2007 Cricket World Cup squads

No.	Player	Date of birth	ODIs[4]	Batting	Bowling style	First-class team
19	Rahul Dravid (c)	11 January 1973	306	Right	Right arm off break	Karnataka
10	Sachin Tendulkar	24 April 1973	381	Right	Right arm leg break	Mumbai
21	Sourav Ganguly	8 July 1972	285	Left	Right arm medium	Bengal
27	Robin Uthappa	11 November 1985	8	Right	Right arm medium	Karnataka
44	Virender Sehwag	20 October 1978	160	Right	Right arm off break	Delhi
12	Yuvraj Singh(vc)	12 December 1981	163	Left	Slow left arm orthodox	Punjab
7	M.S. Dhoni (wk)	7 July 1981	66	Right	Wicket-keeper	Jharkhand
1	Dinesh Karthik (wk)	1 June 1985	13	Right	Wicket-keeper	Tamil Nadu
63	Irfan Pathan	27 October 1984	73	Left	Left arm fast medium	Baroda
68	Ajit Agarkar	4 December 1977	180	Right	Right arm fast	Mumbai
3	Harbhajan Singh	3 July 1980	147	Right	Right arm off break	Punjab
37	Anil Kumble	17 October 1970	268	Right	Right arm leg break	Karnataka
34	Zaheer Khan	7 October 1978	113	Right	Left arm fast medium	Mumbai
36	S. Sreesanth	6 February 1983	27	Right	Right arm fast medium	Kerala
13	Munaf Patel	12 July 1983	17	Right	Right arm fast medium	Maharashtra

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka announced their 15-man squad on 12 February 2007.^[16]

Coach: Tom Moody

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team 27 Mahela Jayawardene (c) 27 May 1977 234 Right Right arm medium Sinhalese SC 69 Russel Arnold 25 October 1973 169 Left Right arm off break Nondescripts CC 46 Marvan Atapattu 22 November 1970 268 Right Right arm leg break Sinhalese SC 72 Malinga Bandara 31 December 1979 23 Right Right arm leg break Ragama CC 18 Tillakaratne Dilshan 14 October 1976 109 Right Right arm off break Bloomfield C&AC 26 Dilhara Fernando 19 July 1979 105 Right Right arm fast medium Sinhalese SC 07 Sanath Jayasuriya 30 June 1969 378 Left Slow left arm orthodox Bloomfield C&AC 02 Nuwan Kulasekara 22 July 1982 17 Right Right arm fast medium Colts CC 28 Farveez Maharoof 7 September 1984 60 Right Right arm fast medium Bloomfield C&AC 99 Lasith Malinga 4 September 1983 28 Right Right arm fast Nondescripts CC 08 Muttiah Muralitharan 17 April 1972 280 Right Right arm off break Tamil Union C&AC 11 Kumar Sangakkara 27 October 1977 182 Left Wicket-keeper Nondescripts CC 05 Chamara Silva 14 December 1979 14 Right Right arm leg break Sebastianites C&AC 14 Upul Tharanga 2 February 1985 43 Left Nondescripts CC 22 Chaminda Vaas 27 January 1974 289 Left Left arm fast medium Colts CC

Group C

Canada

Canada named their 15-man squad on 14 February 2007.^[17]

Coach: Andy Pick

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style Domestic team(s) 9 John Davison (c) 9 May 1970 22 Right Right arm off break Mosman 77 Qaiser Ali 20 December 1978 11 Right Right arm off break Adastrians 10 Ashish Bagai 26 January 1982 26 Right Wicket-keeper Toronto 84 Geoff Barnett 3 February 1984 6 Left Right arm medium Central Districts Stags Meraloma 4 Umar Bhatti 4 January 1984 13 Left Left arm medium Victoria Park 3 Ian Billcliff 26 October 1972 10 Right Right arm medium University/Ellerslie 6 Desmond Chumney 8 January 1968 20 Right Right arm off break Victoria Park 15 Austin Codrington 22 August 1975 9 Right Right arm fast medium Victoria Park 7 George Codrington 26 November 1966 16 Right Right arm fast medium Victoria Park 99 Anderson Cummins 7 May 1966 10[18] Right Right arm fast medium Cavaliers 23 Sunil Dhaniram 17 October 1968 18 Left Slow left arm orthodox Cavaliers 80 Asif Mulla 5 May 1980 12 Right Wicket-keeper Yorkshire 17 Henry Osinde 17 October 1978 17 Right Right arm fast medium WICC 21 Abdool Samad 3 May 1979 16 Right Right arm off break Cavaliers 25 Kevin Sandher 16 July 1980 13 Right Slow left arm orthodox Meraloma

