1996 Cricket World Cup squads

none July 2022 July 2022 July 2022 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 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 birthAge Matches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamMark Taylor (c)27 October 196431y 106d 89 2Left handRight-arm mediumNSWMichael Bevan8 May 1970 25y 278d 25 -Left hand Slow left-arm wrist spinNSWDamien Fleming24 April 1970 25y 292d 14 -Right handRight-arm fast-mediumVicIan Healy (wk) (vc)30 April 196431y 286d 139 7Right handWicket-keeperQLDStuart Law 18 October 1968 27y 115d 14 -Right handRight-arm mediumQLDShane Lee8 August 1973 22y 186d 6 -Right handRight–arm mediumNSWCraig McDermott14 April 1965 30y 302d 137 16Right handRight-arm fastQLDGlenn McGrath9 February 1970 26y 1d 44 -Right handRight arm fast-mediumNSWRicky Ponting19 December 1974 21y 53d 16 -Right handRight arm mediumTasPaul Reiffel19 April 1966 29y 297d 55 -Right handRight-arm fast-mediumVicMichael Slater 21 February 1970 25y 354d 33 -Right handRight arm mediumNSWShane Warne 13 September 1969 26y 150d 52 -Right handRight-arm leg breakVicMark Waugh2 June 1965 30y 253d 106 5Right handRight-arm medium Right-arm off-breakNSWSteve Waugh2 June 1965 30y 253d 189 16Right handRight-arm mediumNSW England 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 birthAge Matches before 1996 WC WC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamMichael Atherton (c)23 March 1968 27y 324d 31 -Right handRight arm leg breakWicket-keeperEngland LancashireDominic Cork7 August 1971 24y 187d 14 -Right handRight-arm fast-mediumEngland DerbyshirePhillip DeFreitas18 February 1966 29y 357d 97 18Right handRight arm fast-mediumEngland LancashireNeil Fairbrother9 September 1963 32y 154d 51 9Left handLeft-arm mediumEngland LancashireDarren Gough18 September 1970 25y 145d 16 -Right handRight-arm fastEngland YorkshireGraeme Hick23 May 1966 29y 263d 54 10Right handRight arm off-breakEngland WorcestershirePeter Martin15 November 1968 27y 87d 7 -Right handRight-arm fast-mediumEngland LancashireRichard Illingworth23 August 1963 32y 171d 21 -Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxEngland WorcestershireJack Russell (wk)15 August 1963 32y 179d31 -Left handRight arm off breakEngland GloucestershireNeil Smith27 July 1967 28y 198d 2 -Right handRight-arm off breakEngland WarwickshireRobin Smith13 September 1963 32y 150d 69 8Right handRight arm leg-breakEngland Hampshire Alec Stewart8 April 1963 32y 308d 68 10Right handRight-arm mediumEngland SurreyGraham Thorpe1 August 1969 26y 193d 19 -Left handRight arm mediumEngland SurreyCraig White16 December 1969 26y 56d 8 -Right handRight-arm fast-mediumEngland YorkshireDermot Reeve2 April 196332y 319d 27 9Right handRight-arm mediumEngland Warwickshire India 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 birthAge Matches before 1996 WC WC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamMohammad Azharuddin (c)8 February 196333y 2d 200 15Right handRight-arm mediumIndiaHyderabadSachin Tendulkar (vc)24 April 197322y 292d 102 8Right handRight-arm medium Right-arm leg break Right-arm off-breakIndiaMumbaiVinod Kambli18 January 197224y 23d 62 5Left handRight-arm off-breakIndiaMumbaiAashish Kapoor25 March 197124y 322d 7 -Right handRight-arm offbreakIndiaPunjabAnil Kumble17 October 197025y 116d 72 -Right handRight-arm leg spinIndia KarnatakaSanjay Manjrekar12 July 196530y 213d 59 6Right handRight arm off-spinIndiaMumbaiNayan Mongia (wk)19 December 196926y 53d 35 -Right handWicket-keeperIndia BarodaManoj Prabhakar15 April 196332y 301d 126 15Right handRight-arm medium paceIndiaDelhiVenkatesh Prasad5 August 196926y 189d 21 -Right hand Right-arm medium-fastIndia KarnatakaNavjot Singh Sidhu20 October 196332y 113d 93 7Right handRight-arm mediumIndia