1999 Cricket World Cup 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 accordance to the jersey number worn. Each team had to number the players from 1 to 15 and usually captains wore the no.1 jersey.

Australia

Coach: Geoff Marsh
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Steve Waugh 2 June 1965Right handRight-arm mediumNew South Wales
2Michael Bevan8 May 1970Left handSlow Left arm chinamanNew South Wales
3Damien Fleming24 April 1970Right handRight-arm fast-medium Victoria
4Paul Reiffel19 April 1966Right handRight-arm fast-medium Victoria
5Shane Warne13 September 1969Right handRight-arm leg break Victoria
6Mark Waugh2 June 1965Right handRight-arm medium
Right-arm off-break
New South Wales
7Shane Lee8 August 1973Right handRight–arm mediumNew South Wales
8Brendon Julian10 August 1970Right handLeft-arm fast-medium Western Australia
9Tom Moody2 October 1965Right handRight-arm medium Western Australia
10Darren Lehmann5 February 1970Left handSlow left-arm orthodox South Australia
11Glenn McGrath9 February 1970Right handRight arm fast-mediumNew South Wales
12Adam Gilchrist 14 November 1971Left handRight-arm off breakWestern Australia
13Adam Dale30 December 1968Left handRight-arm medium Queensland
14Ricky Ponting19 December 1974Right handRight arm mediumTasmania
15Damien Martyn21 October 1971Right handRight-arm medium Western Australia

Bangladesh

Coach: Gordon Greenidge
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Aminul Islam 2 February 1968Right armRight-arm offbreak Biman Bangladesh Airlines
2Akram Khan1 November 1968Right handRight-arm medium Chittagong Division
3Faruk Ahmed24 July 1966Right handRight-arm offbreak Biman Bangladesh Airlines
4Shahriar Hossain1 June 1976Right handRight-arm offbreak Dhaka Division
5Mehrab Hossain22 September 1978Right handRight-arm medium Dhaka Division
6Enamul Haque27 February 1966Left handSlow left-arm orthodox Biman Bangladesh Airlines
7Niamur Rashid1 January 1975Right handRight-arm medium-fast Dhaka Metropolis
8Naimur Rahman9 September 1974Right handRight-arm offbreak Dhaka Division
9Khaled Mahmud26 July 1971Right handRight-arm medium Dhaka Division
10Khaled Mashud 8 February 1976Right handWicket-keeper Rajshahi Division
11Mohammad Rafique5 September 1970Left handSlow left arm orthodox Sylhet Division
12Shafiuddin Ahmed1 June 1973Right handRight-arm fast-medium Chittagong Division
13Hasibul Hossain3 June 1977Right handRight-arm fast-medium Sylhet Division
14Manjural Islam7 November 1979Left handLeft–arm fast–medium Khulna Division
15Minhajul Abedin25 September 1965Right handRight-arm offbreak Chittagong Division

England

Coach: David Lloyd
N.PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Alec Stewart 8 April 1963Right handRight-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Surrey
2Ian Austin30 May 1966Left-hand batRight-arm medium Lancashire
3Robert Croft25 May 1970Right handRight-arm offbreak Glamorgan
4Mark Ealham27 August 1969Right-handedRight arm medium-fast Kent
5Neil Fairbrother9 September 1963Left handLeft-arm medium Lancashire
6Andrew Flintoff6 December 1977Right-handedRight-arm fast Lancashire
7Angus Fraser8 August 1965Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Middlesex
8Darren Gough18 September 1970Right handRight-arm fast Yorkshire
9Graeme Hick23 May 1966Right handRight arm off-break Worcestershire
10Adam Hollioake5 September 1971Right handRight-arm medium Surrey
11Nasser Hussain28 March 1968Right handRight arm leg break Essex
12Nick Knight28 November 1969Left handRight-arm medium Warwickshire
13Alan Mullally12 July 1969Right handLeft-arm fast medium Leicestershire
14Graham Thorpe1 August 1969Left handRight arm medium Surrey
15Vince Wells6 August 1965Right handRight arm medium Kent

India

Coach: Anshuman Gaekwad
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Mohammad Azharuddin 8 February 1963Right handRight-arm mediumHyderabad
2Sourav Ganguly8 July 1972Left handRight-arm mediumBengal
3Ajay Jadeja 1 February 1971Right handRight-arm mediumHaryana
4Sadagoppan Ramesh16 October 1975Left handRight-arm offbreak Tamil Nadu
5Rahul Dravid11 January 1973Right handRight arm off spin Karnataka
6Robin Singh14 September 1963Left handRight-arm medium-fast Tamil Nadu
7Ajit Agarkar4 December 1977Right handRight-arm fast-medium Mumbai
8.Anil Kumble17 October 1970Right handRight-arm leg spin Karnataka
9Nayan Mongia 19 December 1969Right handWicket-keeper Baroda
10Sachin Tendulkar24 April 1973Right handRight-arm medium
Right-arm leg break
Right-arm off-break
Mumbai
11Venkatesh Prasad5 August 1969Right handRight-arm medium-fast Karnataka
12Nikhil Chopra19 August 1973Right handRight-arm offbreak Uttar Pradesh
13Debasis Mohanty20 July 1976Right handRight-arm fast-medium Odisha
14Javagal Srinath31 August 1969Right handRight arm fast Karnataka
15Amay Khurasiya18 May 1972Left handSlow Left arm Madhya Pradesh