England

England announced their final 15-man squad at The Oval on 14 February 2007.^[19] 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.^[20]

Coach: Duncan Fletcher

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style County team 99 Michael Vaughan (c) 29 October 1974 77 Right Right arm off break Yorkshire Phoenix 9 James Anderson 30 July 1982 57 Left Right arm fast medium Lancashire Lightning 7 Ian Bell 11 April 1982 36 Right Right arm medium Warwickshire Bears 42 Ravi Bopara 4 May 1985 1 Right Right arm medium Essex Eagles 5 Paul Collingwood 26 May 1976 112 Right Right arm medium fast Durham Dynamos 34 Jamie Dalrymple 21 January 1981 24 Right Right arm off break Middlesex Crusaders 11 Andrew Flintoff 6 December 1977 112 Right Right arm fast Lancashire Lightning 36 Ed Joyce 22 September 1978 12 Left Right arm medium Middlesex Crusaders 18 Jon Lewis 26 August 1975 12 Right Right arm medium fast Gloucestershire Gladiators 19 Sajid Mahmood 21 December 1981 19 Right Right arm fast medium Lancashire Lightning 47 Paul Nixon 21 October 1970 10 Left Wicket-keeper Leicestershire Foxes 46 Monty Panesar 25 April 1982 9 Left Slow left arm orthodox Northamptonshire Steelbacks 24 Kevin Pietersen 27 June 1980 40 Right Right arm off break Hampshire Hawks 17 Liam Plunkett 6 April 1985 22 Right Right arm fast medium Durham Dynamos 14 Andrew Strauss 2 March 1977 74 Left Left arm medium Middlesex Crusaders Replacement players 39 Stuart Broad 24 June 1986 5 Left Right arm fast medium Leicestershire Foxes

Kenya

Kenya named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.^[21]

Coach: Roger Harper

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style Domestic team 5 Steve Tikolo (c) 25 June 1971 89 Right Right arm medium Swamibapa 07 Rajesh Bhudia 22 November 1984 0 Right Right arm medium Kanbis 11 Jimmy Kamande 12 December 1978 39 Right Right arm off break Parklands 89 Tanmay Mishra 22 December 1986 25 Right Right arm fast medium Aga Khan 13 Collins Obuya 27 July 1981 49 Right Right arm leg break Stray Lions 21 David Obuya 14 August 1979 41 Right Wicket-keeper Stray Lions 35 Nehemiah Odhiambo 7 August 1983 16 Right Right arm medium fast Swamibapa 00 Thomas Odoyo 12 May 1978 87 Right Right arm medium fast Kanbis 77 Peter Ongondo 10 February 1977 47 Right Right arm medium Swamibapa 75 Lameck Onyango 22 September 1973 9 Right Right arm medium Swamibapa 17 Morris Ouma 8 November 1982 23 Right Wicket-keeper Swamibapa 18 Malhar Patel 27 November 1983 3 Right Right arm medium Kanbis 4 Ravindu Shah 28 August 1972 53 Right Right arm medium Nairobi Gymkhana 09 Tony Suji 5 February 1976 53 Right Right arm medium Swamibapa 84 Hiren Varaiya 9 April 1984 15 Right Slow left arm orthodox Nairobi Gymkhana

New Zealand

New Zealand announced a preliminary squad on 14 January 2007,^[22] and announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.^[23]

Daryl Tuffey was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Chris Martin on 25 March.^[24]

