what year did world series cricket begin in australia?

Answer 1

1977.
The first One Day International was in Melbourne in 1971, and the World Cup began in 1975.
However, World Series Cricket (WSC) was a professional cricket competition from 1977 to 1979, set up by the late Kerry Packer in opposition to the "official" international competition. World Series Cricket drastically changed the nature of cricket, and its influence continues to be felt today.
Packer wanted the cricket on his Channel 9, but the ACB (now Cricket Australia) had a long standing agreement with ABC tv, which they refused to break, even though Packer bid more money. As a result, he set up his break away competition by paying many of the worlds top cricketers to join his rebel World Series.
It initially proved very popular, especially night games, but by 1979 both the official tests, and WSC were losing money, so the ACB agreed to deal with Packer, and the ACB took control of the ODI team as well as the test team.
From the 1979-80 season, the ODI competition was renamed the "World Series Cup" which became the annual tri-nations ODI series of the Australian summer.
It kept the name World Series Cup until it was rebranded with new sponsor names, such as VB and CUB, as Benson and Hedges was banned from sponsoring sport, but held the rights to the competition name.

Answer 2

The World Series Cricket beegan in Australia in 1977. This was set up by the late Kerry Packer in opposition to the "official" international competition.