PunjabJavagal Srinath31 August 196926y 163d 83 8Right handRight arm fastIndiaKarnatakaAjay Jadeja1 February 197125y 9d 42 6Right handRight-arm mediumIndiaHaryanaSalil Ankola1 March 196827y 346d 14 -Right handRight-arm fastIndiaMumbaiVenkatapathy Raju9 July 196926y 216d42 7Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxIndiaHyderabad Kenya Kenya national cricket team Coach: India Hanumant Singh +PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team Maurice Odumbe (c)15 June 1969 Right handRight-arm offbreakKEN Aga Khan, Nairobi Rajab Ali19 November 1965Right handRight-arm medium-fastn/a Dipak Chudasama20 May 1963Right hand–n/a Tariq Iqbal3 April 1964Right handWicket-keepern/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 hand Right-arm mediumn/a Lameck Onyango22 September 1973Right handRight arm mediumKEN Swamibapa, Nairobi Kennedy Otieno (wk)11 March 1972 Right 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 Netherlands national cricket team + Player Date of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamSteven Lubbers (c)24 March 1953Right handRight-arm off-breakNED Hermes DVSFlavian Aponso28 October 1952 Left handRight-arm offbreakSri Lanka Sebastianites CACPaul-Jan Bakker 19 September 1957Right handRight-arm medium-fastNED Quick Den HaagPeter Cantrell28 October 1962Right handRight-arm offbreakNED SV KampongNolan Clarke22 June 1948Right handLegbreak googlyNED Sparta 1888Eric Gouka29 January 1970Right handRight-arm mediumNED Excelsior'20Floris Jansen10 June 1962Right handRight-arm mediumNED SV KampongTim de Leede25 January 1968Right handRight-arm mediumNED VoorburgRoland Lefebvre7 February 1963Right armRight–arm mediumENG GlamorganKlaas-Jan van Noortwijk10 July 1970Right handRight-arm mediumNED VOCRobert van Oosterom16 October 1968Right hand -NED HBSMarcel Schewe (wk)10 March 1969Right handWicket-keeperNED Excelsior'20Reinout Scholte (wk)10 August 1967Right handWicket-keeperNED HBSBas Zuiderent3 March 1977Right handRight arm mediumNED VOC New Zealand New Zealand national cricket team Coach: NZL Glenn TurnerAussie Replaces Turner as New Zealand Coach (26 Jul 1996) https://www.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/23273090/aussie-replaces-turner-new-zealand-coach-26-jul-1996 ESPN.com en 26 July 1996 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 teamLee Germon (c/wk)4 November 196827y 98d 13 0Right handRight arm leg breakWicket-keeperNZL CanterburyNathan Astle15 September 197124y 148d 170Right handRight arm mediumNZL CanterburyChris Cairns13 June 197025y 242d 38 5Right handRight arm fast-mediumNZL CanterburyStephen Fleming1 April 197322y 315d 370Left handRight arm offbreakNZL CanterburyChris Harris20 November 196926y 82d 589Left handRight arm mediumNZL CanterburyRobert Kennedy 3 June 197223y 52d 20Right handRight arm mediumNZL OtagoGavin Larsen27 September 196233y 136d 76 9Right handRight arm mediumNZL WellingtonDanny Morrison3 February 1966 30y 7d 86 6Right handRight-arm fast-mediumNZL AucklandDion Nash 20 November 1971 24y 82d 22 0Right hand Right-arm fast mediumNZL Northern DistrictsAdam Parore23 January 197125y 18d 450Right handWicket-keeperNZL AucklandDipak Patel25 October 195837y 108d 56 15Right-handRight arm off-breakNZL AucklandCraig Spearman4 July 197223y 221d 70Right-hand –NZL Central DistrictsShane Thomson 27 January 196927y 14d 480Right handRight-arm off-breakRight-arm fast-mediumNZL Northern DistrictsRoger Twose17 April 1968 27y 299d 120Left hand Right-arm medium paceNZL Wellington Pakistan Pakistan national cricket team Oldest Player : Javed Miandad (38y 243d) Youngest Player : Saqlain Mushtaq (19y 43d) Average age: 27y 197d + Player Date of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamWasim Akram (c)3 June 196629y 252d 193 17 Left hand Left-arm fastPakistan