Lou Vincent was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Hamish Marshall on 26 March.^[25]

Coach: John Bracewell

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team 7 Stephen Fleming (c) 1 April 1973 269 Left Right arm medium Wellington Firebirds 27 Shane Bond 7 June 1975 59 Right Right arm fast Canterbury Wizards 70 James Franklin 7 November 1980 56 Left Left arm fast medium Wellington Firebirds 50 Peter Fulton 1 February 1979 28 Right Right arm medium Canterbury Wizards 17 Mark Gillespie 17 October 1979 15 Right Right arm fast medium Wellington Firebirds 45 Michael Mason 27 August 1974 14 Right Right arm fast medium Central Districts Stags 42 Brendon McCullum 27 September 1981 104 Right Wicket-keeper Canterbury Wizards 10 Craig McMillan 13 September 1976 187 Right Right arm medium Canterbury Wizards 24 Jacob Oram 28 July 1978 93 Left Right arm medium Central Districts Stags 39 Jeetan Patel 7 May 1980 17 Right Right arm off break Wellington Firebirds 56 Scott Styris 10 July 1975 123 Right Right arm fast medium Auckland Aces 3 Ross Taylor 8 March 1984 18 Right Right arm off break Central Districts Stags 14 Daryl Tuffey 11 June 1978 79 Right Right arm fast medium Northern Districts Knights 11 Daniel Vettori 27 January 1979 187 Left Slow left arm orthodox Northern Districts Knights 40 Lou Vincent 11 November 1978 94 Right Right arm medium Auckland Aces Replacement players 32 Chris Martin 10 December 1979 9 Right Right arm fast medium Auckland Aces 34 Hamish Marshall 15 February 1979 63 Right Right arm medium Northern Districts Knights

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.^[26] Irish player Ed Joyce, who turned out for Ireland in qualifying matches, was in England's squad.

Coach: Adrian Birrell

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style Domestic team 23 Trent Johnston (c) 29 April 1974 7 Right Right arm fast medium Clontarf 21 Andre Botha 12 September 1975 8 Left Right arm medium North County 03 Jeremy Bray 30 November 1973 6 Left Eglinton 26 Kenny Carroll 22 March 1983 2 Right Right-arm legbreak Railway Union 05 Peter Gillespie 11 May 1974 4 Right Right arm medium Strabane 76 Dave Langford-Smith 7 December 1976 7 Right Right arm fast medium Phoenix 07 Kyle McCallan 27 August 1975 8 Right Right arm off break Waringstown 10 John Mooney 10 February 1982 6 Left Right arm medium North County 32 Paul Mooney 15 October 1976 3 Right Right arm medium North County 50 Eoin Morgan 10 September 1986 6 Left Right arm fast medium Middlesex Crusaders 22 Kevin O'Brien 4 March 1984 7 Right Right arm medium fast Railway Union 00 Niall O'Brien 8 November 1981 7 Right Wicket-keeper Northamptonshire Steelbacks 34 William Porterfield 6 September 1984 7 Left Rush 30 Boyd Rankin 5 July 1984 1 Right Right arm fast medium Derbyshire Phantoms 12 Andrew White 3 July 1980 8 Right Right arm off break Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Pakistan

Pakistan announced a preliminary squad on 10 January 2007,^[27] and the final 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.^[28] 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.^[29]

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.^[30]

Coach: Bob Woolmer (died during tournament) and Mushtaq Ahmed (acting coach)^[31]

