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The World Series Cricket West Indies XI was a
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team representing
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in
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(WSC). Their first game was against the Australia XI in 1977. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australian XI tour to the West Indies. The side was composed of current West Indian international cricketers, except for Jim Allen, the only squad member not to play
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. During WSC many of the West Indian squad also played against the official
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touring side, that did not feature WSC cricketers. Against in effect a second string Australia
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won the first two tests convincingly (by an innings in the first and nine wickets in the second). Only
Alvin Kallicharran Alvin Isaac Kallicharran (born 21 March 1949) is a Guyanese former cricketer who played Test cricket for the West Indies between 1972 and 1981 as a left-handed batsman and right-arm off spinner. He was a member of the squads which won the 1 ...
and
Derick Parry Derick Recaldo Parry (born 22 December 1954) is a former cricketer from St Kitts and Nevis who played 12 Tests and six One Day Internationals for the West Indies. Parry was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. P ...
played who were not signed to WSC. However, when the WSC cricketers were unavailable from the third test, the contests were more even. Australia won the third test (by three wickets), West Indies the fourth (by 198 runs), while the fifth was drawn.


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* World Series Cricket player records * WSC Australia XI * WSC Rest Of The World XI * WSC Cavaliers XI {{DEFAULTSORT:World Series Cricket West Indies XI Cricket teams in the West Indies West Indies in international cricket