PIAAamer Sohail(vc)14 September 196629y 149d 8510Left handSlow left-arm orthodoxPakistan Allied Bank LimitedAaqib Javed5 August 197223y 189d 12110Right handRight-arm fast-mediumPakistan Allied Bank LimitedAta-ur-Rehman28 March 197520y 319d 250Right handRight-arm fast-mediumPakistan Allied Bank LimitedIjaz Ahmed20 September 196827y 143d 12114Right handLeft-arm mediumPakistan Habib Bank Inzamam-ul-Haq3 March 197025y 344d 96 10Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxPakistan FaisalabadJaved Miandad12 June 195738y 243d 228 28Right handRight-arm legbreakPakistan Habib Bank Mushtaq Ahmed28 June 197025y 227 90 9Right handRight arm leg-breakPakistan MultanRameez Raja14 August 196233y 180d 170 15Right handRight arm leg-breakPAK LahoreRashid Latif (wk)14 October 196827y 119d 70 0Right handWicket-keeperRight hand leg breakPakistan KarachiSaeed Anwar 6 September 1968 27y 158d 82 0Left-handSlow left-arm orthodoxPakistan National BankSaleem Malik16 April 196332y 300d 214 17Right handRight arm off-break Slow right-arm mediumPakistan LahoreSaqlain Mushtaq 29 December 197619y 43d 5 0Right handRight arm off breakPakistan Pakistan Intl. AirlinesWaqar Younis16 November 1971 24y 86d 112 0Right hand Right-arm fastPakistan United Bank Limited South Africa South Africa national cricket team Coach: ENG Bob Woolmer +PlayerDate of birth MatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamHansie Cronje (c)25 September 1969 77Right handRight arm mediumRSA Free StatePaul Adams20 January 1977 3Right handLeft-arm wrist spin RSA Western ProvinceDaryl Cullinan4 March 1967 41Right handRight arm off breakRSA TransvaalFanie de Villiers13 October 1964 62Right handRight-arm fast mediumRSA Northern TransvaalAllan Donald20 October 1966 57Right handRight arm fastEngland WarwickshireAndrew Hudson17 March 1965 60Right handRight-arm mediumRSA KwaZulu-NatalJacques Kallis16 October 1975 7Right handRight arm fast-mediumRSA Western ProvinceGary Kirsten23 November 1967 35Left handRight arm off breakRSA Western ProvinceCraig Matthews15 February 1965 43Right handRight-arm fast-mediumRSA Western ProvinceBrian McMillan22 December 1963 48Right handRight-arm medium-fastRSA Western ProvinceSteve Palframan (wk)12 May 1970 1Right handWicket-keeperRSA BolandShaun Pollock16 July 1973 7Right handRight arm fast-mediumEngland WarwickshireJonty Rhodes27 July 1969 76Right handRight-arm mediumRSA KwaZulu-NatalPat Symcox14 April 1960 19Right handRight-arm offbreakRSA KwaZulu-Natal Sri Lanka Sri Lanka national cricket team Coach: Australia Dav Whatmore Oldest Player: Arjuna Ranatunga (32y 79d) Youngest Player: Ravindra Pushpakumara (20y 204d) Average player age: 26y 141d + Player ! Date of birth MatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamArjuna Ranatunga (c)1 December 1963 178 Left-hand Right-hand mediumSri Lanka Sinhalese SCAravinda de Silva (vc) 17 October 1965 175 Right hand Right-arm off-breakSri Lanka NondescriptsUpul Chandana7 May 1972 5Right handRight-arm leg-breakSri Lanka Tamil Union C&ACMarvan Atapattu 22 November 1970 7Right handRight arm leg spinSri Lanka Sinhalese SCKumar Dharmasena24 April 1971 27Right handRight-arm offbreakSri Lanka BloomfieldAsanka Gurusinha16 September 1966128Left-hand Right-arm mediumSri Lanka NondescriptsRomesh Kaluwitharana (wk) 24 November 1969 40Right handWicket-keeperRight-arm mediumSri Lanka SebastianitesSanath Jayasuriya30 June 1969 99 Left hand Slow left arm orthodoxSri Lanka BloomfieldRoshan Mahanama 31 May 1966 136 Right-hand -Sri Lanka BloomfieldMuttiah Muralitharan17 April 1972 35Right handRight-arm off breakSri Lanka Tamil UnionRavindra Pushpakumara21 July 1975 18Right handRight-arm fast-mediumSri Lanka Colts CCHashan Tillakaratne14 July 1967 123Left hand -Sri Lanka NondescriptsChaminda Vaas27 January 1974 