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team(s) 8 Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) 3 March 1970 372 Right Slow left arm orthodox WAPDA/Multan 10 Shahid Afridi (vc) 1 March 1980 232 Right Right arm leg break HBL/Karachi Harbour 11 Azhar Mahmood 28 February 1975 142 Right Right arm fast medium HBL/Islamabad Surrey Lions 99 Danish Kaneria 16 December 1980 16 Right Right arm leg break HBL/Karachi Harbour 16 Imran Nazir 31 December 1981 65 Right Right arm leg break NBP/Sialkot 23 Kamran Akmal 13 January 1982 62 Right Wicket-keeper NBP/Lahore Ravi 88 Mohammad Hafeez 17 October 1980 44 Right Right arm off break SNGPL/Faisalabad 7 Mohammad Sami 24 February 1981 79 Right Right arm fast NBP/Karachi 13 Mohammad Yousuf 27 August 1974 229 Right Right arm slow WAPDA/Lahore Ravi 24 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 28 February 1978 61 Right Right arm medium fast WAPDA/Sialkot Sussex Sharks 21 Iftikhar Anjum 1 December 1980 26 Right Right arm medium ZTBL/Islamabad 18 Shoaib Malik 1 February 1982 134 Right Right arm off break PIA/Sialkot 55 Umar Gul 14 April 1984 25 Right Right arm fast medium HBL/Peshawar 27 Yasir Arafat 12 March 1982 7 Right Right arm medium KRL/Rawalpindi Sussex Sharks 75 Younis Khan 29 November 1977 148 Right Right arm leg break HBL/Peshawar

West Indies

West Indies named their squad on 15 February 2007.^[32]

Coach: Bennett King

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team 9 Brian Lara (c) 2 May 1969 286 Left Right arm leg break googly Trinidad and Tobago 46 Ian Bradshaw 9 July 1974 59 Left Left arm fast medium Barbados 47 Dwayne Bravo 7 October 1983 59 Right Right arm fast medium Trinidad and Tobago Kent Spitfires 6 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 18 August 1974 208 Left Right arm leg break Guyana 32 Corey Collymore 21 December 1977 77 Right Right arm fast medium Barbados 45 Chris Gayle 21 September 1979 156 Left Right arm off break Jamaica 55 Kieron Pollard 12 May 1987 0 Right Right arm medium Trinidad and Tobago 39 Daren Powell 15 April 1978 15 Right Right arm fast medium Jamaica 80 Denesh Ramdin 13 March 1985 22 Right Wicket-keeper Trinidad and Tobago 52 Marlon Samuels 5 February 1981 83 Right Right arm off break Jamaica 53 Ramnaresh Sarwan 23 June 1980 115 Right Right arm leg break Guyana 54 Lendl Simmons 25 January 1985 6 Right Right arm medium fast Trinidad and Tobago 28 Devon Smith 21 October 1981 10 Left Right arm off break Windward Islands 50 Dwayne Smith 12 April 1983 59 Right Right arm medium Barbados 75 Jerome Taylor 22 June 1984 28 Right Right arm fast Jamaica

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's 15-man squad was announced on 14 February; only one player remains from the 2003 squad.^[33]

Coach: Kevin Curran

No. Player Date of birth ODIs[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team 52 Prosper Utseya (c) 26 March 1985 59 Right Right arm off break Manicaland 12 Gary Brent 13 January 1976 57 Right Right arm medium fast Manicaland 33 Justice Chibhabha 6 September 1986 22 Right Right arm medium Mashonaland 47 Elton Chigumbura 14 March 1986 53 Right Right arm medium Manicaland 17 Keith Dabengwa 17 August 1980 12 Left Slow left arm orthodox Matabeleland 72 Terry Duffin 20 March 1982 22 Left Right arm medium Matabeleland 88 Anthony Ireland 30 August 1984 25 Right Right arm medium Midlands 10 Friday Kasteni 25 March 1988 1 Left Wicket-keeper Midlands 45 Stuart Matsikenyeri 3 May 1983 60 Right Right arm off break Manicaland 28 Christopher Mpofu 27 November 1985 18 Right Right arm medium Matabeleland 53 Tawanda Mupariwa 16 April 1985 19 Right Right arm fast medium Matabeleland 23 Ed Rainsford 14 December 1984 23 Right Right arm fast medium Midlands 26 Vusi Sibanda 10 October 1983 46 Right Right arm medium Midlands 1 Brendan Taylor 6 February 1983 60 Right Wicket-keeper Mashonaland 14 Sean Williams 26 September 1986 13 Left Slow left arm orthodox Matabeleland

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