2007 World Twenty20 squads

none July 2016 July 2026 This page lists the squads picked for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. This was the first World Twenty20 tournament which was organised by the ICC. The tournament was held from 11 to 24 September 2007 in South Africa. 12 teams participated in the tournament, and the teams were sorted by their groups in the preliminary group stage. The first-class team listed for each player is the domestic team he played for in his home country and any English county he has played for in the 2007 season, which was running concurrently to the World Twenty20 tournament. Group A Bangladesh Bangladesh announced their squad on 9 August 2007.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad/306124.html Bangladesh Squad Cricinfo 9 August 2007 21 August 2007 No. Player Date of birth T20sNumber of Twenty20 Internationals played up until the start of the Twenty20 World Championship on 11 September 2007. Batting Bowling style First class team 98 Mohammad Ashraful (c) 9 September 1984 2 Right Right arm leg break BAN Dhaka Division 2 Mashrafe Mortaza (vc) 5 October 1983 3 Right Right arm fast medium BAN Khulna Division 41 Abdur Razzak 15 June 1982 3 Right Slow left arm orthodox BAN Khulna Division 97 Aftab Ahmed 10 November 1985 3 Right Right-arm medium BAN Chittagong Division 14 Alok Kapali 1 January 1984 2 Right Right arm leg break BAN Sylhet Division 76 Farhad Reza 16 June 1986 3 Right Right-arm fast medium BAN Rajshahi Division 31 Junaid Siddique 30 October 1987 0 Left Right arm off break BAN Rajshahi Division 30 Mohammad Mahmudullah 4 February 1986 2 Right Right arm off break BAN Dhaka Division 15 Mushfiqur Rahim 1 September 1988 3 Right Wicket-keeper BAN Rajshahi Division 83 Nadif Chowdhury 21 April 1987 1 Right Slow left arm orthodox BAN Barisal Division 40 Nazimuddin 1 October 1985 2 Right BAN Chittagong Division 75 Shakib Al Hasan 24 March 1987 1 Left Slow left arm orthodox BAN Khulna Division 47 Syed Rasel 3 July 1984 2 Left Left-arm medium fast BAN Khulna Division 29 Tamim Iqbal 20 March 1989 2 Left BAN Chittagong Division 50 Ziaur Rahman 2 December 1986 0 Right Right-arm fast medium BAN Khulna Division South Africa South Africa announced their squad on 11 August 2007.http://content-rsa.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad/306554.html South Africa Squad Cricinfo 11 August 2007 28 August 2007 Loots Bosman was ruled out of the competition with a lower back injury.http://content.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/309500.html Bosman to miss ICC World Twenty20 Cricinfo 4 September 2007 4 September 2007 No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style First class team 15 Graeme Smith (c) 1 February 1981 5 Left Right arm off break RSA Cape Cobras 9 Mark Boucher 3 December 1976 2 Right Wicket-keeper RSA Cape Cobras 17 AB de Villiers 17 February 1984 3 Right Right-arm medium RSA Nashua Titans 7 Shaun Pollock 16 July 1973 4 Right Right-arm fast medium RSANashua Dolphins 16 Makhaya Ntini 6 July 1977 2 Right Right-arm fast RSAFidentia Warriors 89 Andre Nel 15 July 1977 1 Right Right-arm fast medium RSA Nashua Titans 0 Thandi Tshabalala 19 November 1984 0 Right Right arm off break RSAGestetner Diamond-Eagles 65 Morne Morkel 6 October 1984 0 Left Right-arm fast RSANashua Titans 81 Albie Morkel 10 June 1981 0 Left Right-arm medium fast RSANashua Titans 6 Justin Kemp 2 October 1977 3 Right Right-arm fast medium RSACape CobrasENG Kent Spitfires 29 Johan van der