Kenya

New Zealand

Coach: Steve Rixon
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Stephen Fleming 1 April 1973Left handRight arm offbreak Canterbury
2Geoff Allott24 December 1971Right handLeft-arm fast-medium Canterbury
3Nathan Astle15 September 1971Right handRight arm medium Canterbury
4.Carl Bulfin19 August 1973Right handRight-arm fast-medium Wellington
5Chris Cairns13 June 1970Right handRight arm fast-medium Canterbury
6Simon Doull6 August 1969Right handRight-arm medium pace Northern Districts
7Chris Harris20 November 1969Left handRight arm medium Canterbury
8Matthew Hart16 May 1972Left handSlow left-arm orthodox Northern Districts
9Matthew Horne5 December 1970Right handRight-arm medium Otago
10Gavin Larsen27 September 1962Right handRight arm medium Wellington
11Craig McMillan13 September 1976Right handRight arm medium Canterbury
12Dion Nash20 November 1971Right handRight-arm fast medium Northern Districts
13.Adam Parore 23 January 1971Right handWicket-keeper Auckland
14Roger Twose17 April 1968Left handRight-arm medium pace Wellington
15Daniel Vettori27 January 1979Left handSlow left-arm orthodox Northern Districts

Pakistan

Coach: Mushtaq Mohammad
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Wasim Akram 3 June 1966Left handLeft-arm fast PIA
2Moin Khan 23 September 1971Right-handWicket-keeper PIA
3Saleem Malik16 April 1963Right handRight arm off-break
Slow right-arm medium
Lahore
4Ijaz Ahmed20 September 1968Right handLeft-arm medium Habib Bank
5Waqar Younis16 November 1971Right handRight-arm fast United Bank Limited
6Saeed Anwar6 September 1968Left-handSlow left-arm orthodox National Bank
7Mushtaq Ahmed28 June 1970Right handRight arm leg-break Multan
8Inzamam-ul-Haq3 March 1970Right handSlow left-arm orthodox Faisalabad
9Saqlain Mushtaq29 December 1976Right handRight arm off break Pakistan Intl. Airlines
10Shahid Afridi1975Right handRight arm leg spin Habib Bank
11Azhar Mahmood28 February 1975Right handRight arm fast medium Pakistan Intl. Airlines
12Abdul Razzaq2 December 1979Right handRight arm fast medium Pakistan Intl. Airlines
13Yousuf Youhana27 August 1974Right handRight arm off spin Pakistan Intl. Airlines
14Shoaib Akhtar13 August 1975Right handRight arm fast Khan Research Labs
15Wajahatullah Wasti11 November 1974Right handRight arm offbreak Allied Bank Limited

Scotland

N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1George Salmond 1 December 1969Right-handRight-arm medium Scotland
2Ian Philip9 June 1958Right-hand- Scotland
3Michael Allingham6 January 1965Right-handRight-arm medium Scotland
4John Blain4 January 1979Right-handRight arm fast-medium Northamptonshire
5James Brinkley13 March 1974Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Scotland
6Asim Butt24 June 1967Right-handLeft-arm medium-fast Scotland
7Alec Davies 14 August 1962Right-handWicket-keeper Scotland
8Nick Dyer10 September 1969Right-handRight-arm offbreak Scotland
9Gavin Hamilton16 September 1974Left-handRight-arm medium-fast Yorkshire
10Bruce Patterson29 January 1965Right-hand- Scotland
11Keith Sheridan26 March 1971Right-handLeft-arm slow Scotland
12Mike Smith30 March 1966Right-handRight-arm medium Scotland
13Ian Stanger5 October 1971Right-handRight-arm medium Scotland
14Peter Steindl14 June 1970Right-handRight-arm medium Scotland
15Greig Williamson28 December 1968Right-handRight-arm medium Scotland

