Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1977–78 early. Australia had just defeated India 3–2 at home during the 1977–78 season; however, the team was rebuilding in the wake of defections of players to World Series Cricket. Most of these players were available for selection but the furore had led the Australian Cricket Board refusing to consider those players that had signed up to play in WSC for selection to the national side. The original squad selected were as follows: Kim Hughes fell ill during the tour and David Ogilvie was flown out as a replacement. Australia started the tour well with a victory against Leeward Islands, with
Jack Wilson (Australian cricketer) Indian match at Bombay (Mumbai), did not bat and took only one wicket. He was discarded for the third Test, played on a spinners' wicket at Calcutta. His batting was negligible, with a highest of 19 not out. On the 1956 tour of England, he scored just 23 runs all summer. Jack Wilson (Australian cricketer) John William Wilson (20 August 1921, Albert Park, Victoria – 13 October 1985, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1956. A left-arm spinner who delivered the ball at almost medium pace, Wilson was nicknamed "Chuck" or "Chucker" because of