Wath 10 January 1978 3 Right Right-arm medium fast RSAGestetner Diamond-EaglesENG Northamptonshire Steelbacks 24 Vernon Philander 24 June 1985 0 Right Right-arm fast medium RSACape Cobras 07 Herschelle Gibbs 23 February 1974 4 Right RSACape Cobras 21 Jean-Paul Duminy 14 April 1984 0 Left Right arm off break RSACape Cobras 69 Gulam Bodi 4 January 1979 0 Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin RSANashua Titans West Indies No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style First class team 53 Ramnaresh Sarwan 23 June 1980 0 Right Right arm leg break GUY 47 Dwayne Bravo 7 October 1983 3 Right Right-arm medium fast TRI 6 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 18 August 1974 2 Left Right arm leg break GUYENG Durham Dynamos 17 Pedro Collins 12 August 1976 0 Right Left-arm fast medium BAR 66 Narsingh Deonarine 16 August 1983 0 Left Right arm off break GUY 20 Fidel Edwards 6 February 1982 0 Right Right-arm fast BAR 45 Chris Gayle 21 September 1979 3 Left Right arm off break JAM 37 Runako Morton 22 July 1978 3 Right Right-arm medium or off break Leeward Islands 39 Daren Powell 15 April 1978 2 Right Right-arm fast medium JAMENG Hampshire Hawks 80 Denesh Ramdin 13 March 1985 3 Right Wicket-keeper TRI 14 Ravi Rampaul 15 October 1984 2 Left Right-arm fast medium TRI 88 Darren Sammy 20 December 1983 2 Right Right-arm fast medium Windward Islands 52 Marlon Samuels 5 February 1981 2 Right Right arm off break JAM 28 Devon Smith 21 October 1981 1 Left Right arm off break Windward Islands 50 Dwayne Smith 12 April 1983 3 Right Right-arm medium Barbados Group B Australia Australia's T20 squad was announced on 20 July 2007.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad/302811.html Australia Squad Cricinfo 20 July 2007 21 August 2007 Shaun Tait was named in the original squad but was later ruled out after elbow surgery; he was replaced by Ben Hilfenhaus.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/story/307508.html Hilfenhaus wins Twenty20 promotion 20 August 2007 21 August 2007 The squad was generally the same as that which won the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier in the year. No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style First class team 14 Ricky Ponting (c) 19 December 1974 5 Right Right arm medium AUS Tasmanian Tigers 18 Adam Gilchrist (vc) 14 November 1971 4 Left Wicket-keeper AUS Western Warriors 59 Nathan Bracken 12 September 1977 3 Right Left arm fast medium AUS New South Wales Blues 8 Stuart Clark 28 September 1975 2 Right Right arm fast medium AUS New South Wales BluesENG Hampshire County Cricket Club 23 Michael Clarke 2 April 1981 5 Right Slow left arm orthodox AUS New South Wales Blues 57 Brad Haddin 23 October 1977 1 Right Wicket-keeper AUS New South Wales Blues 28 Matthew Hayden 29 October 1971 2 Left Right arm medium AUS Queensland Bulls 29 Ben Hilfenhaus 15 March 1983 1 Right Right arm fast medium AUS Tasmanian Tigers 17 Brad Hodge 29 December 1974 0 Right Right arm off break AUS Victorian BushrangersENG Lancashire Lightning 31 Brad Hogg 6 February 1971 2 Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin AUS Western Warriors 48 Michael Hussey 27 May 1975 4 Left Right arm medium AUS Western Warriors 25 Mitchell Johnson 2 November 1981 0 Left Left arm fast AUS Queensland Bulls 58 Brett Lee 8 November 1976 3 Right Right arm fast AUS New South Wales Blues 63 Andrew Symonds 9 June 1975 4 Right Right arm off breakRight arm medium AUS Queensland Bulls 33 Shane Watson 17 June 1981 1 Right Right arm fast medium AUS Queensland Bulls England England announced their squad on 6 August 2007.