In 1978, prior to the start of the second season of
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket (WSC) was a commercial professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 which was organised by Kerry Packer and his Australian television network, Nine Network. WSC ran in commercial competition to establishe ...
, the
WSC Australia XI
The World Series Cricket Australia XI was a cricket team representing Australia in World Series Cricket (WSC). Their first game was against the WSC West Indies in 1977. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australian XI tour to the West I ...
and
WSC World XI teams embarked on a brief tour of
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
, the first time that WSC teams had played outside Australia. A four-day game played in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
was to be followed by a three-day single innings game and a total of six
one day games between the two sides over a 16-day period. The abandonment of the third one-day game led to the scheduling of an additional game at the same venue later in the tour. The planned three-day game became a pair of one-day games after the first day was washed out, which led to a final total of nine one-day games on the schedule.
Itinerary
Four Day Game
Three Day Game
ODI Series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
6th ODI
7th ODI
8th ODI
9th ODI
External links
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Multi-national cricket tours of New Zealand
New Zealand cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000
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