2007 Cricket World Cup squads


This is a list of the squads picked for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. This was the ninth Cricket World Cup tournament and was held between 14 March and 28 April 2007. The sixteen teams asked to announce their final squads by 13 February 2007. Changes were allowed after this deadline at the discretion of the ICCs Technical Committee in necessary cases, such as due to player injury. In order to aid the teams to select the final 15, teams were given the option to announce a 30-man squad by mid-January, with the understanding that the final squad would be picked from these 30 players. However, this was not strictly adhered to – several of England's final 15 came from outside the initial 30, for example. The oldest player at the 2007 Cricket World Cup was Anderson Cummins of Canada while the youngest was Alexei Kervezee of the Netherlands.

Group A

Australia

Australia named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. On 23 February 2007, Brett Lee was removed from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Stuart Clark.
Coach: John Buchanan
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
14Ricky Ponting 19 December 1974 268Right-handedRight-arm mediumTasmanian Tigers
59Nathan Bracken12 September 1977 57Right-handedLeft-arm fast mediumNew South Wales Blues
8Stuart Clark28 September 1975 24Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumNew South Wales Blues
23Michael Clarke2 April 1981 101Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNew South Wales Blues
18Adam Gilchrist14 November 1971 256Left-handedWicket-keeperWestern Warriors
57Brad Haddin23 October 1977 21Right-handedWicket-keeperNew South Wales Blues
28Matthew Hayden29 October 1971 133Left-handedRight-arm mediumQueensland Bulls
17Brad Hodge29 December 1974 13Right-handedRight-arm off breakVictorian Bushrangers
31Brad Hogg6 February 1971 95Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spinWestern Warriors
48Michael Hussey27 May 1975 61Left-handedRight-arm mediumWestern Warriors
25Mitchell Johnson2 November 1981 18Left-handedLeft-arm fastQueensland Bulls
11Glenn McGrath9 February 1970 238Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumNew South Wales Blues
63Andrew Symonds9 June 1975 161Right-handedRight-arm medium/off breakQueensland Bulls
32Shaun Tait22 February 1983 4Right-handedRight-arm fastSouthern Redbacks
33Shane Watson17 June 1981 57Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumQueensland Bulls

Netherlands

The KNCB named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. The squad was unchanged from that named for the World Cricket League Division One event in January 2007.
Coach: Peter Cantrell
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleDomestic team
69Luuk van Troost 28 December 196921Left-handedLeft-arm mediumExcelsior'20
17Peter Borren21 August 198310Right-handedRight-arm mediumVRA Amsterdam
19Daan van Bunge19 October 198221Right-handedRight-arm leg breakExcelsior'20
22Ryan ten Doeschate30 June 198011Right-handedRight-arm medium fastEssex Eagles
20Mark Jonkman20 March 19864Right-handedRight-arm medium fastHCC Den Haag
74Mohammad Kashif3 December 19846Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxVOC Rotterdam
85Alexei Kervezee11 September 198910Right-handedRight-arm mediumWorcestershire Royals
5Tim de Leede25 January 196826Right-handedRight-arm mediumVoorburg CC
4Adeel Raja15 August 19807Right-handedRight-arm off breakVRA Amsterdam
16Darron Reekers26 May 19739Right-handedRight-arm mediumQuick Den Haag
9Edgar Schiferli17 May 197613Right-handedRight-arm medium fastQuick Den Haag
10Jeroen Smits21 June 197219Right-handedWicket-keeperHCC Den Haag
59Billy Stelling30 June 19699Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumHBS Craeyenhout
13Eric Szwarczynski13 February 19834Right-handedRight-arm mediumVRA Amsterdam
33Bastiaan Zuiderent3 March 197726Right-handedRight-arm mediumVOC Rotterdam

