1983 Cricket World Cup squads

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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1983 to 25 June 1983. The oldest player at the 1983 Cricket World Cup was Somachandra De Silva (40/41) while the youngest player was Rumesh Ratnayake (19), both of Sri Lanka. The youngest in a 1983 World Cup squad (who did not play in any match, however) was Graeme Hick (17) of Zimbabwe.

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India

Manager: Flag of India.svg P. R. Man Singh

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First Class team
Kapil Dev (c)6 January 1959 (Age 24)Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of India.svg Haryana
Mohinder Amarnath (vc)24 September 1950 (Age 33)Right handRight arm medium Flag of India.svg Delhi
Kirti Azad 2 January 1959 (Age 24)Right-handRight-arm off-spinner Flag of India.svg Delhi
Roger Binny 19 July 1955 (Age 28)Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Flag of India.svg Karnataka
Sunil Gavaskar 10 July 1949 (Age 34)Right handRight arm medium
Right arm offbreak 		Flag of India.svg Mumbai
Syed Kirmani (wk)29 December 1949 (Age 34)Right-handedWicket-keeper Flag of India.svg Karnataka
Madan Lal 20 March 1951 (Age 32)Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of India.svg Delhi
Sandip Patil 18 August 1956 (Age 27)Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of India.svg Mumbai
Balwinder Sandhu 3 August 1956 (Age 27)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast Flag of India.svg Mumbai
Yashpal Sharma 11 August 1954 (Age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium Flag of India.svg Punjab
Ravi Shastri 27 May 1962 (Age 21)Right-hand Slow left-arm orthodox Flag of India.svg Mumbai
Krishnamachari Srikkanth 21 December 1959 (Age 24)Right handRight-arm medium
Right-arm offbreak		 Flag of India.svg Tamil Nadu
Sunil Valson 2 October 1958 (Age 25)Right-handLeft-arm medium Flag of India.svg Delhi
Dilip Vengsarkar 6 April 1956 (Age 27)Right handRight arm medium Flag of India.svg Mumbai

Background

The Indian squad was announced in May 1983. The other probables considered were Gundappa Viswanath, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Maninder Singh, Ashok Malhotra, Surinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad, T. A. Sekhar. Sunil Valson was not in the original list of probables. The selection committee was headed by Ghulam Ahmed and had Chandu Borde, Chandu Sarwate, Bishan Singh Bedi and Pankaj Roy as the other members. [1]

Australia

Manager: Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Ridings

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
Trevor Chappell 12 October 1952Right handRight arm medium Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales
Tom Hogan 23 September 1956Right-handSlow left-arm orthodoxFlag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Rodney Hogg 5 March 1951Right handRight hand fast Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia
David Hookes 3 May 1955Left-handed–Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia
Geoff Lawson 7 December 1957Right-handRight-arm fastFlag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales
Dennis Lillee 18 July 1949Right-handRight-arm fastFlag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Ken MacLeay 2 April 1959Right-handRight-arm mediumFlag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Rod Marsh (wk)4 November 1947Left-handedWicket-keeperFlag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Jeff Thomson 16 August 1950Right-handedRight arm fastFlag of Queensland.svg  Queensland
Kepler Wessels 14 September 1957Left-handedRight arm off breakFlag of Queensland.svg  Queensland
Graeme Wood 6 November 1956Left-handedRight arm mediumFlag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia
Graham Yallop 7 October 1952Left handLeft-arm mediumFlag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria

Background

Australia had won the triangular one day series at home over New Zealand and England during the 1982-83 summer. Kim Hughes had been in poor form for most of the summer but come good for the finals. [2] The squad was picked in May. Greg Chappell was originally picked in the squad. Tom Hogan was selected over Bruce Yardley. Trevor Chappell was the biggest surprise for the squad, though Steve Smith had been a regular in Australia's one day team in the summer and he was overlooked. [3] Later in the month Greg Chappell pulled out due to injury and Macleay replaced him. [4]

England

Manager: Flag of England.svg Doug Insole

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Bob Willis (c)30 May 1949Right handRight arm fast Flag of England.svg Warwickshire
Paul Allott 14 September 1956Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of England.svg Lancashire
Ian Botham 24 November 1955Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of England.svg Somerset
Norman Cowans 17 April 1961Right-handRight-arm fast Flag of England.svg Middlesex
Graham Dilley 18 May 1959Left-handedRight-arm fast Flag of England.svg Kent
Graeme Fowler 20 April 1957Left-handedRight-arm medium Flag of England.svg Lancashire
Mike Gatting 6 June 1957Right handRight arm medium Flag of England.svg Middlesex
Ian Gould (wk)19 August 1957Left handWicket-keeper Flag of England.svg Sussex
David Gower 1 April 1957Left handRight arm off-break Flag of England.svg Leicestershire
Trevor Jesty 2 June 1948Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of England.svg Hampshire
Allan Lamb 20 June 1954Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of England.svg Northamptonshire
Vic Marks 25 June 1955Right-handedRight-arm off break Flag of England.svg Somerset
Derek Randall 24 February 1951Right handRight arm medium Flag of England.svg Nottinghamshire
Chris Tavaré 27 October 1954Right-handRight arm off break Flag of England.svg Kent

Background

Alan Butcher, David Bairstow, Eddie Hemmings, Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, David Mark Smith, Bill Athey, Wilf Slack, David Thomas were among the probables for the World Cup.


