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1999 Cricket World Cup squads

List of final 15-man squads


List of final 15-man squads

This is a list of the final 15-man squads named for the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 14 May 1999 to 20 June 1999, in order of the jersey number worn. Each team had to number the players from 1 to 15, with captains usually wearing the number 1 jersey. The oldest player at the 1999 Cricket World Cup was Ian Philip (40/41) of Scotland while the youngest player was Mohammad Sheikh (18) of Kenya.

Australia

Coach: Geoff Marsh

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Steve Waugh (c)2 June 1965258Right-handedRight-arm mediumNew South Wales
2Michael Bevan8 May 1970104Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spinNew South Wales
3Damien Fleming24 April 197051Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumVictoria
4Paul Reiffel19 April 196686Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumVictoria
5Shane Warne13 September 1969115Right-handedRight-arm leg breakVictoria
6Mark Waugh2 June 1965181Right-handedRight-arm medium, off-breakNew South Wales
7Shane Lee8 August 197323Right-handedRight-arm mediumNew South Wales
8Brendon Julian10 August 197023Right-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumWestern Australia
9Tom Moody2 October 196563Right-handedRight-arm mediumWestern Australia
10Darren Lehmann5 February 197045Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxSouth Australia
11Glenn McGrath9 February 197086Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumNew South Wales
12Adam Gilchrist (wk)14 November 197158Left-handedRight-arm off breakWestern Australia
13Adam Dale30 December 196824Left-handedRight-arm mediumQueensland
14Ricky Ponting19 December 197473Right-handedRight-arm mediumTasmania
15Damien Martyn21 October 197133Right-handedRight-arm mediumWestern Australia

Bangladesh

Coach:Gordon Greenidge

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Aminul Islam (c)2 February 196826Right-handedRight-arm offbreakBiman Bangladesh Airlines
2Akram Khan1 November 196826Right-handedRight-arm mediumChittagong Division
3Faruk Ahmed24 July 19665Right-handedRight-arm offbreakBiman Bangladesh Airlines
4Shahriar Hossain1 June 197610Right-handedRight-arm offbreakDhaka Division
5Mehrab Hossain22 September 19785Right-handedRight-arm mediumDhaka Division
6Enamul Haque27 February 196616Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxBiman Bangladesh Airlines
7Niamur Rashid1 January 19751Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastDhaka Metropolis
8Naimur Rahman9 September 197411Right-handedRight-arm offbreakDhaka Division
9Khaled Mahmud26 July 197111Right-handedRight-arm mediumDhaka Division
10Khaled Mashud (wk)8 February 197620Right-handedWicket-keeperRajshahi Division
11Mohammad Rafique5 September 197016Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxSylhet Division
12Shafiuddin Ahmed1 June 19738Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumChittagong Division
13Hasibul Hossain3 June 197720Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumSylhet Division
14Manjural Islam7 November 19791Left-handedLeft–arm fast–mediumKhulna Division
15Minhajul Abedin25 September 196523Right-handedRight-arm offbreakChittagong Division

England

Coach: David Lloyd

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Alec Stewart (c/wk)8 April 1963120Right-handedRight-arm mediumSurrey
2Ian Austin30 May 19667Left-handedRight-arm mediumLancashire
3Robert Croft25 May 197042Right-handedRight-arm offbreakGlamorgan
4Mark Ealham27 August 196934Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastKent
5Neil Fairbrother9 September 196370Left-handedLeft-arm mediumLancashire
6Andrew Flintoff6 December 19774Right-handedRight-arm fastLancashire
7Angus Fraser8 August 196539Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumMiddlesex
8Darren Gough18 September 197060Right-handedRight-arm fastYorkshire
9Graeme Hick23 May 196691Right-handedRight-arm off-breakWorcestershire
10Adam Hollioake5 September 197132Right-handedRight-arm mediumSurrey
11Nasser Hussain28 March 196828Right-handedRight-arm leg breakEssex
12Nick Knight28 November 196944Left-handedRight-arm mediumWarwickshire
13Alan Mullally12 July 196924Right-handedLeft-arm fast mediumLeicestershire
14Graham Thorpe1 August 196948Left-handedRight-arm mediumSurrey
15Vince Wells6 August 19659Right-handedRight-arm mediumKent