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad/305707.html England Squad Cricinfo 6 August 2007 21 August 2007 Ravi Bopara pulled out from the tournament on 4 September, after dislocating his thumb during a bowling spell in the ODI series against India.http://cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/309490.html Bopara ruled out of Twenty20 Cricinfo 4 September 2007 4 September 2007 Three days later, James Anderson was announced to replace him.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/309928.html Anderson replaces Bopara for Twenty20 Cricinfo 7 September 2007 8 September 2007 Ryan Sidebottom also withdrew after failing to recover from a side injury sustained during the third Test against India in early August: Dimitri Mascarenhas was called up as his replacement.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6985466.stm Twenty20 call-up for Mascarenhas BBC 8 September 2007 8 September 2007 No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style First class team 5 Paul Collingwood (c) 26 May 1976 6 Right Right-arm medium ENG Durham Dynamos 9 James Anderson 30 July 1982 3 Left Right-arm fast medium ENG Lancashire Lightning 39 Stuart Broad 24 June 1986 3 Left Right-arm fast medium ENG Leicestershire Foxes 11 Andrew Flintoff 6 December 1977 2 Right Right-arm fast ENG Lancashire Lightning 16 James Kirtley 10 January 1975 0 Right Right-arm fast medium ENG Sussex Sharks 6 Darren Maddy 23 May 1974 0 Right Right-arm medium ENG Warwickshire Bears 32 Dimitri Mascarenhas 30 October 1977 2 Right Right-arm fast medium ENG Hampshire Hawks 24 Kevin Pietersen 27 June 1980 6 Right Right arm off break ENG Hampshire Hawks 13 Matt Prior 26 February 1982 2 Right Wicket-keeper ENG Sussex Sharks 28 Chris Schofield 6 October 1978 0 Left Right arm leg break ENG Surrey Brown Caps 3 Owais Shah 22 October 1978 2 Right Right arm off break ENG Middlesex Crusaders 29 Jeremy Snape 27 April 1973 0 Right Right arm off break ENG Leicestershire Foxes 38 Vikram Solanki 1 April 1976 1 Right Right arm off break ENG Worcestershire Royals 33 Chris Tremlett 2 September 1981 0 Right Right-arm medium fast ENG Hampshire Hawks 45 Luke Wright 7 March 1985 0 Right Right-arm medium ENG Sussex Sharks Zimbabwe Zimbabwe announced their squad on 14 August 2007.Taibu comes back in from the cold, from Cricinfo, 14 August 2007 Tatenda Taibu returned to the team for the first time in two years. No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style First class team 52 Prosper Utseya (c) 26 March 1985 1 Right Right arm off break ZIM Easterns 12 Gary Brent 13 January 1976 1 Right Right-arm medium fast ZIM Southerns 33 Justice Chibhabha 6 September 1986 1 Right Right-arm medium ZIM Southerns 47 Elton Chigumbura 14 March 1986 1 Right Right-arm medium ZIM Northerns 17 Keith Dabengwa 17 August 1980 1 Left Slow left arm orthodox ZIM Westerns 65 Timycen Maruma 19 April 1988 0 Right Right arm leg break ZIM Easterns 58 Johnson Marumisa 1 March 1983 0 Right Right arm leg break ZIM Easterns 3 Hamilton Masakadza 9 August 1983 1 Right Right arm leg break ZIM Easterns 45 Stuart Matsikenyeri 3 May 1983 1 Right Right arm off break ZIM Easterns 28 Christopher Mpofu 27 November 1985 0 Right Right-arm medium ZIM Westerns 53 Tawanda Mupariwa 16 April 1985 0 Right Right-arm fast medium ZIM Westerns 26 Vusi Sibanda 10 October 1983 0 Right Right-arm medium ZIM Midlands 