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
The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People was an English language broadsheet newspaper published weekly in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia by Charles John Haynes. It was originally published as "The Elector" from 1890 to 1900. The first issue of "The Newsletter" appeared on 15 September 1900, and it remained in print until 1919. The paper was published every Saturday. It continued a newspaper entitled "The Elector", which was also published in Sydney by Haynes between 1895 and 1900. "The Elector" began as a "bulletin of information for the electors of