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1979 Cricket World Cup squads
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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1979 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was Garnet Brisbane (40) of Canada while the youngest player was Sudath Pasqual (17) of Sri Lanka.
{{cr|Australia}}
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Hughes (c) | 26 January 1954 | Right hand | Right arm medium | |
| Allan Border | 27 July 1955 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | |
| Gary Cosier | 25 April 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | |
| Rick Darling | 1 May 1957 | Right hand | – | |
| Geoff Dymock | 21 July 1945 | Left hand | Left arm fast-medium | |
| Andrew Hilditch | 20 May 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | |
| Rodney Hogg | 5 March 1951 | Right hand | Right hand fast | |
| Alan Hurst | 15 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm fast | |
| Trevor Laughlin | 30 January 1951 | Left hand | Right arm medium | |
| Jeff Moss | 29 June 1947 | Left hand | – | |
| Graeme Porter | 18 March 1955 | Right hand | Right hand medium | |
| Kevin Wright (wk) | 27 December 1953 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | |
| Graham Yallop | 7 October 1952 | Left hand | Left arm medium | |
| Dav Whatmore | 16 March 1954 | Right hand | - |
{{cr|Canada}}
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Mauricette (c) (wk) | 4 September 1946 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Canada Toronto |
| West Indies Windward Islands | ||||
| Charles Baksh | 15 March 1940 | Right hand | – | Canada Winnipeg |
| Robert Callender | 2 November 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Canada Montreal |
| Christopher Chappell | 17 July 1955 | Right hand | – | Canada Toronto |
| Franklyn Dennis | 26 September 1947 | Right hand | – | Canada Toronto |
| Cornelius Henry | 16 September 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Canada Ottawa |
| Tariq Javed | 12 June 1949 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | Canada Ottawa |
| Pakistan Karachi | ||||
| Cecil Marshall | 13 September 1939 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Canada Ottawa |
| Jitendra Patel | 26 November 1945 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Canada London (Ontario) |
| India Baroda | ||||
| Glenroy Sealy | 11 June 1940 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Canada Toronto |
| Barbados Barbados | ||||
| Martin Stead | 1 June 1958 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Canada Vancouver |
| John Valentine | 20 September 1954 | Left hand | Left arm medium | Canada Ottawa |
| John Vaughan | 8 June 1945 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Canada Ottawa |
| Garnet Brisbane | 31 December 1938 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Canada Quebec |
{{cr|England}}
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brearley (c) | 28 April 1942 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | England Middlesex |
| Ian Botham | 24 November 1955 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | England Somerset |
| Geoffrey Boycott | 21 October 1940 | Right hand | Right arm medium | England Yorkshire |
| Phil Edmonds | 8 March 1951 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | England Middlesex |
| Mike Gatting | 6 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium | England Middlesex |
| Graham Gooch | 23 July 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | England Essex |
| David Gower | 1 April 1957 | Left hand | Right arm off-break | England Leicestershire |
| Mike Hendrick | 22 October 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | England Derbyshire |
| Wayne Larkins | 22 November 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | England Northamptonshire |
| Geoff Miller | 8 September 1952 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | England Derbyshire |
| Chris Old | 22 December 1948 | Left hand | Right arm fast-medium | England Yorkshire |
| Derek Randall | 24 February 1951 | Right hand | Right arm medium | England Nottinghamshire |
| Bob Taylor (wk) | 17 July 1941 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | England Derbyshire |
| Bob Willis | 30 May 1949 | Right hand | Right arm fast | England Warwickshire |
{{cr|India}}
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (c) | 21 April 1945 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | India Tamil Nadu |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 24 September 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium | India Delhi |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | 25 September 1946 | Right hand | Left arm slow orthodox | India Delhi |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | 23 September 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | India Baroda |
| Sunil Gavaskar (vc) | 10 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium | |
| Right arm offbreak | India Bombay | |||
| Karsan Ghavri | 28 February 1951 | Left hand | Left arm medium | India Bombay |
| Kapil Dev | 6 January 1959 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | India Haryana |
| Surinder Khanna (wk) | 3 June 1956 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | India Delhi |
| Brijesh Patel | 24 November 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | India Karnataka |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | India Bombay |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 12 February 1949 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | India Karnataka |
| Bharath Reddy | 12 November 1954 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | India Tamil Nadu |
| Yajurvindra Singh | 1 August 1952 | Right hand | Right arm medium | India Maharashtra |
| Yashpal Sharma | 11 August 1954 | Right hand | Right arm medium | India Punjab |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
{{cr|New Zealand}}
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Burgess (c) | 17 July 1944 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | New Zealand Auckland |
| Lance Cairns | 10 October 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | New Zealand Otago |
| Ewen Chatfield | 3 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | New Zealand Wellington |
| Jeremy Coney | 21 June 1952 | Right hand | Right arm medium | New Zealand Wellington |
| Bruce Edgar | 23 November 1956 | Left hand | Wicket-keeper | New Zealand Wellington |
| Richard Hadlee | 3 July 1951 | Left hand | Right arm fast | New Zealand Canterbury |
| Geoff Howarth | 29 March 1951 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | New Zealand Auckland |
| Warren Lees (wk) | 19 March 1952 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | New Zealand Otago |
| Brian McKechnie | 6 November 1953 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | New Zealand Otago |
| John Morrison | 27 August 1947 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | New Zealand Wellington |
| Warren Stott | 8 December 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium | New Zealand Auckland |
| Gary Troup | 3 October 1952 | Right hand | Left arm fast-medium | New Zealand Auckland |
| Glenn Turner | 26 May 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | New Zealand Otago |
| John Wright | 5 July 1954 | Left hand | Right arm medium | New Zealand Northern Districts |
{{cr|Pakistan}}
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asif Iqbal (c) | 6 June 1943 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Pakistan Karachi |
| Zaheer Abbas | 24 July 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Pakistan Karachi |
| Sikander Bakht | 25 August 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Pakistan Karachi |
| Wasim Bari (wk) | 23 March 1948 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Pakistan Karachi |
| Imran Khan | 25 November 1952 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Pakistan PIA |
| Majid Khan | 28 September 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium | |
| Right arm offbreak | Pakistan Rawalpindi | |||
| Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Pakistan Habib Bank |
| Sadiq Mohammad | 3 May 1945 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | Pakistan Karachi |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 1 December 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Pakistan Lahore |
| Mudassar Nazar | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Pakistan Lahore |
| Wasim Raja | 3 July 1952 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | Pakistan Lahore |
| Haroon Rashid | 25 March 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Pakistan Karachi |
| Iqbal Qasim | 6 August 1953 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Pakistan Karachi |
| Hasan Jamil | 25 July 1952 | Left hand | Left arm medium | Pakistan PIA |
{{cr|Sri Lanka}}
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anura Tennekoon (c) | 29 October 1946 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Sri Lanka SSC |
| Ajit de Silva | 12 December 1952 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Sri Lanka BCAC |
| Somachandra de Silva | 11 June 1942 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Sri Lanka BCAC |
| Stanley de Silva | 17 November 1956 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Sri Lanka – |
| Roy Dias | 18 October 1952 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Sri Lanka CCC |
| Ranjan Gunatilleke | 15 August 1951 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Sri Lanka – |
| Sunil Jayasinghe (wk) | 15 July 1955 | Right hand | None | Sri Lanka BCAC |
| Ranjan Madugalle | 22 April 1959 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | England FFCC |
| Duleep Mendis | 25 August 1952 | Right hand | – | Sri Lanka SSC |
| Tony Opatha | 5 August 1947 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Sri Lanka CCC |
| Sudath Pasqual | 16 October 1961 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | Sri Lanka RCC |
| Bandula Warnapura (vc) | 1 March 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Sri Lanka BCAC |
| Sri Lanka BRC | ||||
| Sunil Wettimuny | 2 February 1949 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Sri Lanka SSC |
| Rohan Jayasekara | 7 December 1957 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Sri Lanka - |
{{cr|West Indies}}
Manager: Clyde Walcott
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Lloyd (c) | 31 August 1944 | left hand | Right-arm medium | GuyanaGuyana |
| Colin Croft | 15 March 1953 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | GuyanaGuyana |
| Joel Garner | 16 December 1952 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | BarbadosBarbados |
| Gordon Greenidge | 1 May 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium/offbreak | BarbadosBarbados |
| Desmond Haynes | 15 February 1956 | Right-hand | Right-arm legbreak/medium pace | BarbadosBarbados |
| Michael Holding | 16 February 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | JamaicaJamaica |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 21 March 1949 | Left-hand | Right-arm offbreak | GuyanaGuyana |
| Collis King | 11 June 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | BarbadosBarbados |
| Deryck Murray (wk) | 20 May 1943 | Right-hand | Legbreak | Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago |
| Viv Richards | 7 March 1952 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium/offbreak | Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands |
| Andy Roberts | 29 January 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands |
| Larry Gomes | 13 July 1953 | Left-hand | Right-arm offbreak | Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago |
| Faoud Bacchus | 31 January 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | GuyanaGuyana |
| Malcolm Marshall | 18 April 1958 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | BarbadosBarbados |
References
References
- "Cricketer of the Year 1984 Mike Gatting". espncricinfo.com.
- "1979 World Cup stats for India". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
- "CWI SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO WORLD CUP HEROES OF 1975 AND 1979".
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