▁friends ▁aside ▁to ▁meet ▁their ▁own ▁ends . ▁The ▁W SC ▁Australian ▁players ▁( on ▁tour ▁in ▁West ▁Ind ies ▁at ▁the ▁time ) ▁had ▁no ▁input ▁into ▁the ▁negoti ations . ▁This ▁left ▁some ▁dis ill usion ed ▁and ▁app reh ensive ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁suffer ▁disc rim ination ▁from ▁the ▁AC B ▁in ▁the ▁coming ▁years . ▁The ▁AC B ▁opt ed ▁to ▁not ▁select ▁W SC - cont ract ed ▁players ▁for ▁the ▁t ours ▁of ▁England ▁( for ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁World ▁Cup ) ▁and ▁India ▁( for ▁six ▁Test s ) ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁year . ▁Both ▁t ours ▁produced ▁sub - standard ▁Australian ▁performances , ▁and ▁both ▁were ▁led ▁by ▁Kim ▁Hugh es . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 9 – 8 0 ▁season , ▁Greg ▁Ch app ell ▁was ▁restored ▁as ▁Australian ▁captain ▁and ▁the ▁team ▁contained ▁an ▁even ▁mixture ▁of ▁W SC ▁and ▁non - W SC ▁players . ▁The ▁season ' s ▁schedule ▁m im icked ▁the ▁W SC ▁format . ▁England ▁and ▁West ▁Ind ies ▁tou red , ▁playing ▁three ▁Test s ▁each ▁against ▁Australia , ▁with ▁a ▁tri angular ▁one - day ▁tournament ▁( the ▁World ▁Series ▁Cup ) ▁inter sp ers ed ▁among ▁the ▁Test s . ▁Australia ' s ▁results ▁were ▁mixed : ▁in ▁the ▁Test ▁matches , ▁they ▁defeated ▁England ▁ 3 – 0 ▁( h aving ▁lost ▁ 5 – 1 ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁oppon ents ▁the ▁previous ▁summer ) ▁but ▁lost ▁