India

Coach: Anshuman Gaekwad

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Mohammad Azharuddin (c)8 February 1963315Right-handedRight-arm mediumHyderabad
2Sourav Ganguly8 July 197299Left-handedRight-arm mediumBengal
3Ajay Jadeja (vc)1 February 1971164Right-handedRight-arm mediumHaryana
4Sadagoppan Ramesh16 October 19757Left-handedRight-arm offbreakTamil Nadu
5Rahul Dravid11 January 197380Right-handedRight-arm off spinKarnataka
6Robin Singh14 September 196380Left-handedRight-arm medium-fastTamil Nadu
7Ajit Agarkar4 December 197736Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumMumbai
8.Anil Kumble17 October 1970167Right-handedRight-arm leg spinKarnataka
9Nayan Mongia (wk)19 December 1969132Right-handedWicket-keeperBaroda
10Sachin Tendulkar24 April 1973211Right-handedRight-arm spinMumbai
11Venkatesh Prasad5 August 1969111Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastKarnataka
12Nikhil Chopra19 August 197314Right-handedRight-arm offbreakUttar Pradesh
13Debasis Mohanty20 July 197620Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumOdisha
14Javagal Srinath31 August 1969161Right-handedRight-arm fastKarnataka
15Amay Khurasiya18 May 19724Left-handedSlow Left-armMadhya Pradesh

Kenya

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Aasif Karim (c)15 September 196325Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxJaffery, Mombasa
2Maurice Odumbe15 June 196925Right-handedRight-arm offbreakAga Khan, Nairobi
3Ravindu Shah28 August 19728Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastNairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu
4Kennedy Otieno (wk)11 March 197225Right-handedRuaraka, Nairobi
5Steve Tikolo25 June 197125Right-handedRight-arm medium, off spinSwamibapa, Nairobi
6Hitesh Modi13 October 197125Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu
7Sandip Gupta (wk)7 April 19677Right-handed
8Thomas Odoyo12 May 197824Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastNairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu
9Tony Suji5 February 197613Right-handedRight-arm mediumAga Khan, Nairobi
10Martin Suji2 June 197123Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastAga Khan, Nairobi
11Mohammad Sheikh29 August 198015Left-handedLeft-arm fast
12Joseph Angara8 November 19714Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastSwamibapa, Nairobi
13Dipak Chudasama20 May 196319Right-handed
14Alpesh Vadher7 September 197411Right-handedPremier, Nairobi
15Jimmy Kamande12 December 19780Right-handedRight-arm off spin, fast-medium

New Zealand

Coach: Steve Rixon

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Stephen Fleming (c)1 April 1973100Left-handedRight-arm offbreakCanterbury
2Geoff Allott24 December 197113Right-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumCanterbury
3Nathan Astle15 September 197182Right-handedRight-arm mediumCanterbury
4.Carl Bulfin19 August 19733Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumWellington
5Chris Cairns13 June 1970101Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumCanterbury
6Simon Doull6 August 196940Right-handedRight-arm mediumNorthern Districts
7Chris Harris20 November 1969127Left-handedRight-arm mediumCanterbury
8Matthew Hart16 May 197211Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNorthern Districts
9Matt Horne5 December 197036Right-handedRight-arm mediumOtago
10Gavin Larsen27 September 1962113Right-handedRight-arm mediumWellington
11Craig McMillan13 September 197639Right-handedRight-arm mediumCanterbury
12Dion Nash20 November 197158Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumNorthern Districts
13.Adam Parore (wk)23 January 1971114Right-handedWicket-keeperAuckland
14Roger Twose17 April 196836Left-handedRight-arm mediumWellington
15Daniel Vettori27 January 197938Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNorthern Districts

