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
Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1949–50 Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1949–50 The Australia national cricket team toured South Africa from October 1949 to March 1950 and played a five-match Test series against the South African team. Australia won the Test series 4-0. Australia were captained by Lindsay Hassett; South Africa by Dudley Nourse. Don Tallon withdrew from the tour party before departure and was replaced by Saggers. Keith Miller was called into the tour party midway through the tour when Johnston was injured in a car crash. The Australian first innings had an unusual scoreboard - five batsmen scored two runs each, and