41Left HandLeft arm fast mediumSri Lanka Colts CCPramodya Wickramasinghe14 August 1971 76Right handRight-arm fastSri Lanka Burgher RC United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates national cricket team + Players Date of birth MatchesBatting styleBowling styleSultan Zarawani (c)24 January 1961 2Right handRight arm leg spinArshad Laeeq28 November 1970 2Right handRight-arm fast-mediumAzhar Saeed25 December 1970 2Left handSlow left-arm orthodoxImtiaz Abbasi (wk)9 June 1968 2Right handWicket-keeperMazhar Hussain25 October 1967 2Right handRight-arm leg breakMohammad Aslam7 September 1961 0Right handRight-arm fastMohammad Ishaq7 March 1963 2Right handRight-arm mediumVijay Mehra17 October 1963 2Right hand -Ganesh Mylvaganam1 August 1966 0Right hand -Saeed-Al-Saffar31 July 1968 0Left handLeft-arm fast-mediumSaleem Raza5 July 1964 2Right handRight-arm offbreakJohanne Samarasekera22 February 1968 2Right handRight-arm medium-fastShaukat Dukanwala21 January 1957 0Right handRight-arm OffbreakShehzad Altaf6 October 1957 0Right handRight-arm medium West Indies West Indies national cricket team Coach: WIN Andy Roberts + Player Date of birth MatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamRichie Richardson (c) 12 January 1962 218Right hand Right-arm medium-paceRSA Northern TransvaalJimmy Adams9 January 1968 50Left handSlow left arm orthodoxJamaica JamaicaCurtly Ambrose21 September 1963 122Left handRight-arm fastAntigua and Barbuda Leeward IslandsKeith Arthurton21 February 1965 81Left handSlow left-arm orthodox leg breakAntigua and Barbuda Leeward IslandsIan Bishop 24 October 1967 66 Right-handed Right-arm fastTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Courtney Browne (wk)7 December 1970 13Right handWicket-keeperBarbados BarbadosSherwin Campbell 1 January 1970 22 Right hand Right-arm medium paceBarbados BarbadosShivnarine Chanderpaul 16 August 1974 18Left handRight-arm leg breakGuyana GuyanaCameron Cuffy8 February 1970 9 Right hand Right-arm fast SVG Windward IslandsOttis Gibson16 March 1969 10 Right hand Right arm fast Barbados BarbadosRoger Harper17 March 1963 93Right handRight-arm off breakGuyana GuyanaRoland Holder 22 December 1967 18 Right hand Right-arm medium pace Barbados BarbadosBrian Lara2 May 1969 92Left handRight-arm leg breakTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoCourtney Walsh 30 October 1962 150Right hand Right-arm medium fastJamaica JamaicaPhil Simmons18 April 1963 111Right handRight-arm mediumTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Zimbabwe Zimbabwe national cricket team + Player Date of birth MatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamAndy Flower (c/wk)28 April 1968 39Left-handWicket-keeper Right-arm off breakZIM MashonalandEddo Brandes5 March 1963 27Right-handRight arm fastZIM MashonalandAlistair Campbell23 September 1972 31Left handRight-arm off breakZIM ManicalandSean Davies15 October 1973 3Left handRight-arm medium-fastZIM MashonalandCraig Evans29 November 1969 7Right handRight-arm mediumZIM MatabelelandGrant Flower20 December 1970 29Right handSlow left arm orthodoxZIM MashonalandCharlie Lock10 September 1962 2Right handRight-arm fast-mediumZIM MashonalandHenry Olonga3 July 1976 2Right handRight-arm fastZIM MatabelelandStephen Peall2 September 1969 16Left handRight-arm offbreakZIM MashonalandBryan Strang9 June 1972 6Right handLeft-arm mediumZIM MashonalandPaul Strang28 July 1970 12Right handRight-arm leg breakZIM MashonalandHeath Streak16 March 1974 21Right handRight-arm fast-mediumZIM MatabelelandAndy Waller25 September 1959 24Right handRight-arm mediumZIM MashonalandGuy Whittall5 September 1972 20Right handRight-arm mediumZIM Mashonaland References External links 1996 World Cup squads. 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