44 Tatenda Taibu 14 May 1983 0 Right Wicket-keeper ZIM Mashonaland 1 Brendan Taylor 6 February 1986 1 Right Wicket-keeper ZIM Mashonaland 14 Sean Williams 26 September 1986 1 Left Slow left arm orthodox ZIM Westerns Group C Kenya Kenya announced their squad on 14 August 2007.Kenya rely on the tried and trusted, from Cricinfo, retrieved 1 September 2007 No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style Domestic team 5 Steve Tikolo (c) 25 June 1971 1 Right Right-arm medium KEN Swamibapa 07 Rajesh Bhudia 22 November 1984 2 Right Right-arm medium KEN Kanbis 11 Jimmy Kamande 12 December 1978 1 Right Right arm off break KEN Parklands 89 Tanmay Mishra 22 December 1986 2 Right Right-arm fast medium KEN Aga Khan 91 Alex Obanda 25 December 1987 1 Right Right-arm medium fast KEN Swamibapa 13 Collins Obuya 27 July 1981 2 Right Right arm leg break KEN Stray Lions 21 David Obuya 14 August 1979 2 Right Wicket-keeper KEN Stray Lions 35 Nehemiah Odhiambo 7 August 1983 0 Right Right-arm medium fast KEN Swamibapa 00 Thomas Odoyo 12 May 1978 2 Right Right-arm medium fast KEN Kanbis 77 Peter Ongondo 10 February 1977 2 Right Right-arm medium KEN Swamibapa 75 Lameck Onyango 22 September 1973 2 Right Right-arm medium KEN Swamibapa Elijah Otieno 3 January 1988 0 Right Right-arm medium fast KEN Swamibapa 17 Morris Ouma 8 November 1982 0 Right Wicket-keeper KEN Swamibapa 09 Tony Suji 5 February 1976 1 Right Right-arm medium KEN Swamibapa 84 Hiren Varaiya 9 April 1984 2 Right Slow left arm orthodox KEN Nairobi Gymkhana New Zealand New Zealand announced their squad on 9 August 2007.Vettori handed Twenty20 captaincy, from Cricinfo, retrieved 1 September 2007 Long-time captain Stephen Fleming, who stepped down from the One-day International captaincy after the 2007 World Cup, was not included, and Daniel Vettori was given the captaincy. Scott Styris could be replaced, as he has struggled with injury problems playing for Durham in England in 2007. No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style First class team 11 Daniel Vettori (c) 27 January 1979 0 Left Slow left arm orthodox NZL Northern Districts Knights 27 Shane Bond 7 June 1975 3 Right Right-arm fast NZL Canterbury Wizards 50 Peter Fulton 1 February 1979 2 Right Right-arm medium NZL Canterbury Wizards 17 Mark Gillespie 17 October 1979 2 Right Right-arm fast medium NZL Wellington Firebirds Gareth Hopkins 24 November 1976 0 Right Wicket-keeper NZL Otago Volts 42 Brendon McCullum 27 September 1981 5 Right Wicket-keeper NZL Canterbury Wizards Nathan McCullum 1 September 1980 0 Right Right arm off break NZL Otago Volts 10 Craig McMillan 13 September 1976 2 Right Right-arm medium NZL Canterbury Wizards 32 Chris Martin 10 December 1979 0 Right Right-arm fast medium NZL Auckland Aces 24 Jacob Oram 28 July 1978 1 Left Right-arm medium NZL Central Districts Stags 39 Jeetan Patel 7 May 1980 4 Right Right arm off break NZL Wellington Firebirds Bradley Scott 16 September 1979 0 Left Left-arm fast medium NZL Otago Volts 56 Scott Styris 10 July 1975 3 Right Right-arm medium NZL Auckland AcesENG Durham Dynamos 3 Ross Taylor 8 March 1984 2 Right Right arm off break NZL Central Districts Stags 40 Lou Vincent 11 November 1978 1 Right Right-arm medium NZL Auckland Aces Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan was originally selected in the squad, but was withdrawn on 31 August 2007 after straining a biceps.Muralitharan ruled out of Twenty20 Championship, Cricinfo, retrieved 1 September 2007 Dilruwan Perera