Posted on November 15, 2009 | Category:
The Benson & Hedges World Series Cup was a iconic series held every summer in Australia for decades. While the tri-series format continued until 2007-08, it was a Government legislation that prevented tobacco companies from sponsoring major sporting events that lead to the end of the World Series Cup and high quality competitive cricket as we knew it. Below is the list of winners to lift the World Series Cup from its inception to its end.
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 West Indies |
 England |
 Viv Richards (485) |
 Dennis Lillee (20) |
Australia |
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 Australia |
 New Zealand |
Greg Chappell (686) |
Dennis Lillee (25) |
 India |
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 West Indies |
Australia |
 Viv Richards (536) |
Joel Garner (24) |
 Pakistan |
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Australia |
 New Zealand |
 David Gower (563) |
 Ian Botham (17) |
 England |
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West Indies |
Australia |
Kepler Wessels (495) |
Michael Holding (23) |
Pakistan |
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 West Indies |
 Australia |
 Viv Richards (651) |
 Joel Garner & Michael Holding (16) |
 Sri Lanka |
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 Australia |
 India |
David Boon (418) |
Kapil Dev (20) |
 New Zealand |
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 England |
 Australia |
Dean Jones (396) |
 Phillip DeFreaitas (17) |
 West Indies |
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 Australia |
 New Zealand |
Dean Jones (461) |
Tony Dodemaide (18) |
Sri Lanka |
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 West Indies |
 Australia |
 Desmond Haynes (513) |
 Curtly Ambrose (21) |
 Pakistan |
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 Australia |
 Pakistan |
Dean Jones (461) |
Simon O’Donnel (20) |
 Sri Lanka |
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Australia |
 New Zealand |
Dean Jones (513) |
 Chris Pringle (18) |
 England |
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Australia |
 India |
David Boon (432) |
Craig McDermott (21) |
 West Indies |
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 West Indies |
 Australia |
Brian Lara (331) |
Curtly Ambrose (18) |
 Pakistan |
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Australia |
 South Africa |
Mark Waugh (395) |
Shane Warne (20) |
 New Zealand |
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 Australia |
 Australia A |
 David Boon (384) |
 Glenn McGrath (18) |
 & England & Zimbabwe |
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 Australia |
 Sri Lanka |
 Mark Taylor (423) |
 Otis Gibson (16) |
 West Indies |
* 1994-95 saw the addition of a fourth team to the World Series Cup with the addition of Australia A. The matches involving Australia A were not given ODI status and are classified as List A matches.
On March 21st 1996 the Benson & Hedges World Challenge, a one off 50 over match between Australia and a World XI, was held at the MCG to celebrate the centenary of the Victorian Cricket Association. This would be the last time Benson & Hedges would sponsor a cricket event in Australia.
BENSON & HEDGES WORLD CHALLENGE RESULTS
World XI won the toss and chose to bat.
| WORLD XI | 9/210 (50 overs) | |
| Dean Jones Shaun Pollock |
103 29 |
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| Damien Fleming Mark Waugh Jason Gillespie Paul Reiffel |
3/32 2/15 2/23 1/29 |
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| AUSTRALIA | 5/211 (49 overs) | |
| Mark Taylor Mark Waugh |
78 56 |
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| Aravinda de Silva Paul Strang |
2/30 2/37 |
AUSTRALIA
Mark Taylor*, Michael Slater, Michael Bevan, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh,
Shane Lee, Ian Healy†, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Damien
Fleming.
WORLD XI
Richie Richardson* (WI), Sanath Jayasuriya (SL), Romesh Kaluwitharana†
(SL), Dean Jones (AUS), Aravinda de Silva (SL), Martin Crowe (NZ), Shaun
Pollock (RSA), Heath Streak (ZIM), Paul Strang (ZIM), Waqar Younis (PAK)
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