African cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. He was the first man to have played One Day International cricket for two countries....
AUS 495 || Michael Holding
Michael Holding
Michael Anthony Holding is a former West Indian cricketer. One of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease...
WI 23
|-
|| 1984-85 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| 2-1 || Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...
|| Viv Richards
Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
WI 651 || J. Garner
Joel Garner
Joel Garner , also known as "Big Joel" or "Big Bird", is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early '80s West Indies cricket teams....
WI and M. Holding
Michael Holding
Michael Anthony Holding is a former West Indian cricketer. One of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease...
WI 16
|-
|| 1985-86 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| India
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
|| 2-0 || New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
|| David Boon
David Boon
David Clarence Boon MBE , nicknamed Boony, is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1995...
AUS 418 || Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...
IND 20
|-
|| 1986-87 || England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
|| Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| 2-0 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| Dean Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...
AUS 396 || Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...
ENG 17
|-
|| 1987-88 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
|| 2-0 || Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...
|| Dean Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...
AUS 461 || Tony Dodemaide
Tony Dodemaide
Anthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide is a former Australian Test Cricketer. After a three year stint as Chief Executive of the Western Australian Cricket Association in Perth, he is the current Chief Executive of Cricket Victoria...
AUS 18
|-
|| 1988-89 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| 2-1 || Pakistan || Desmond Haynes
Desmond Haynes
Desmond Leo Haynes is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991. Haynes formed a formidable partnership with Gordon Greenidge for the West Indies cricket team in Test cricket during 1980s. Between them they managed 16 century stands, four in excess of...
WI 513 || Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose is a former West Indian cricketer. His skill was as a right-arm fast bowler, especially in partnership with Courtney Walsh...
WI 21
|-
|| 1989-90 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| Pakistan || 2-0 || Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...
|| Dean Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...
AUS 461 || Simon O'Donnell
Simon O'Donnell
Simon Patrick O'Donnell is a former Australian cricketer and VFL footballer, currently a horse racing and cricket commentator.-Cricket:...
AUS 20
|-
|| 1990-91 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
|| 2-0 || England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
|| Dean Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...
AUS 513 || Chris Pringle
Chris Pringle
Christopher Pringle is a former New Zealand cricketer. A fast bowler who played 14 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1990 and 1995....
NZ 18
|-
|| 1991-92 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| India
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
|| 2-0 ||West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| David Boon
David Boon
David Clarence Boon MBE , nicknamed Boony, is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1995...
AUS 432 || Craig McDermott
Craig McDermott
Craig John McDermott is a former Australian cricketer. He is currently the bowling coach for the Australian cricket team....
AUS 21
|-
|| 1992-93 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
|| Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| 2-0 || Pakistan || Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
WI 331 || Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose is a former West Indian cricketer. His skill was as a right-arm fast bowler, especially in partnership with Courtney Walsh...
WI 18
|-
|| 1993-94 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| South Africa
South African cricket team
The South African national cricket team represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status...
|| 2-1 || New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
|| Mark Waugh
Mark Waugh
Mark Edward Waugh AM is a former Australian cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his One-Day International debut in 1988. Waugh is regarded as one of the most elegant and gifted stroke makers to ever play the game. His nickname is "Junior" as...
AUS 395 || Shane Warne
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
AUS 20
|-
|| 1994-95 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| Australia 'A'
Australia A cricket team
The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in...
|| 2-0 ||England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean cricket team
The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. It is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket...
|| David Boon
David Boon
David Clarence Boon MBE , nicknamed Boony, is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1995...
AUS 384 || Glenn McGrath
Glenn McGrath
Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century...
AUS 18
|-
|| 1995-96 || Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
|| Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...
|| 2-0 || West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
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Mark Taylor (cricketer)
Mark Anthony Taylor, AO is a former Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border...
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Ottis Gibson
Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former player from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson is now head coach for the West Indies. He previously worked as bowling coach for England.- International career :Gibson made two Test...
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