prior to publication; he later began legal action to stop sections of the book being published, but this was withdrawn. Post-captaincy Yallop kept his place in the team after losing the captaincy, playing in the 1979 Cricket World Cup and all six Tests on the tour of India in late 1979, the last Australian series before the WSC players were welcomed back into the national side. In the third Test of the series he top scored in Australia's first innings with 89 and in the fifth Test opened the batting and scored a first innings 167, his highest Test score to date. He was retained as an opener for the sixth Test, top-scoring with another half-century in Australia's first innings. When WSC players returned to the Australian Test team, Yallop was dropped, although he was retained as Victorian captain despite Richie Robinson, captain in 1976–77, returning to the side. He played in a single One Day International (ODI) during the 1979–80 season and was selected for the tour of Pakistan in early 1980. Yallop regained his place in the Test team for the first Test of the three-match series, again playing as an opener alongside Bruce Laird. He dropped down the order to play at number five in the second Test and scored 172, his highest first-class score to date; the innings included a 217 run partnership with Greg Chappell. He retained his place for the 1980 tour of England for the second Centenary Test. While in England, Yallop resigned as captain of Victoria stating that he "would like to continue to play for Australia as long as I possibly can, and I want to put all my efforts into playing cricket for Australia" and that he felt he "couldn't justify being Victorian captain and giving the wholehearted effort required, while still giving my best efforts." Despite this he was not picked for Australia during the 1980–81 summer, losing his spot to Doug Walters who was experiencing a resurgence of form, whilst Yallop's had dropped off again. In February 1981, Ian Chappell included Yallop in his suggested Ashes squad for the 1981 tour of England saying he was "the best middle order batsman outside the test team" but that he "needs to learn that a bit of pain has to be suffered to consistently succeed in Test cricket." He was selected for the side to tour England, a report calling