List of World Series Cricket international centuries
The first Supertest began on 2 December 1977,[3] 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.[5][6] Bruce Laird and Viv Richards went on to score centuries in the same match.[6] A month later, Barry Richards achieved the competition's first double century, scoring 207 runs for the WSC World XI.[7] 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.[8] In the next match, Greg Chappell surpassed Richards' total, remaining 246 not out, one of his record five WSC centuries.[9]
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.[10][11] The other century was scored by Martin Kent, who scored 109 runs.[12] 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
Symbol | Meaning |
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* | The century scorer remained not out. |
Inn. | The innings of the match in which the player scored his century.
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Date | The date on which the match began. |
Lost | The match was lost by the century scorer's team. |
Won | The match was won by the century scorer's team. |
Drawn | The match was drawn .
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Century scores
No. | Player | Score | For | Against | Inn. | Venue | Date | Result | Ref(s) |
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1 | Ian Chappell | 141 | Australia | West Indies |
1 | Football Park, Adelaide | 31 December 1977 | Won | [6][13] |
2 | Bruce Laird | 106 | Australia | West Indies |
3 | Football Park, Adelaide | 31 December 1977 | Won | [6][13] |
3 | Viv Richards | 123 | West Indies |
Australia | 4 | Football Park, Adelaide | 31 December 1977 | Lost | [6][13] |
4 | Bruce Laird | 106 | Australia | World XI | 1 | RAS Showground, Sydney | 14 January 1978 | Lost | [14][15] |
5 | Viv Richards | 119 | World XI | Australia | 2 | RAS Showground, Sydney | 14 January 1978 | Won | [14][15] |
6 | Barry Richards | 207 | World XI | Australia | 1 | Perth |
27 January 1978 | Won | [8][14] |
7 | Gordon Greenidge | 140 | World XI | Australia | 1 | Perth |
27 January 1978 | Won | [8][14] |
8 | Viv Richards | 177 | World XI | Australia | 1 | Perth |
27 January 1978 | Won | [8][14] |
9 | Greg Chappell | 174 | Australia | World XI | 2 | Perth |
27 January 1978 | Lost | [8][14] |
10 | Rick McCosker | 129 | Australia | World XI | 1 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 9 February 1978 | Won | [14][16] |
11 | Greg Chappell | 246* | Australia | World XI | 1 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 9 February 1978 | Won | [14][16] |
12 | Viv Richards | 170 | World XI | Australia | 2 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 9 February 1978 | Lost | [14][16] |
13 | Asif Iqbal
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107 | World XI | West Indies |
1 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 21 December 1978 | Won | [17][18] |
14 | Kepler Wessels | 126 | Australia | West Indies |
1 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 12 January 1979 | Drawn | [17][11] |
15 | David Hookes | 116 | Australia | West Indies |
1 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 12 January 1979 | Drawn | [17][11] |
16 | Lawrence Rowe | 175 | West Indies |
Australia | 2 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 12 January 1979 | Drawn | [17][11] |
17 | Barry Richards | 101* | World XI | Australia | 4 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 2 February 1979 | Won | [17][19] |
18 | Clive Lloyd | 197 | West Indies |
Australia | 3 | Sabina Park, Kingston | 23 February 1979 | Won | [20][21] |
19 | Bruce Laird | 122 | Australia | West Indies |
1 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 16 March 1979 | Won | [20][22] |
20 | Greg Chappell | 150 | Australia | West Indies |
3 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 16 March 1979 | Won | [20][22] |
21 | Greg Chappell | 113 | Australia | West Indies |
1 | Bourda, Georgetown | 25 March 1979 | Drawn | [20][23] |
22 | Collis King | 110 | West Indies |
Australia | 2 | Bourda, Georgetown | 25 March 1979 | Drawn | [20][23] |
23 | Greg Chappell | 104 | Australia | West Indies |
1 | St John's |
6 April 1979 | Drawn | [20][24] |
24 | Lawrence Rowe | 135 | West Indies |
Australia | 2 | St John's |
6 April 1979 | Drawn | [20][24] |
25 | Rod Marsh | 102* | Australia | West Indies |
3 | St John's |
6 April 1979 | Drawn | [20][24] |
No. | Player | Score | For | Against | Inn. | Venue | Date | Result | Ref(s) |
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1 | Kepler Wessels | 136 | Australia | West Indies |
1 | VFL Park, Melbourne |
27 January 1979 | Won | [10][25] |
2 | Martin Kent | 109 | Australia | West Indies |
2 | Bridgetown |
7 March 1979 | Lost | [12][26] |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ The International Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Council in 1989.[2]
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