Pakistan

Coach: Mushtaq Mohammad

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Wasim Akram (c)3 June 1966265Left-handedLeft-arm fastPIA
2Moin Khan (wk)23 September 1971129Right-handedWicket-keeperPIA
3Saleem Malik16 April 1963279Right-handedRight-arm off-break, slow mediumLahore
4Ijaz Ahmed20 September 1968226Right-handedLeft-arm mediumHabib Bank
5Waqar Younis16 November 1971172Right-handedRight-arm fastUnited Bank Limited
6Saeed Anwar6 September 1968170Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNational Bank
7Mushtaq Ahmed28 June 1970130Right-handedRight-arm leg-breakMultan
8Inzamam-ul-Haq3 March 1970182Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxFaisalabad
9Saqlain Mushtaq29 December 197698Right-handedRight-arm off breakPIA
10Shahid Afridi1 March 197782Right-handedRight-arm leg spinHabib Bank
11Azhar Mahmood28 February 197560Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumPIA
12Abdul Razzaq2 December 197914Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumPIA
13Yousuf Youhana27 August 197420Right-handedRight-arm off spinPIA
14Shoaib Akhtar13 August 197516Right-handedRight-arm fastKhan Research Labs
15Wajahatullah Wasti11 November 19743Right-handedRight-arm offbreakAllied Bank Limited

Scotland

No.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1George Salmond (c)1 December 1969Right-handedRight-arm medium
2Ian Philip9 June 1958Right-handed
3Michael Allingham6 January 1965Right-handedRight-arm medium
4John Blain4 January 1979Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumNorthamptonshire
5James Brinkley13 March 1974Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
6Asim Butt24 June 1967Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
7Alec Davies (wk)14 August 1962Right-handedWicket-keeper
8Nick Dyer10 September 1969Right-handedRight-arm offbreak
9Gavin Hamilton16 September 1974Left-handedRight-arm medium-fastYorkshire
10Bruce Patterson29 January 1965Right-handed
11Keith Sheridan26 March 1971Right-handedLeft-arm slow
12Mike Smith30 March 1966Right-handedRight-arm medium
13Ian Stanger5 October 1971Right-handedRight-arm medium
14Peter Steindl14 June 1970Right-handedRight-arm medium
15Greig Williamson28 December 1968Right-handedRight-arm medium

South Africa

Coach: Bob Woolmer

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Gary Kirsten23 November 1967103Left-handedRight-arm off breakWestern Province
2Herschelle Gibbs23 February 197427Right-handedRight-arm mediumWestern Province
3Jacques Kallis16 October 197565Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumWestern Province
4Daryll Cullinan4 March 1967113Right-handedRight-arm off breakGauteng
5Hansie Cronje (c)25 September 1969159Right-handedRight-arm mediumFree State
6Dale Benkenstein9 June 197410Right-handedRight-arm medium, off breakKwaZulu-Natal
7Shaun Pollock16 July 197370Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumWarwickshire
8Jonty Rhodes27 July 1969151Right-handedRight-arm mediumKwaZulu-Natal
9Mark Boucher (wk)3 December 197630Right-handedWicket-keeperBorder
10Allan Donald20 October 1966112Right-handedRight-arm fastWarwickshire
11Derek Crookes5 March 196924Right-handedRight-arm off-breakGauteng
12Alan Dawson27 November 19691Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastWestern Province
13Lance Klusener4 September 197153Left-handedRight-arm fast mediumKwaZulu-Natal
14Steve Elworthy23 February 196515Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumNortherns
15Nicky Boje20 March 197318Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxFree State
  • Makhaya Ntini was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 23 April 1999 by Alan Dawson following a conviction for a serious criminal offence. The conviction was later overturned.

Sri Lanka

Coach: Roy Dias

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Arjuna Ranatunga (c)1 December 1963264Left-handedRight-arm mediumSinhalese SC
2Muttiah Muralitharan17 April 1972110Right-handedRight-arm off breakTamil Union
3Marvan Atapattu22 November 197069Right-handedRight-arm leg spinSinhalese SC
4Mahela Jayawardene27 May 197720Right-handedRight-arm mediumSinhalese SC
5Roshan Mahanama31 May 1966208Right-handedBloomfield
6Hashan Tillakaratne14 July 1967180Left-handedNondescripts
7Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)24 November 1969112Right-handedRight-arm mediumSebastianites
8Chaminda Vaas27 January 1974108Left-handedLeft-arm fast mediumColts CC
9Aravinda de Silva (vc)17 October 1965254Right-handedRight-arm off-breakNondescripts
10Pramodya Wickramasinghe14 August 1971111Right-handedRight-arm fastBurgher RC
11Ruwan Kalpage19 February 197086Left-handedRight-arm offbreakNondescripts CC
12Upul Chandana7 May 197251Right-handedRight-arm leg-breakTamil Union C&AC
13Eric Upashantha10 June 19725Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumColts CC
14Chandika Hathurusingha13 September 196835Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastTamil Union
15Sanath Jayasuriya30 June 1969178Left-handedSlow Left-arm orthodoxBloomfield

West Indies

Coach: Malcolm Marshall

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Brian Lara (c)2 May 1969141Left-handedRight-arm leg breakTrinidad and Tobago
2Shivnarine Chanderpaul16 August 197466Left-handedRight-arm leg breakGuyana
3Ricardo Powell16 December 19780Right-handedRight-arm offbreakJamaica
4Stuart Williams12 August 196953Right-handedRight-arm mediumLeeward Islands
5Sherwin Campbell1 January 197045Right-handedRight-arm mediumBarbados
6Keith Arthurton21 February 1965104Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxLeeward Islands
7Ridley Jacobs (wk)26 November 196723Left-handedWicket-keeperLeeward Islands
8Phil Simmons18 April 1963138Right-handedRight-arm mediumTrinidad and Tobago
9Curtly Ambrose21 September 1963161Left-handedRight-arm fastLeeward Islands
10Courtney Walsh30 October 1962188Right-handedRight-arm medium fastJamaica
11Jimmy Adams9 January 196881Left-handedSlow Left-arm orthodoxJamaica
12Hendy Bryan17 March 19706Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumBarbados
13Mervyn Dillon5 June 197416Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumTrinidad and Tobago
14Nehemiah Perry16 June 19685Right-handedRight-arm off breakJamaica
15Reon King6 October 197512Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumGuyana

Carl Hooper was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 27 April 1999 by Ricardo Powell following his retirement from international cricket.

Zimbabwe

Coach: David Houghton

No.PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Alistair Campbell (c)23 September 197297Left-handedRight-arm off breakManicaland
2Andy Flower (wk)28 April 1968105Left-handedRight-arm off breakMashonaland
3Grant Flower20 December 197092Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMashonaland
4Neil Johnson24 January 197014Left-handedRight-arm fast-mediumWestern Province
5Murray Goodwin11 December 197231Right-handedLegbreakMashonaland
6Stuart Carlisle10 May 197212Right-handedRight-arm mediumMashonaland
7Henry Olonga3 July 19767Right-handedRight-arm fastMatabeleland
8Pommie Mbangwa26 June 197615Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumMatabeleland
9Heath Streak16 March 197473Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumMatabeleland
10Adam Huckle21 September 197116Right-handedLegbreak googlyMatabeleland
11Dirk Viljoen11 March 197712Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMashonaland
12Eddo Brandes5 March 196356Right-handedRight-arm fastMashonaland
13Paul Strang9 June 197272Right-handedLeft-arm mediumMashonaland
14Andy Whittall19 March 197344Right-handedRight-arm offbreakManicaland
15Guy Whittall5 September 197272Right-handedRight-arm mediumMashonaland

References

References

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  2. (1999-04-23). "UCB Media Statement On Makhaya Ntini". Cricinfo.com.
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  4. (1999-04-27). "Powell gets nod". Cricinfo.com.
  5. (1999-04-26). "Hooper Retires". Cricinfo.com.
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