Scotland

Scotland named their squad in August 2006, to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules. However, Glenn Rogers later came in for Omer Hussain. Of the Scotland 15, Gavin Hamilton and John Blain have previous World Cup experience.
Coach: Peter Drinnen
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleDomestic team
99Craig Wright 28 April 197413Right-handedRight-arm mediumGreenock
4John Blain4 January 197918Left-handedRight-arm fast mediumYorkshire Phoenix
23Dougie Brown29 October 196913Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumWarwickshire Bears
37Gavin Hamilton16 September 197418Left-handedRight-arm medium fastScottish Saltires
10Majid Haq11 February 198310Left-handedRight-arm off breakFerguslie
34Paul Hoffmann14 January 197012Right-handedRight-arm medium fastUddingston
21Dougie Lockhart19 January 19764Right-handedRight-arm mediumWest of Scotland
8Ross Lyons8 December 198413Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxClydesdale
25Neil McCallum22 November 197714Right-handedGrange
17Dewald Nel6 June 19805Right-handedRight-arm medium fastGreenock
28Navdeep Poonia11 May 19868Right-handedRight-arm medium fastWarwickshire Bears
18Glenn Rogers12 April 19774Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxStenhousemuir
55Colin Smith27 September 197211Right-handedWicket-keeperAberdeenshire
27Ryan Watson12 November 197614Right-handedRight-arm medium fastForfarshire
12Fraser Watts5 June 197912Right-handedGreenock

South Africa

South Africa named their 15-man squad on 15 February.
Coach: Mickey Arthur
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
15Graeme Smith 1 February 1981103Left-handedRight-arm off breakCape Cobras
14Loots Bosman14 April 19778Right-handedRight-arm mediumEagles
9Mark Boucher3 December 1976231Right-handedWicket-keeperWarriors
17AB de Villiers17 February 198429Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Titans
07Herschelle Gibbs23 February 1974198Right-handedRight-arm mediumCape Cobras
99Andrew Hall31 July 197576Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumDolphins
Kent Spitfires
3Jacques Kallis16 October 1975242Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumCape Cobras
6Justin Kemp2 October 197766Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumTitans
Kent Spitfires
67Charl Langeveldt17 December 197438Right-handedRight-arm fast medium[Highveld Highveld Lions cricket team|Lions cricket team|Lions]
89André Nel15 July 197756Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumTitans
16Makhaya Ntini6 July 1977143Right-handedRight-arm fastWarriors
13Robin Peterson4 August 197933Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxWarriors
7Shaun Pollock16 July 1973268Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumDolphins
50Ashwell Prince28 May 197740Left-handedLeft-arm slowCape Cobras
37Roger Telemachus27 March 197337Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumEagles

Group B

Bangladesh

Bangladesh named their 15-man squad on 13 February.
Farhad Reza was brought in for Tapash Baisya on 7 April.
Coach: Dav Whatmore
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
7Habibul Bashar 17 August 1972100Right-handedRight-arm off breakKhulna
41Abdur Razzak15 June 198238Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxKhulna
97Aftab Ahmed10 November 198555Right-handedRight-arm mediumChittagong
76Farhad Reza16 June 198612Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumRajshahi
5Javed Omar25 November 197653Right-handedRight-arm leg breakDhaka
2Mashrafe Mortaza5 October 198356Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumKhulna
98Mohammad Ashraful9 September 198488Right-handedRight-arm leg breakDhaka
77Mohammad Rafique5 September 1970112Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxDhaka
15Mushfiqur Rahim1 September 198811Right-handedWicket-keeperRajshahi
35Rajin Saleh20 November 198343Right-handedRight-arm off breakSylhet
75Shakib Al Hasan24 March 198720Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxKhulna
59Shahadat Hossain7 August 198620Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumDhaka
42Shahriar Nafees25 January 198641Left-handedBarisal
47Syed Rasel3 July 198419Left-handedLeft-arm medium fastKhulna
29Tamim Iqbal20 March 19894Left-handedChittagong
19Tapash Baisya25 December 198255Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumSylhet

Bermuda

Bermuda announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.
Coach: Gus Logie
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleDomestic team
21Irving Romaine 8 August 197219Right-handedRight-arm off breakBaileys Bay
29Delyone Borden4 March 19857RightRight-arm off breakSt. David's
32Lionel Cann3 October 197214Right-handedRight-arm mediumSouthampton Rangers
4David Hemp8 November 197014Left-handedRight-arm mediumGlamorgan Dragons
26Kevin Hurdle30 December 197614Right-handedRight-arm fastYoung Men's Social Club
28Malachi Jones26 June 19898Right-handedRight-arm medium fastSouthampton Rangers
35Stefan Kelly24 August 19886Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumSt. David's
99Dwayne Leverock14 July 197117Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxSouthampton Rangers
30Dean Minors6 January 197017Left-handedWicket-keeperFlatts Victoria
20Saleem Mukuddem20 January 197218Right-handedRight-arm mediumWestern Stars
31Steven Outerbridge20 May 19838Right-handedRight-arm off breakBaileys Bay
33Oliver Pitcher27 May 19832Right-handedRight-arm mediumSt. David's
11Clay Smith15 January 197111Right-handedRight-arm off breakCleveland County
22Janeiro Tucker15 March 197518Right-handedRight-arm mediumSouthampton Rangers
23Kwame Tucker28 September 197612Right-handedWicket-keeperSouthampton Rangers

