1987 Cricket World Cup squads

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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1987 Cricket World Cup in India and Pakistan which took place from 9 October 1987 to 8 November 1987. The oldest player at the 1987 Cricket World Cup was John Traicos (40) of Zimbabwe while the youngest player was Ijaz Ahmed (19) of Pakistan.

Australia[edit]

Coach: Bob Simpson

Player	Date of Birth	Matches	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Allan Border (c)	27 July 1955	153	Left hand	Left arm orthodox spin	Queensland
David Boon	29 December 1960	40	Right hand	Right hand off-spin	Tasmania
Greg Dyer (wk)	16 March 1959	4	Right hand	Wicket-keeper	New South Wales
Dean Jones	24 March 1961	45	Right hand	Right arm off spin	Victoria
Geoff Marsh	31 December 1958	37	Right hand	Right arm off-spin	Western Australia
Tim May	26 January 1962	0	Right hand	Right-arm offbreak	South Australia
Craig McDermott	14 April 1965	39	Right hand	Right-arm fast	Queensland
Tom Moody	2 October 1965	0	Right hand	Right-arm medium	Western Australia
Simon O'Donnell	26 January 1963	37	Right hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Victoria
Bruce Reid	14 March 1963	33	Left hand	Left-arm fast-medium	Western Australia
Peter Taylor	22 August 1956	12	Left hand	Right-arm offbreak	New South Wales
Mike Veletta	30 October 1963	2	Right hand	-	Western Australia
Steve Waugh	2 June 1965	39	Right hand	Right-arm medium	New South Wales
Andrew Zesers	11 March 1967	0	Right hand	Right-arm medium-fast	South Australia

England[edit]

• Coach: Micky Stewart

Player	Date of Birth	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Mike Gatting (c)	6 June 1957	Right hand	Right arm medium	Middlesex
Bill Athey	27 September 1957	Right hand	Right arm medium	Gloucestershire
Chris Broad	29 September 1957	Left hand	Right arm medium	Nottinghamshire
Phillip DeFreitas	18 February 1966	Right hand	Right arm fast-medium	Leicestershire
Paul Downton (wk)	4 April 1957	Right hand	Wicket-keeper	Middlesex
John Emburey	20 August 1952	Right hand	Right arm off break	Middlesex
Neil Foster	6 May 1962	Right-hand	Right-arm fast medium	Essex
Graham Gooch	23 July 1953	Right hand	Right arm medium	Essex
Eddie Hemmings	20 February 1949	Right hand	Right-arm offbreak	Nottinghamshire
Allan Lamb	20 June 1954	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Northamptonshire
Derek Pringle	18 September 1958	Right hand	Right-arm medium	Essex
Tim Robinson	21 November 1958	Right hand	Right-arm medium	Nottinghamshire
Gladstone Small	18 October 1961	Right arm	Right arm fast-medium	Warwickshire

India[edit]

• Manager: PR Man Singh

Player	Date of Birth	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Kapil Dev (c)	6 January 1959	Right hand	Right arm fast-medium	Haryana
Mohammad Azharuddin	8 February 1963	Right hand	Right-arm medium	Hyderabad
Roger Binny	19 July 1955	Right hand	Right arm fast-medium	Karnataka
Sunil Gavaskar	10 July 1949	Right hand	Right arm medium Right arm offbreak	Bombay
Maninder Singh	13 June 1965	Right hand	Slow left-arm orthodox	Delhi
Kiran More (wk)	4 September 1962	Right hand	Right arm leg spin Wicket-keeper	Baroda
Chandrakant Pandit	30 September 1961	Right hand	Wicket-keeper	Bombay
Manoj Prabhakar	15 April 1963	Right hand	Right-arm medium pace	Delhi
Chetan Sharma	3 January 1966	Right hand	Right arm fast-medium	Haryana
Ravi Shastri	27 May 1962	Right hand	Slow left-arm orthodox	Bombay
Navjot Singh Sidhu	20 October 1963	Right hand	Right-arm medium	Punjab
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan	31 December 1965	Right hand	Right-arm leg break Right-arm googly	Tamil Nadu
Krishnamachari Srikkanth	21 December 1959	Right hand	Right-arm medium Right-arm offbreak	Tamil Nadu
Dilip Vengsarkar (vc)	6 April 1956	Right hand	Right arm medium	Bombay

New Zealand[edit]

Player	Date of birth	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Jeff Crowe (c)	14 September 1958	Right-handed	Right arm, medium pace	Auckland
Stephen Boock	20 September 1951	Right-hand	Slow left-arm orthodox	Canterbury
John Bracewell	15 April 1958	Right-hand	Right arm off break	Auckland
Ewen Chatfield	3 July 1950	Right hand	Right arm medium-fast	Wellington
Martin Crowe	22 September 1962	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Central Districts
Phil Horne	21 January 1960	Left-hand	–	Auckland
Andrew Jones	9 May 1959	Right-hand	Right-arm off-break	Wellington
Danny Morrison	3 February 1966	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Auckland
Dipak Patel	25 October 1958	Right-hand	Right-arm off-break	Auckland
Ken Rutherford	26 October 1965	Right-hand	Right arm medium	Otago
Ian Smith (wk)	28 February 1957	Right hand	Wicket-keeper	Auckland
Martin Snedden	23 November 1958	Left-hand	Right-arm medium-fast	Auckland
Willie Watson	31 August 1965	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Auckland
John Wright	5 July 1954	Left hand	Right arm medium	Northern Districts

Pakistan[edit]

Player	Date of Birth	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Imran Khan (c)	5 October 1952	Right hand	Right arm fast	Sussex
Abdul Qadir	15 September 1955	Right-hand	Right-arm leg spin	Habib Bank
Ijaz Ahmed	20 September 1968	Right-hand	Left-arm medium	Habib Bank
Javed Miandad	12 June 1957	Right hand	Right arm legbreak	Habib Bank
Mansoor Akhtar	6 September 1962	Right-hand	Right-arm offspin	PAC
Manzoor Elahi	15 April 1963	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Multan
Mudassar Nazar	6 April 1956	Right hand	Right arm medium	Lahore
Rameez Raja	14 August 1962	Right hand	Right arm leg-break	Lahore
Saleem Jaffar	19 November 1962	Right-hand	Left-arm fast-medium	Karachi
Saleem Malik	16 April 1963	Right-hand	Right arm off break / slow-medium	Lahore
Saleem Yousuf (wk)	7 December 1959	Right hand	Wicket-keeper	Karachi
Shoaib Mohammad	8 January 1961	Right hand	Right arm offbreak	Karachi
Tauseef Ahmed	10 May 1958	Right hand	Right arm offbreak	Karachi
Wasim Akram	3 June 1966	Left hand	Left-arm fast	Lahore

Sri Lanka[edit]

Player	Date of Birth	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Duleep Mendis (c)	25 August 1952	Right hand	–	Sinhalese SC
Don Anurasiri	25 February 1966	Right-hand	Slow left-arm orthodox	Panadura SC
Ashantha de Mel	9 May 1959	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast	–
Aravinda de Silva	17 October 1965	Right hand	Right arm offbreak	Nondescripts
Roy Dias	18 October 1952	Right hand	Right-arm offbreak	Colombo CC
Asanka Gurusinha	16 September 1966	Left-hand	Right-arm medium	Nondescripts
Sridharan Jeganathan	11 July 1951	Right hand	Slow left-arm orthodox	Nondescripts
Vinothen John	27 May 1960	Right-hand	Right-arm medium-fast	Moratuwa CC
Brendon Kuruppu (wk)	5 January 1962	Right-handed	Wicket-keeper	Burgher RC
Ranjan Madugalle	22 April 1959	Right hand	Right-arm offbreak	Nondescripts
Roshan Mahanama	31 May 1966	Right-hand	-	Colombo CC
Arjuna Ranatunga	1 December 1963	Left-hand	Right-arm medium	Sinhalese CC
Rumesh Ratnayake	2 January 1964	Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium	Nondescripts
Ravi Ratnayeke	2 May 1960	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium	Colombo CC

West Indies[edit]

Player	Date of Birth	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Viv Richards (c)	7 March 1952	Right-hand	Right-arm medium/offbreak	Leeward Islands
Eldine Baptiste	12 March 1960	Right hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Leeward Islands
Winston Benjamin	31 December 1964	Right hand	Right-arm fast	Leeward Islands
Carlisle Best	14 May 1959	Right hand	Right-arm off break/medium pace	Barbados
Jeff Dujon (wk)	28 May 1956	Right-hand	Wicket-keeper	Jamaica
Roger Harper	17 March 1963	Right hand	Right arm offbreak	Guyana
Desmond Haynes	15 February 1956	Right hand	Right-arm legbreak/medium pace	Barbados
Carl Hooper	15 December 1966	Right hand	Right arm offbreak	Guyana
Gus Logie	28 September 1960	Right-hand	Right-arm off break	Trinidad and Tobago
Patrick Patterson	15 September 1961	Right hand	Right arm fast	Jamaica
Richie Richardson	12 January 1962	Right-hand	Right-arm medium pace	Leeward Islands
Phil Simmons	18 April 1963	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Trinidad and Tobago
Courtney Walsh	30 October 1962	Right hand	Right-arm fast	Jamaica

Zimbabwe[edit]

See also[edit]

• 1987 Cricket World Cup Final

External links[edit]

• 1987 Cricket World Cup. ESPNcricinfo.