1979 Cricket World Cup squads

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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1979 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was Garnet Brisbane (40) of Canada while the youngest player was Sudath Pasqual (17) of Sri Lanka.

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Kim Hughes   (c) 26 January 1954Right handRight arm medium Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Allan Border 27 July 1955Left handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland
Gary Cosier 25 April 1953Right handRight arm medium Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia
Rick Darling 1 May 1957Right hand–Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia
Geoff Dymock 21 July 1945Left handLeft arm fast-medium Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland
Andrew Hilditch 20 May 1956Right handRight arm medium Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia
Rodney Hogg 5 March 1951Right handRight hand fast Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia
Alan Hurst 15 July 1950Right handRight arm fast Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria
Trevor Laughlin 30 January 1951Left handRight arm medium Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria
Jeff Moss 29 June 1947Left hand–Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria
Graeme Porter 18 March 1955Right handRight hand medium Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Kevin Wright   (wk) 27 December 1953Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Graham Yallop 7 October 1952Left handLeft arm medium Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria
Dav Whatmore 16 March 1954Right hand-Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Australia

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Bryan Mauricette   (c)   (wk) 4 September 1946Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Windward Islands
Charles Baksh 15 March 1940Right hand– Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Winnipeg
Robert Callender 2 November 1950Right handRight arm medium-fast Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montreal
Christopher Chappell 17 July 1955Right hand– Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
Franklyn Dennis 26 September 1947Right hand– Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
Cornelius Henry 16 September 1956Right handRight arm medium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa
Tariq Javed 12 June 1949Right handRight arm leg-break Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa
Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Cecil Marshall 13 September 1939Right handRight arm medium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa
Jitendra Patel 26 November 1945Left handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg London (Ontario)
Flag of India.svg Baroda
Glenroy Sealy 11 June 1940Right handRight arm medium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Martin Stead 1 June 1958Right handRight arm medium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver
John Valentine 20 September 1954Left handLeft arm medium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa
John Vaughan 8 June 1945Right handRight arm medium-fast Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa
Garnet Brisbane 31 December 1938Right handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Quebec

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Canada

Flag of England.svg  England

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Mike Brearley   (c) 28 April 1942Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of England.svg Middlesex
Ian Botham 24 November 1955Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of England.svg Somerset
Geoffrey Boycott 21 October 1940Right handRight arm medium Flag of England.svg Yorkshire
Phil Edmonds 8 March 1951Right handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of England.svg Middlesex
Mike Gatting [1] 6 June 1957Right handRight arm medium Flag of England.svg Middlesex
Graham Gooch 23 July 1953Right handRight arm medium Flag of England.svg Essex
David Gower 1 April 1957Left handRight arm off-break Flag of England.svg Leicestershire
Mike Hendrick 22 October 1948Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of England.svg Derbyshire
Wayne Larkins 22 November 1953Right handRight arm medium Flag of England.svg Northamptonshire
Geoff Miller 8 September 1952Right handRight arm off-break Flag of England.svg Derbyshire
Chris Old 22 December 1948Left handRight arm fast-medium Flag of England.svg Yorkshire
Derek Randall 24 February 1951Right handRight arm medium Flag of England.svg Nottinghamshire
Bob Taylor   (wk) 17 July 1941Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of England.svg Derbyshire
Bob Willis 30 May 1949Right handRight arm fast Flag of England.svg Warwickshire

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England

Flag of India.svg  India

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan   (c) 21 April 1945Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of India.svg Tamil Nadu
Mohinder Amarnath 24 September 1950Right handRight arm medium Flag of India.svg Delhi
Bishan Singh Bedi 25 September 1946Right handLeft arm slow orthodox Flag of India.svg Delhi
Anshuman Gaekwad 23 September 1952Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of India.svg Baroda
Sunil Gavaskar   (vc) 10 July 1949Right handRight arm medium
Right arm offbreak 		Flag of India.svg Bombay
Karsan Ghavri 28 February 1951Left handLeft arm medium Flag of India.svg Bombay
Kapil Dev 6 January 1959Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of India.svg Haryana
Surinder Khanna   (wk) 3 June 1956Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of India.svg Delhi
Brijesh Patel 24 November 1952Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of India.svg Karnataka
Dilip Vengsarkar 6 April 1956Right handRight arm medium Flag of India.svg Bombay
Gundappa Viswanath 12 February 1949Right handRight arm legbreak Flag of India.svg Karnataka
Bharath Reddy 12 November 1954Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of India.svg Tamil Nadu
Yajurvindra Singh 1 August 1952Right handRight arm medium Flag of India.svg Maharashtra
Yashpal Sharma 11 August 1954Right handRight arm medium Flag of India.svg Punjab

Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Mark Burgess   (c) 17 July 1944Right handRight arm off-break Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
Lance Cairns 10 October 1949Right handRight arm medium-fast Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago
Ewen Chatfield 3 July 1950Right handRight arm medium-fast Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington
Jeremy Coney 21 June 1952Right handRight arm medium Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington
Bruce Edgar 23 November 1956Left hand Wicket-keeper Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington
Richard Hadlee 3 July 1951Left handRight arm fast Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury
Geoff Howarth 29 March 1951Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
Warren Lees   (wk) 19 March 1952Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago
Brian McKechnie 6 November 1953Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago
John Morrison 27 August 1947Right handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington
Warren Stott 8 December 1946Right handRight arm medium Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
Gary Troup 3 October 1952Right handLeft arm fast-medium Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
Glenn Turner 26 May 1947Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago
John Wright 5 July 1954Left handRight arm medium Flag of New Zealand.svg Northern Districts

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for New Zealand

Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Asif Iqbal   (c) 6 June 1943Right handRight arm medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Zaheer Abbas 24 July 1947Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Sikander Bakht 25 August 1957Right handRight arm medium-fast Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Wasim Bari   (wk) 23 March 1948Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Imran Khan 25 November 1952Right handRight arm fast Flag of Pakistan.svg PIA
Majid Khan 28 September 1946Right handRight arm medium
Right arm offbreak 		Flag of Pakistan.svg Rawalpindi
Javed Miandad 12 June 1957Right handRight arm legbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg Habib Bank
Sadiq Mohammad 3 May 1945Left handRight arm legbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Sarfraz Nawaz 1 December 1948Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Lahore
Mudassar Nazar 6 April 1956Right handRight arm medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Lahore
Wasim Raja 3 July 1952Left handRight arm legbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg Lahore
Haroon Rashid 25 March 1953Right handRight arm medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Iqbal Qasim 6 August 1953Left handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Hasan Jamil 25 July 1952Left handLeft arm medium Flag of Pakistan.svg PIA

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Pakistan

Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Anura Tennekoon   (c) 29 October 1946Right handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SSC
Ajit de Silva 12 December 1952Left handLeft arm orthodox spin Flag of Sri Lanka.svg BCAC
Somachandra de Silva 11 June 1942Right handRight arm legbreak Flag of Sri Lanka.svg BCAC
Stanley de Silva 17 November 1956Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg –
Roy Dias 18 October 1952Right handRight-arm offbreak Flag of Sri Lanka.svg CCC
Ranjan Gunatilleke 15 August 1951Right handRight-arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg –
Sunil Jayasinghe   (wk) 15 July 1955Right handNone Flag of Sri Lanka.svg BCAC
Ranjan Madugalle 22 April 1959Right handRight-arm offbreak Flag of England.svg FFCC
Duleep Mendis 25 August 1952Right hand– Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SSC
Tony Opatha 5 August 1947Right handRight arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg CCC
Sudath Pasqual 16 October 1961Left-handRight-arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg RCC
Bandula Warnapura   (vc) 1 March 1953Right handRight arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg BCAC
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg BRC
Sunil Wettimuny 2 February 1949Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SSC
Rohan Jayasekara 7 December 1957Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of Sri Lanka.svg -

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Sri Lanka

WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies

Manager: Clyde Walcott [3]

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Clive Lloyd (c)31 August 1944left handRight-arm medium Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Colin Croft 15 March 1953Right-handRight-arm fast Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Joel Garner 16 December 1952Right handRight-arm fast Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Gordon Greenidge 1 May 1951Right-handRight-arm medium/offbreak Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Desmond Haynes 15 February 1956Right-handRight-arm legbreak/medium pace Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Michael Holding 16 February 1954Right-handRight-arm fast Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Alvin Kallicharran 21 March 1949Left-handRight-arm offbreak Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Collis King 11 June 1951Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Deryck Murray (wk)20 May 1943Right-hand Legbreak Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Viv Richards 7 March 1952Right-handRight-arm medium/offbreak Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Leeward Islands
Andy Roberts 29 January 1951Right-handRight-arm fast Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Leeward Islands
Larry Gomes 13 July 1953Left-handRight-arm offbreak Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Faoud Bacchus 31 January 1954Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Malcolm Marshall 18 April 1958Right-handRight-arm fast Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for West Indies

References

  1. ↑ "Cricketer of the Year 1984 Mike Gatting". espncricinfo.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "1979 World Cup stats for India". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "CWI SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO WORLD CUP HEROES OF 1975 AND 1979". Windies Cricket. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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