India

India announced their final 15-man squad on 12 February 2007.
Coach: Greg Chappell
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
19Rahul Dravid 11 January 1973306Right-handedRight-arm off breakKarnataka
10Sachin Tendulkar24 April 1973381Right-handedRight-arm leg breakMumbai
21Sourav Ganguly8 July 1972285Left-handedRight-arm mediumBengal
27Robin Uthappa11 November 19858Right-handedRight-arm mediumKarnataka
44Virender Sehwag20 October 1978160Right-handedRight-arm off breakDelhi
12Yuvraj Singh12 December 1981163Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPunjab
7M.S. Dhoni 7 July 198166Right-handedWicket-keeperJharkhand
1Dinesh Karthik 1 June 198513Right-handedWicket-keeperTamil Nadu
63Irfan Pathan27 October 198473Left-handedLeft-arm fast mediumBaroda
68Ajit Agarkar4 December 1977180Right-handedRight-arm fastMumbai
3Harbhajan Singh3 July 1980147Right-handedRight-arm off breakPunjab
37Anil Kumble17 October 1970268Right-handedRight-arm leg breakKarnataka
34Zaheer Khan7 October 1978113Right-handedLeft-arm fast mediumMumbai
36S. Sreesanth6 February 198327Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumKerala
13Munaf Patel12 July 198317Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumMaharashtra

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka announced their 15-man squad on 12 February 2007.
Coach: Tom Moody
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
27Mahela Jayawardene 27 May 1977234Right-handedRight-arm mediumSinhalese SC
69Russel Arnold25 October 1973169Left-handedRight-arm off breakNondescripts CC
46Marvan Atapattu22 November 1970268Right-handedRight-arm leg breakSinhalese SC
72Malinga Bandara31 December 197923Right-handedRight-arm leg breakRagama CC
18Tillakaratne Dilshan14 October 1976109Right-handedRight-arm off breakBloomfield C&AC
26Dilhara Fernando19 July 1979105Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumSinhalese SC
07Sanath Jayasuriya30 June 1969378Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxBloomfield C&AC
02Nuwan Kulasekara22 July 198217Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumColts CC
28Farveez Maharoof7 September 198460Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumBloomfield C&AC
99Lasith Malinga4 September 198328Right-handedRight-arm fastNondescripts CC
08Muttiah Muralitharan17 April 1972280Right-handedRight-arm off breakTamil Union C&AC
11Kumar Sangakkara27 October 1977182Left-handedWicket-keeperNondescripts CC
05Chamara Silva14 December 197914Right-handedRight-arm leg breakSebastianites C&AC
14Upul Tharanga2 February 198543Left-handedNondescripts CC
22Chaminda Vaas27 January 1974289Left-handedLeft-arm fast mediumColts CC

Group C

Canada

Canada named their 15-man squad on 14 February 2007.
Coach: Andy Pick
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleDomestic team
9John Davison 9 May 197022Right-handedRight-arm off breakMosman
77Qaiser Ali20 December 197811Right-handedRight-arm off breakAdastrians
10Ashish Bagai26 January 198226Right-handedWicket-keeperToronto
84Geoff Barnett3 February 19846Left-handedRight-arm mediumCentral Districts Stags
Meraloma
4Umar Bhatti4 January 198413Left-handedLeft-arm mediumVictoria Park
3Ian Billcliff26 October 197210Right-handedRight-arm mediumUniversity/Ellerslie
6Desmond Chumney8 January 196820Right-handedRight-arm off breakVictoria Park
15Austin Codrington22 August 19759Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumVictoria Park
7George Codrington26 November 196616Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumVictoria Park
99Anderson Cummins7 May 196610Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumCavaliers
23Sunil Dhaniram17 October 196818Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxCavaliers
80Asif Mulla5 May 198012Right-handedWicket-keeperYorkshire
17Henry Osinde17 October 197817Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumWICC
21Abdool Samad3 May 197916Right-handedRight-arm off breakCavaliers
25Kevin Sandher16 July 198013Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMeraloma

England

England announced their final 15-man squad at The Oval on 14 February 2007. Jon Lewis was replaced by Stuart Broad on 4 April 2007 to allow him to return home to his wife as she was experiencing complications in the latter stages of her pregnancy.
Coach: Duncan Fletcher

Kenya

Kenya named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.
Coach: Roger Harper
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleDomestic team
5Steve Tikolo 25 June 197189Right-handedRight-arm mediumSwamibapa
07Rajesh Bhudia22 November 19840Right-handedRight-arm mediumKanbis
11Jimmy Kamande12 December 197839Right-handedRight-arm off breakParklands
89Tanmay Mishra22 December 198625Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumAga Khan
13Collins Obuya27 July 198149Right-handedRight-arm leg breakStray Lions
21David Obuya14 August 197941Right-handedWicket-keeperStray Lions
35Nehemiah Odhiambo7 August 198316Right-handedRight-arm medium fastSwamibapa
00Thomas Odoyo12 May 197887Right-handedRight-arm medium fastKanbis
77Peter Ongondo10 February 197747Right-handedRight-arm mediumSwamibapa
75Lameck Onyango22 September 19739Right-handedRight-arm mediumSwamibapa
17Morris Ouma8 November 198223Right-handedWicket-keeperSwamibapa
18Malhar Patel27 November 19833Right-handedRight-arm mediumKanbis
4Ravindu Shah28 August 197253Right-handedRight-arm mediumNairobi Gymkhana
09Tony Suji5 February 197653Right-handedRight-arm mediumSwamibapa
84Hiren Varaiya9 April 198415Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNairobi Gymkhana

New Zealand

New Zealand announced a preliminary squad on 14 January 2007, and announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.
Daryl Tuffey was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Chris Martin on 25 March.
Lou Vincent was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Hamish Marshall on 26 March.
Coach: John Bracewell

Group D

Ireland

Ireland named their squad in August 2006, the first country to do so, in order to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules. Irish player Ed Joyce, who turned out for Ireland in qualifying matches, was in England's squad.
Coach: Adrian Birrell
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleDomestic team
23Trent Johnston 29 April 19747Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumClontarf
21Andre Botha12 September 19758Left-handedRight-arm mediumNorth County
03Jeremy Bray30 November 19736Left-handedEglinton
26Kenny Carroll22 March 19832Right-handedRight-arm legbreakRailway Union
05Peter Gillespie11 May 19744Right-handedRight-arm mediumStrabane
76Dave Langford-Smith7 December 19767Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumPhoenix
07Kyle McCallan27 August 19758Right-handedRight-arm off breakWaringstown
10John Mooney10 February 19826Left-handedRight-arm mediumNorth County
32Paul Mooney15 October 19763Right-handedRight-arm mediumNorth County
50Eoin Morgan10 September 19866Left-handedRight-arm fast mediumMiddlesex Crusaders
22Kevin O'Brien4 March 19847Right-handedRight-arm medium fastRailway Union
00Niall O'Brien8 November 19817Right-handedWicket-keeperNorthamptonshire Steelbacks
34William Porterfield6 September 19847Left-handedRush, County Dublin
30Boyd Rankin5 July 19841Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumDerbyshire Phantoms
12Andrew White3 July 19808Right-handedRight-arm off breakNorthamptonshire Steelbacks