South Africa

Coach: Bob Woolmer
Hansie Cronje was the only captain not to wear the No.1 jersey in the tournament.
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Gary Kirsten23 November 1967Left handRight arm off break Western Province
2Herschelle Gibbs23 February 1974Right handRight arm medium Western Province
3Jacques Kallis16 October 1975Right handRight arm fast-medium Western Province
4Daryll Cullinan4 March 1967Right handRight arm off break Gauteng
5Hansie Cronje 25 September 1969Right handRight arm medium Free State
6Dale Benkenstein9 June 1974Right-handRight arm medium, off break KwaZulu-Natal
7Shaun Pollock16 July 1973Right handRight arm fast-medium Warwickshire
8Jonty Rhodes27 July 1969Right handRight-arm medium KwaZulu-Natal
9Mark Boucher 3 December 1976Right arm mediumWicket-keeper Border
10Allan Donald20 October 1966Right handRight arm fast Warwickshire
11Derek Crookes5 March 1969Right handRight-arm off-break Gauteng
12Alan Dawson27 November 1969Right handRight-arm medium-fast Western Province
13Lance Klusener4 September 1971Left handRight arm fast medium KwaZulu-Natal
14Steve Elworthy23 February 1965Right handRight-arm fast-medium Northerns
15Nicky Boje20 March 1973Left handSlow left-arm orthodox Free State

Sri Lanka

Coach: Roy Dias
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Arjuna Ranatunga 1 December 1963Left-handRight-hand medium Sinhalese SC
2Muttiah Muralitharan17 April 1972Right handRight-arm off break Tamil Union
3Marvan Atapattu22 November 1970Right handRight arm leg spin Sinhalese SC
4Mahela Jayawardene27 May 1977Right-handedRight-hand medium Sinhalese SC
5Roshan Mahanama31 May 1966Right-hand- Bloomfield
6Hashan Tillakaratne14 July 1967Left hand- Nondescripts
7Romesh Kaluwitharana 24 November 1969Right handWicket-keeper
Right-arm medium
Sebastianites
8Chaminda Vaas27 January 1974Left HandLeft arm fast medium Colts CC
9Aravinda de Silva 17 October 1965Right handRight-arm off-break Nondescripts
10Pramodya Wickramasinghe14 August 1971Right handRight-arm fast Burgher RC
11Ruwan Kalpage19 February 1970Left handRight-arm offbreak Nondescripts CC
12Upul Chandana7 May 1972Right handRight-arm leg-break Tamil Union C&AC
13Eric Upashantha10 June 1972Right handRight-arm fast-medium Colts CC
14Chandika Hathurusingha13 September 1968Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Tamil Union
15Sanath Jayasuriya30 June 1969Left handSlow left arm orthodox Bloomfield

West Indies

Coach: Malcolm Marshall
N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Brian Lara 2 May 1969Left handRight-arm leg breakTrinidad and Tobago
2Shivnarine Chanderpaul16 August 1974Left handRight-arm leg break Guyana
3Ricardo Powell16 December 1978Right handRight-arm offbreak Jamaica
4Stuart Williams12 August 1969Right handRight-arm medium pace Leeward Islands
5Sherwin Campbell1 January 1970Right handRight-arm medium pace Barbados
6Keith Arthurton21 February 1965Left handSlow left-arm orthodox leg break Leeward Islands
7Ridley Jacobs 26 November 1967Left-handedWicket-keeper Leeward Islands
8Phil Simmons18 April 1963Right handRight-arm mediumTrinidad and Tobago
9Curtly Ambrose21 September 1963Left handRight-arm fast Leeward Islands
10Courtney Walsh30 October 1962Right handRight-arm medium fast Jamaica
11Jimmy Adams9 January 1968Left handSlow left arm orthodox Jamaica
12Hendy Bryan17 March 1970Right handRight-arm fast-medium Barbados
13Mervyn Dillon5 June 1974Right handRight-arm fast-medium Trinidad and Tobago
14Nehemiah Perry16 June 1968Right handRight-arm off break Jamaica
15Reon King6 October 1975Right handRight-arm fast-medium Guyana

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

N.PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team
1Alistair Campbell 23 September 1972Left handRight-arm off break Manicaland
2Andy Flower 28 April 1968Left-handWicket-keeper
Right-arm off break
Mashonaland
3Grant Flower20 December 1970Right handSlow left arm orthodox Mashonaland
4Neil Johnson24 January 1970Left handRight-arm fast-medium Western Province
5Murray Goodwin11 December 1972Right handLegbreak Mashonaland
6Stuart Carlisle10 May 1972Right handRight-arm medium Mashonaland
7Henry Olonga3 July 1976Right handRight-arm fast Matabeleland
8Pommie Mbangwa26 June 1976Right handRight-arm fast-medium Matabeleland
9Heath Streak16 March 1974Right handRight-arm fast-medium Matabeleland
10Adam Huckle21 September 1971Right handLegbreak googly Matabeleland
11Dirk Viljoen11 March 1977Left handSlow left-arm orthodox Mashonaland
12Eddo Brandes5 March 1963Right-handRight arm fast Mashonaland
13Paul Strang9 June 1972Right handLeft-arm medium Mashonaland
14Andy Whittall19 March 1973Right handRight-arm offbreak Manicaland
15Guy Whittall5 September 1972Right handRight-arm medium Mashonaland