replaced him. No. Player Date of birth T20s Batting Bowling style First class team 27 Mahela Jayawardene (c) 27 May 1977 3 Right Right-arm medium SRI Sinhalese SC 18 Tillakaratne Dilshan 14 October 1976 2 Right Right arm off break SRI Bloomfield C&AC 26 Dilhara Fernando 19 July 1979 3 Right Right-arm fast medium SRI Sinhalese SC Hasantha Fernando 14 October 1979 0 Right Right-arm medium SRI Chilaw Marians CC 07 Sanath Jayasuriya 30 June 1969 2 Left Slow left arm orthodox SRI Bloomfield C&ACENG Lancashire Lightning 77 Kaushal Lokuarachchi 20 May 1982 0 Right Right arm leg break SRI Sinhalese SC 28 Farveez Maharoof 7 September 1984 2 Right Right-arm fast medium SRI Bloomfield C&AC 99 Lasith Malinga 4 September 1983 2 Right Right-arm fast SRI Nondescripts CCENG Kent Spitfires 42 Jehan Mubarak 10 January 1981 0 Left Right arm off break SRI Colombo CC Dilruwan Perera 22 July 1982 0 Right Right arm off break SRI Panadura CC 11 Kumar Sangakkara 27 October 1977 3 Left Wicket-keeper SRI Nondescripts CCENG Warwickshire Bears 05 Chamara Silva 14 December 1979 2 Right Right arm leg break SRI Sebastianites C&AC 14 Upul Tharanga 2 February 1985 3 Left SRI Nondescripts CC 22 Chaminda Vaas 27 January 1974 1 Left Left-arm fast medium SRI Colts CCENG Middlesex Crusaders 47 Gayan Wijekoon 21 December 1976 0 Left Left-arm medium SRI Chilaw Marians CC Group D India India's squad was announced on 8 August 2007 after the veterans such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid voluntarily opted not to participate in this world cup.24 September 2024 Where are India's 2007 T20 World Cup winning squad members now? https://www.wisden.com/cricket-news/where-are-india-2007-t20-world-cup-winning-squad-members-now Wisden29 June 2020 Why Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly skipped 2007 T20 World Cup: Lalchand Rajput reveals https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/t20-world-cup-2007-rahul-dravid-sachin-tendulkar-sourav-ganguly-miss-lalchand-rajput-1695100-2020-06-29#:~:text=As%20it%20turns%20out%2C%20it,t%20take%20tension%2C%20give%20tension' India Today No.PlayerDate of birth T20'sBattingBowling styleFirst class team(s) 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) 7 July 1981 1 Right Wicket-keeper IND Jharkhand 12 Yuvraj Singh (vc) 12 December 1981 0 Left Left-arm orthodox spinIND Punjab - Virender Sehwag 20 October 1978 6 Right Right arm off break IND Delhi 68 Ajit Agarkar 4 December 1977 1 Right Right-arm fast medium IND Mumbai 5 Gautam Gambhir 14 October 1981 0 Left Right arm leg break IND Delhi 35 Harbhajan Singh 3 July 1980 1 Right Right arm off break IND Punjab 23 Joginder Sharma 23 October 1983 0 Right Right-arm fast medium IND Haryana 1 Dinesh Karthik 1 June 1985 1 Right Wicket-keeper IND Tamil Nadu 63 Irfan Pathan 27 October 1984 1 Left Left-arm fast medium IND Baroda 27 Yusuf Pathan 17 November 1982 0 Right Right arm off break IND Baroda 11 Piyush Chawla 24 December 1988 0 Left Right arm leg break IND Uttar Pradesh 45 Rohit Sharma 30 April 1987 0 Right Right arm off break IND Mumbai 9 R. P. Singh 6 December 1985 0 Right Left-arm fast medium IND Uttar Pradesh 36 S. Sreesanth 6 February 1983 1 Right Right-arm fast IND Kerala 77 Robin Uthappa 11 November 1985 0 Right Right-arm medium IND Karnataka Pakistan After a dressing room incident on 6 September 2007, in which Shoaib Akhtar was alleged to have hit Mohammad Asif with a bat, Akhtar was handed an indefinite ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board and sent home from the tournament before it even began. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/309891.html Shoaib to be sent home after incident Osman Samiuddin Cricinfo 7 September 2007 8 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071021125457/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/309891.html 21 October 2007 live Sohail Tanvir, an uncapped allrounder, replaced him. Misbah-ul-haq was a controversial selection ahead of Mohammed Yousuf. Yet Misbah ended up being the 2nd highest run scorer in the competition. No.PlayerDate of birth T20sBattingBowling styleFirst class team(s) 18 Shoaib Malik (c) 1 February 1982 4 Right Right arm off break PAK PIA/Sialkot Stallions 36 Abdur Rehman 1 March 1980 2 Left Slow left arm orthodox PAK HBL/Sialkot Stallions 25 Fawad Alam 8 October 1985 1 Left Slow left arm orthodox PAK NBP/Karachi Dolphins 21 Iftikhar Anjum 1 December 1980 1 Right Right-arm medium PAK ZTBL/Islamabad Leopards 23 Kamran Akmal 13 January 1982 4 Right Wicket-keeper PAK NBP/Lahore Lions 22 Misbah-ul-Haq 28 May 1974 2 Right Right arm leg break PAK SNGPL/Faisalabad Wolves 26 Mohammad Asif 20 December 1982 2 Left Right-arm fast medium PAK NBP/Sialkot Stallions 88 Mohammad Hafeez 17 October 1980 3 Right Right arm off break PAK SNGPL/Faisalabad Wolves 1 Salman Butt 7 October 1984 2 Left Right-arm off spin PAK NBP/Lahore Eagles 10 Shahid Afridi 1 March 1980 3 Right Right arm leg break PAK HBL/Karachi Dolphins 33 Sohail Tanvir 12 December 1984 0 Left Left-arm medium fast PAK Attock/Rawalpindi Rams 55 Umar Gul 14 April 1984 1 Right Right-arm fast medium PAK HBL/Peshawar Panthers 27 Yasir Arafat 12 March 1982 1 Right Right-arm medium PAK KRL/Rawalpindi RamsENG Sussex Sharks 75 Younis Khan 29 November 1977 4 Right Right arm leg break PAK HBL/Peshawar PanthersENG Yorkshire Phoenix Scotland No.PlayerDate of birth T20sBattingBowling styleDomestic team 27 Ryan Watson (c) 12 November 1976 0 Right Right-arm medium fast SCO Forfarshire 4 John Blain 4 January 1979 0 Left Right-arm fast medium ENG Rotherham Town 23 Dougie Brown 29 October 1969 0 Right Right-arm fast medium ENG Warwickshire Bears 24 Gordon Drummond 21 April 1980 0 Right Right-arm medium fast SCO Watsonians 37 Gavin Hamilton 16 September 1974 0 Left Right-arm medium fast ENG East Brierley 10 Majid Haq 11 February 1983 0 Left Right arm off break SCO Ferguslie 8 Ross Lyons 8 December 1984 0 Left Slow left arm orthodox SCO Clydesdale 25 Neil McCallum 22 November 1977 0 Right SCO Grange 5 Gregor Maiden 22 July 1979 0 Right Right arm off break SCO Grange 17 Dewald Nel 6 June 1980 0 Right Right-arm medium fast SCO Greenock 28 Navdeep Poonia 11 May 1986 0 Right Right-arm medium fast ENG Warwickshire Bears 22 Qasim Sheikh 30 October 1984 0 Left Left-arm medium SCO Clydesdale 55 Colin Smith 27 September 1972 0 Right Wicket-keeper SCO Aberdeenshire 12 Fraser Watts 5 June 1979 0 Right SCO Greenock 99 Craig Wright 28 April 1974 0 Right Right-arm medium SCO Greenock See also 2007 ICC World Twenty20 2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials References External links CricketArchive – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 competition page Cricinfo – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 competition page Cricinfo – Squad overview T20 cricinfo-The home of T20 Cricket https://web.archive.org/web/20160227125948/http://www.t20cricinfo.com/ 27 February 2016 Squads, 2007 Icc World Twenty20 Category:Cricket squads Category:Men's T20 World Cup squads