Pakistan

Pakistan announced a preliminary squad on 10 January 2007, and the final 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. Both Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were included, despite their ongoing doping case, where the Pakistan Cricket Board had first banned them before a tribunal reprieved the two. In a twist of fate, both players were replaced by Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat on 1 March due to knee and elbow injuries respectively.
Pakistan had already made one change due to injury: Azhar Mahmood joined the squad in place of Abdul Razzaq, who suffered a knee injury during a practice session on 26 February.
Coach: Bob Woolmer and Mushtaq Ahmed
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
8Inzamam-ul-Haq 3 March 1970372Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxWAPDA/Multan
10Shahid Afridi 1 March 1980232Right-handedRight-arm leg breakHBL/Karachi Harbour
11Azhar Mahmood28 February 1975142Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumHBL/Islamabad
Surrey Lions
99Danish Kaneria16 December 198016Right-handedRight-arm leg breakHBL/Karachi Harbour
16Imran Nazir31 December 198165Right-handedRight-arm leg breakNBP/Sialkot
23Kamran Akmal13 January 198262Right-handedWicket-keeperNBP/Lahore Ravi
88Mohammad Hafeez17 October 198044Right-handedRight-arm off breakSNGPL/Faisalabad
7Mohammad Sami24 February 198179Right-handedRight-arm fastNBP/Karachi
13Mohammad Yousuf27 August 1974229Right-handedRight-arm slowWAPDA/Lahore Ravi
24Rana Naved-ul-Hasan28 February 197861Right-handedRight-arm medium fastWAPDA/Sialkot
Sussex Sharks
21Iftikhar Anjum1 December 198026Right-handedRight-arm mediumZTBL/Islamabad
18Shoaib Malik1 February 1982134Right-handedRight-arm off breakPIA/Sialkot
55Umar Gul14 April 198425Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumHBL/Peshawar
27Yasir Arafat12 March 19827Right-handedRight-arm mediumKRL/Rawalpindi
Sussex Sharks
75Younis Khan29 November 1977148Right-handedRight-arm leg breakHBL/Peshawar

West Indies

West Indies named their squad on 15 February 2007.
Coach: Bennett King
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
9Brian Lara 2 May 1969286Left-handedRight-arm leg break googlyTrinidad and Tobago
46Ian Bradshaw9 July 197459Left-handedLeft-arm fast mediumBarbados
47Dwayne Bravo7 October 198359Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumTrinidad and Tobago
Kent Spitfires
6Shivnarine Chanderpaul18 August 1974208Left-handedRight-arm leg breakGuyana
32Corey Collymore21 December 197777Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumBarbados
45Chris Gayle21 September 1979156Left-handedRight-arm off breakJamaica
55Kieron Pollard12 May 19870Right-handedRight-arm mediumTrinidad and Tobago
39Daren Powell15 April 197815Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumJamaica
80Denesh Ramdin13 March 198522Right-handedWicket-keeperTrinidad and Tobago
52Marlon Samuels5 February 198183Right-handedRight-arm off breakJamaica
53Ramnaresh Sarwan23 June 1980115Right-handedRight-arm leg breakGuyana
54Lendl Simmons25 January 19856Right-handedRight-arm medium fastTrinidad and Tobago
28Devon Smith21 October 198110Left-handedRight-arm off breakWindward Islands
50Dwayne Smith12 April 198359Right-handedRight-arm mediumBarbados
75Jerome Taylor22 June 198428Right-handedRight-arm fastJamaica

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's 15-man squad was announced on 14 February; only one player remains from the 2003 squad.
Coach: Kevin Curran
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleFirst-class team
52Prosper Utseya 26 March 198559Right-handedRight-arm off breakManicaland
12Gary Brent13 January 197657Right-handedRight-arm medium fastManicaland
33Justice Chibhabha6 September 198622Right-handedRight-arm mediumMashonaland
47Elton Chigumbura14 March 198653Right-handedRight-arm mediumManicaland
17Keith Dabengwa17 August 198012Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMatabeleland
72Terry Duffin20 March 198222Left-handedRight-arm mediumMatabeleland
88Anthony Ireland30 August 198425Right-handedRight-arm mediumMidlands
10Friday Kasteni25 March 19881Left-handedWicket-keeperMidlands
45Stuart Matsikenyeri3 May 198360Right-handedRight-arm off breakManicaland
28Christopher Mpofu27 November 198518Right-handedRight-arm mediumMatabeleland
53Tawanda Mupariwa16 April 198519Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumMatabeleland
23Ed Rainsford14 December 198423Right-handedRight-arm fast mediumMidlands
26Vusi Sibanda10 October 198346Right-handedRight-arm mediumMidlands
1Brendan Taylor6 February 198360Right-handedWicket-keeperMashonaland
14Sean Williams26 September 198613Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMatabeleland