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1996 Cricket World Cup squads

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This is a list of the final 14-man squads named for the 1996 Cricket World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which took place from 14 February 1996 to 17 March 1996. The oldest player at the 1996 Cricket World Cup was Nolan Clarke (47) of The Netherlands while the youngest player was Thomas Odoyo (17) of Kenya.

Australia

Main article: Australia national cricket team

  • Coach: AUS Geoff Marsh
  • Oldest Player : Ian Healy (31y 286d)
  • Youngest Player : Ricky Ponting (21y 53d)
  • Average Age : 27 y 209d
PlayerDate of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Mark Taylor (c)27 October 196431y 106d892Left handRight-arm medium
Michael Bevan8 May 197025y 278d25-Left handSlow left-arm wrist spin
Damien Fleming24 April 197025y 292d14-Right handRight-arm fast-medium
Ian Healy (wk) (vc)30 April 196431y 286d1397Right handWicket-keeper
Stuart Law18 October 196827y 115d14-Right handRight-arm medium
Shane Lee8 August 197322y 186d6-Right handRight–arm medium
Craig McDermott14 April 196530y 302d13716Right handRight-arm fast
Glenn McGrath9 February 197026y 1d44-Right handRight arm fast-medium
Ricky Ponting19 December 197421y 53d16-Right handRight arm medium
Paul Reiffel19 April 196629y 297d55-Right handRight-arm fast-medium
Michael Slater21 February 197025y 354d33-Right handRight arm medium
Shane Warne13 September 196926y 150d52-Right handRight-arm leg break
Mark Waugh2 June 196530y 253d1065Right handRight-arm medium
Steve Waugh2 June 196530y 253d18916Right handRight-arm medium

England

Main article: England national cricket team

  • Coach: ENG Ray Illingworth
  • Oldest Player : Alec Stewart (32y 308d)
  • Youngest Player: Dominic Cork (24y 187d)
  • Average age : 29y 68d
  • Dermot Reeve was called up for the team as injury replacement for Craig White
Player !Date of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Michael Atherton (c)23 March 196827y 324d31-Right handRight arm leg break
Wicket-keeperEngland Lancashire
Dominic Cork7 August 197124y 187d14-Right handRight-arm fast-mediumEngland Derbyshire
Phillip DeFreitas18 February 196629y 357d9718Right handRight arm fast-mediumEngland Lancashire
Neil Fairbrother9 September 196332y 154d519Left handLeft-arm mediumEngland Lancashire
Darren Gough18 September 197025y 145d16-Right handRight-arm fastEngland Yorkshire
Graeme Hick23 May 196629y 263d5410Right handRight arm off-breakEngland Worcestershire
Peter Martin15 November 196827y 87d7-Right handRight-arm fast-mediumEngland Lancashire
Richard Illingworth23 August 196332y 171d21-Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxEngland Worcestershire
Jack Russell (wk)15 August 196332y 179d31-Left handRight arm off breakEngland Gloucestershire
Neil Smith27 July 196728y 198d2-Right handRight-arm off breakEngland Warwickshire
Robin Smith13 September 196332y 150d698Right handRight arm leg-breakEngland Hampshire
Alec Stewart8 April 196332y 308d6810Right handRight-arm mediumEngland Surrey
Graham Thorpe1 August 196926y 193d19-Left handRight arm mediumEngland Surrey
Craig White16 December 196926y 56d8-Right handRight-arm fast-mediumEngland Yorkshire
*Dermot Reeve*2 April 196332y 319d279Right handRight-arm mediumEngland Warwickshire

India

Main article: India national cricket team

Coach/manager: India Ajit Wadekar

  • Oldest Player: Mohammad Azharuddin (33y 2d)
  • Youngest Player: Sachin Tendulkar (22y 292d)
  • Average age: 27y 168d
PlayerDate of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Mohammad Azharuddin (c)8 February 196333y 2d20015Right handRight-arm mediumIndiaHyderabad
Sachin Tendulkar (vc)24 April 197322y 292d1028Right handRight-arm mediumIndiaMumbai
Vinod Kambli18 January 197224y 23d625Left handRight-arm off-breakIndiaMumbai
Aashish Kapoor25 March 197124y 322d7-Right handRight-arm offbreakIndiaPunjab
Anil Kumble17 October 197025y 116d72-Right handRight-arm leg spinIndia Karnataka
Sanjay Manjrekar12 July 196530y 213d596Right handRight arm off-spinIndiaMumbai
Nayan Mongia (wk)19 December 196926y 53d35-Right handWicket-keeperIndia Baroda
Manoj Prabhakar15 April 196332y 301d12615Right handRight-arm medium paceIndiaDelhi
Venkatesh Prasad5 August 196926y 189d21-Right handRight-arm medium-fastIndia Karnataka
Navjot Singh Sidhu20 October 196332y 113d937Right handRight-arm mediumIndia Punjab
Javagal Srinath31 August 196926y 163d838Right handRight arm fastIndiaKarnataka
Ajay Jadeja1 February 197125y 9d426Right handRight-arm mediumIndiaHaryana
Salil Ankola1 March 196827y 346d14-Right handRight-arm fastIndiaMumbai
Venkatapathy Raju9 July 196926y 216d427Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxIndiaHyderabad

Kenya

Main article: Kenya national cricket team

Coach: India Hanumant Singh

PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Maurice Odumbe (c)15 June 1969Right handRight-arm offbreakKEN Aga Khan, Nairobi
Rajab Ali19 November 1965Right handRight-arm medium-fast*n/a*
Dipak Chudasama20 May 1963Right hand*n/a*
Tariq Iqbal3 April 1964Right handWicket-keeper*n/a*
Aasif Karim15 September 1963Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxKEN Jaffery, Mombasa
Hitesh Modi13 October 1971Left handSlow left-arm orthodoxKEN Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu
Thomas Odoyo12 May 1978Right handRight arm medium-fastKEN Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu
Edward Odumbe19 May 1965Right handRight-arm mediumn/a
Lameck Onyango22 September 1973Right handRight arm mediumKEN Swamibapa, Nairobi
Kennedy Otieno (wk)11 March 1972Right handWicket-keeperKEN Ruaraka, Nairobi
Brijal Patel14 November 1977Right handSlow left-armKEN Premier, Nairobi
Martin Suji2 June 1971Right handRight-arm medium-fastKEN Aga Khan, Nairobi
David Tikolo27 December 1964Right handRight-arm medium
Steve Tikolo25 June 1971Right handRight arm OffbreakKEN Swamibapa, Nairobi

Netherlands

Main article: Netherlands national cricket team

PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Steven Lubbers (c)24 March 1953Right handRight-arm off-breakNED Hermes DVS
Flavian Aponso28 October 1952Left handRight-arm offbreakSri Lanka Sebastianites CAC
Paul-Jan Bakker19 September 1957Right handRight-arm medium-fastNED Quick Den Haag
Peter Cantrell28 October 1962Right handRight-arm offbreakNED SV Kampong
Nolan Clarke22 June 1948Right handLegbreak googlyNED Sparta 1888
Eric Gouka29 January 1970Right handRight-arm mediumNED Excelsior'20
Floris Jansen10 June 1962Right handRight-arm mediumNED SV Kampong
Tim de Leede25 January 1968Right handRight-arm mediumNED Voorburg
Roland Lefebvre7 February 1963Right armRight–arm mediumENG Glamorgan
Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk10 July 1970Right handRight-arm mediumNED VOC
Robert van Oosterom16 October 1968Right hand-NED HBS
Marcel Schewe (wk)10 March 1969Right handWicket-keeperNED Excelsior'20
Reinout Scholte (wk)10 August 1967Right handWicket-keeperNED HBS
Bas Zuiderent3 March 1977Right handRight arm mediumNED VOC

New Zealand

Main article: New Zealand national cricket team

Coach: NZL Glenn Turner

  • Oldest Player: Dipak Patel (37y 108d)
  • Youngest Player : Stephen Fleming (22y 315d)
  • Average age : 27y 14d
PlayerDate of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Lee Germon (c/wk)4 November 196827y 98d130Right handRight arm leg break
Wicket-keeperNZL Canterbury
Nathan Astle15 September 197124y 148d170Right handRight arm mediumNZL Canterbury
Chris Cairns13 June 197025y 242d385Right handRight arm fast-mediumNZL Canterbury
Stephen Fleming1 April 197322y 315d370Left handRight arm offbreakNZL Canterbury
Chris Harris20 November 196926y 82d589Left handRight arm mediumNZL Canterbury
Robert Kennedy3 June 197223y 52d20Right handRight arm mediumNZL Otago
Gavin Larsen27 September 196233y 136d769Right handRight arm mediumNZL Wellington
Danny Morrison3 February 196630y 7d866Right handRight-arm fast-mediumNZL Auckland
Dion Nash20 November 197124y 82d220Right handRight-arm fast mediumNZL Northern Districts
Adam Parore23 January 197125y 18d450Right handWicket-keeperNZL Auckland
Dipak Patel25 October 195837y 108d5615Right-handRight arm off-breakNZL Auckland
Craig Spearman4 July 197223y 221d70Right-handNZL Central Districts
Shane Thomson27 January 196927y 14d480Right handRight-arm off-break
Right-arm fast-mediumNZL Northern Districts
Roger Twose17 April 196827y 299d120Left handRight-arm medium paceNZL Wellington

Pakistan

Main article: Pakistan national cricket team

  • Oldest Player : Javed Miandad (38y 243d)
  • Youngest Player : Saqlain Mushtaq (19y 43d)
  • Average age: 27y 197d
PlayerDate of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Wasim Akram (c)3 June 196629y 252d19317Left handLeft-arm fastPakistan PIA
Aamer Sohail(vc)14 September 196629y 149d8510Left handSlow left-arm orthodoxPakistan Allied Bank Limited
Aaqib Javed5 August 197223y 189d12110Right handRight-arm fast-mediumPakistan Allied Bank Limited
Ata-ur-Rehman28 March 197520y 319d250Right handRight-arm fast-mediumPakistan Allied Bank Limited
Ijaz Ahmed20 September 196827y 143d12114Right handLeft-arm mediumPakistan Habib Bank
Inzamam-ul-Haq3 March 197025y 344d9610Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxPakistan Faisalabad
Javed Miandad12 June 195738y 243d22828Right handRight-arm legbreakPakistan Habib Bank
Mushtaq Ahmed28 June 197025y 227909Right handRight arm leg-breakPakistan Multan
Rameez Raja14 August 196233y 180d17015Right handRight arm leg-breakPAK Lahore
Rashid Latif (wk)14 October 196827y 119d700Right handWicket-keeper
Right hand leg breakPakistan Karachi
Saeed Anwar6 September 196827y 158d820Left-handSlow left-arm orthodoxPakistan National Bank
Saleem Malik16 April 196332y 300d21417Right handRight arm off-breakPakistan Lahore
Saqlain Mushtaq29 December 197619y 43d50Right handRight arm off breakPakistan Pakistan Intl. Airlines
Waqar Younis16 November 197124y 86d1120Right handRight-arm fastPakistan United Bank Limited

South Africa

Main article: South Africa national cricket team

Coach: ENG Bob Woolmer

PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Hansie Cronje (c)25 September 196977Right handRight arm mediumRSA Free State
Paul Adams20 January 19773Right handLeft-arm wrist spinRSA Western Province
Daryl Cullinan4 March 196741Right handRight arm off breakRSA Transvaal
Fanie de Villiers13 October 196462Right handRight-arm fast mediumRSA Northern Transvaal
Allan Donald20 October 196657Right handRight arm fastEngland Warwickshire
Andrew Hudson17 March 196560Right handRight-arm mediumRSA KwaZulu-Natal
Jacques Kallis16 October 19757Right handRight arm fast-mediumRSA Western Province
Gary Kirsten23 November 196735Left handRight arm off breakRSA Western Province
Craig Matthews15 February 196543Right handRight-arm fast-mediumRSA Western Province
Brian McMillan22 December 196348Right handRight-arm medium-fastRSA Western Province
Steve Palframan (wk)12 May 19701Right handWicket-keeperRSA Boland
Shaun Pollock16 July 19737Right handRight arm fast-mediumEngland Warwickshire
Jonty Rhodes27 July 196976Right handRight-arm mediumRSA KwaZulu-Natal
Pat Symcox14 April 196019Right handRight-arm offbreakRSA KwaZulu-Natal

Sri Lanka

Main article: Sri Lanka national cricket team

Coach: Australia Dav Whatmore

Player !Date of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)1 December 1963178Left-handRight-hand mediumSri Lanka Sinhalese SC
Aravinda de Silva (vc)17 October 1965175Right handRight-arm off-breakSri Lanka Nondescripts
Upul Chandana7 May 19725Right handRight-arm leg-breakSri Lanka Tamil Union C&AC
Marvan Atapattu22 November 19707Right handRight arm leg spinSri Lanka Sinhalese SC
Kumar Dharmasena24 April 197127Right handRight-arm offbreakSri Lanka Bloomfield
Asanka Gurusinha16 September 1966128Left-handRight-arm mediumSri Lanka Nondescripts
Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)24 November 196940Right handWicket-keeper
Right-arm mediumSri Lanka Sebastianites
Sanath Jayasuriya30 June 196999Left handSlow left arm orthodoxSri Lanka Bloomfield
Roshan Mahanama31 May 1966136Right-hand-Sri Lanka Bloomfield
Muttiah Muralitharan17 April 197235Right handRight-arm off breakSri Lanka Tamil Union
Ravindra Pushpakumara21 July 197518Right handRight-arm fast-mediumSri Lanka Colts CC
Hashan Tillakaratne14 July 1967123Left hand-Sri Lanka Nondescripts
Chaminda Vaas27 January 197441Left HandLeft arm fast mediumSri Lanka Colts CC
Pramodya Wickramasinghe14 August 197176Right handRight-arm fastSri Lanka Burgher RC

