Ray Illingworth captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71, playing as England in the 1970–71 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour.
[1] and others labelled them "Dad's Army" because of the seniority of the players, whose average age was over 30, but these experienced veterans beat the younger Australian team.
New Zealand took part in the V&G Knockout Cup, a limited overs competition for the Australian state teams.
A Rest of the World cricket team captained by Gary Sobers toured Australia in the 1971–72 season and played a total of 16 matches.
The World XI squad included Gary Sobers, Graeme Pollock, Clive Lloyd, Sunil Gavaskar, Zaheer Abbas, Tony Greig, Farokh Engineer, Intikhab Alam, Rohan Kanhai, Bob Taylor and Bishen Bedi The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1972–73 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia.
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1973–74 season and played 3 Test matches.
By an amazing coincidence, Australia won the match by 45 runs, which was the same result as the original Test a century earlier.
The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1977–78 season to play 5 Test matches.
The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season to play 3 Test matches.
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season and played 3 Test matches.
A highlight of the finals series was a 21-ball half century from Lance Cairns at the Melbourne Cricket Ground containing 6 sixes.
The West Indies team took part in the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, a limited overs tournament also involving Australia and Pakistan.
Then captain Kim Hughes lost the captaincy due to his and the Australian's poor form after the Second Test and Allan Border took over.