United Arab Emirates

Main article: United Arab Emirates national cricket team

PlayersDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling style
Sultan Zarawani (c)24 January 19612Right handRight arm leg spin
Arshad Laeeq28 November 19702Right handRight-arm fast-medium
Azhar Saeed25 December 19702Left handSlow left-arm orthodox
Imtiaz Abbasi (wk)9 June 19682Right handWicket-keeper
Mazhar Hussain25 October 19672Right handRight-arm leg break
Mohammad Aslam7 September 19610Right handRight-arm fast
Mohammad Ishaq7 March 19632Right handRight-arm medium
Vijay Mehra17 October 19632Right hand-
Ganesh Mylvaganam1 August 19660Right hand-
Saeed-Al-Saffar31 July 19680Left handLeft-arm fast-medium
Saleem Raza5 July 19642Right handRight-arm offbreak
Johanne Samarasekera22 February 19682Right handRight-arm medium-fast
Shaukat Dukanwala21 January 19570Right handRight-arm Offbreak
Shehzad Altaf6 October 19570Right handRight-arm medium

West Indies

Main article: West Indies national cricket team

Coach: WIN Andy Roberts

PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Richie Richardson (c)12 January 1962218Right handRight-arm medium-paceRSA Northern Transvaal
Jimmy Adams9 January 196850Left handSlow left arm orthodoxJamaica Jamaica
Curtly Ambrose21 September 1963122Left handRight-arm fastAntigua and Barbuda Leeward Islands
Keith Arthurton21 February 196581Left handSlow left-arm orthodox leg breakAntigua and Barbuda Leeward Islands
Ian Bishop24 October 196766Right-handedRight-arm fastTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Courtney Browne (wk)7 December 197013Right handWicket-keeperBarbados Barbados
Sherwin Campbell1 January 197022Right handRight-arm medium paceBarbados Barbados
Shivnarine Chanderpaul16 August 197418Left handRight-arm leg breakGuyana Guyana
Cameron Cuffy8 February 19709Right handRight-arm fastSVG Windward Islands
Ottis Gibson16 March 196910Right handRight arm fastBarbados Barbados
Roger Harper17 March 196393Right handRight-arm off breakGuyana Guyana
Roland Holder22 December 196718Right handRight-arm medium paceBarbados Barbados
Brian Lara2 May 196992Left handRight-arm leg breakTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
Courtney Walsh30 October 1962150Right handRight-arm medium fastJamaica Jamaica
Phil Simmons18 April 1963111Right handRight-arm mediumTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago

Zimbabwe

Main article: Zimbabwe national cricket team

PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
Andy Flower (c/wk)28 April 196839Left-handWicket-keeperZIM Mashonaland
Eddo Brandes5 March 196327Right-handRight arm fastZIM Mashonaland
Alistair Campbell23 September 197231Left handRight-arm off breakZIM Manicaland
Sean Davies15 October 19733Left handRight-arm medium-fastZIM Mashonaland
Craig Evans29 November 19697Right handRight-arm mediumZIM Matabeleland
Grant Flower20 December 197029Right handSlow left arm orthodoxZIM Mashonaland
Charlie Lock10 September 19622Right handRight-arm fast-mediumZIM Mashonaland
Henry Olonga3 July 19762Right handRight-arm fastZIM Matabeleland
Stephen Peall2 September 196916Left handRight-arm offbreakZIM Mashonaland
Bryan Strang9 June 19726Right handLeft-arm mediumZIM Mashonaland
Paul Strang28 July 197012Right handRight-arm leg breakZIM Mashonaland
Heath Streak16 March 197421Right handRight-arm fast-mediumZIM Matabeleland
Andy Waller25 September 195924Right handRight-arm mediumZIM Mashonaland
Guy Whittall5 September 197220Right handRight-arm mediumZIM Mashonaland

References

References

  1. (26 July 1996). "Aussie Replaces Turner as New Zealand Coach (26 Jul 1996)".
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