New Zealand

Manager: Flag of New Zealand.svg Allan Wright

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Geoff Howarth (c)29 March 1951Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
John Bracewell 15 April 1958Right-handedRight 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
Jeff Crowe 14 September 1958Right-handedRight arm, medium pace Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
Martin Crowe 22 September 1962Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of New Zealand.svg Central Districts
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
Warren Lees (wk)19 March 1952Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago
Ian Smith (wk)28 February 1957Right-handedWicket-keeper Flag of New Zealand.svg Central Districts
Martin Snedden 23 November 1958Left-handRight-arm medium-fast 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

Background

Trevor Franklin and Evan Gray travelled with the team, but were not considered for the World Cup.

Pakistan

Manager: Flag of Pakistan.svg Intikhab Alam

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Imran Khan (c)25 November 1952Right handRight arm fast Flag of Pakistan.svg PIA
Abdul Qadir 15 September 1955Right-handRight-arm leg spin Flag of Pakistan.svg Habib Bank
Ijaz Faqih 24 March 1956Right-handRight-arm offbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg MCB
Mansoor Akhtar 6 September 1962Right-handRight-arm offspin Flag of Pakistan.svg United Bank
Mohsin Khan 15 March 1955Right-handRight-arm medium pace Flag of Pakistan.svg Habib Bank
Mudassar Nazar 6 April 1956Right handRight arm medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Lahore
Rashid Khan 15 December 1959Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Flag of Pakistan.svg PIA
Sarfraz Nawaz 1 December 1948Right handRight arm fast-medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Lahore
Shahid Mahboob 25 August 1962Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Tahir Naqqash 6 June 1959Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Flag of Pakistan.svg Lahore
Wasim Bari   (wk) 23 March 1948Right hand Wicket-keeper Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Wasim Raja 3 July 1952Left handRight arm legbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg Lahore
Zaheer Abbas 24 July 1947Right handRight arm offbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi
Javed Miandad 12 June 1957Right handRight arm legbreak Flag of Pakistan.svg Habib Bank

Sri Lanka

Manager: Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Tambyah Murugaser, Coach: Garfield Sobers

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Duleep Mendis (c)25 August 1952Right hand– Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SSC
Guy de Alwis (wk)15 February 1959Right-handWicket-keeper Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SSC
Ashantha de Mel 9 May 1959Right-hand batRight-arm medium-fast Flag of Sri Lanka.svg –
Somachandra de Silva 11 June 1942Right handRight arm legbreak Flag of Sri Lanka.svg BCAC
Roy Dias 18 October 1952Right handRight-arm offbreak Flag of Sri Lanka.svg CCC
Vinothen John 27 May 1960Right-handRight-arm medium-fast Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SCC
Brendon Kuruppu 5 January 1962Right-handedWicket-keeper Flag of Sri Lanka.svg BRC
Ranjan Madugalle 22 April 1959Right handRight-arm offbreak Flag of Sri Lanka.svg NCC
Arjuna Ranatunga 1 December 1963Left-handRight-arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SCC
Rumesh Ratnayake 2 January 1964Right-hand batRight-arm fast-medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg NCC
Athula Samarasekera 5 August 1961Right-hand batRight-arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg CCC
Sidath Wettimuny 12 August 1956Right handRight-arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg –
Susil Fernando 19 December 1955Right hand- Flag of Sri Lanka.svg SLAFSC
Granville de Silva 12 March 1955Right-hand batRight-arm medium Flag of Sri Lanka.svg –

West Indies

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style First class team
Clive Lloyd (c)31 August 1944left handRight-arm medium Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Faoud Bacchus 31 January 1954Right-handRight-arm medium Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Wayne Daniel 16 January 1956Right-handRight-arm fast Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Winston Davis 18 September 1958Right-handedRight-arm fast Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Windward Islands
Jeff Dujon (wk)28 May 1956Right-handWicket-keeper Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Joel Garner 16 December 1952Right handRight-arm fast Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Larry Gomes 13 July 1953Left-handRight-arm offbreak Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
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
Gus Logie 28 September 1960Right-handRight-arm off break Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Malcolm Marshall 18 April 1958Right-handRight-arm fast Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
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

Background

Milton Pydanna was on standby as wicket-keeper in case of any injury to Jeff Dujon.

Zimbabwe

Manager: Flag of Zimbabwe.svg David Ellman-Brown [5]

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style
Duncan Fletcher (c)27 September 1948Left-handRight arm fast-medium
Robin Brown 11 March 1951Right-handRight-arm medium
Iain Butchart 9 May 1960Right-handRight-arm medium
Kevin Curran 7 September 1959Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
Jack Heron 8 November 1948Right-handRight-arm medium
Graeme Hick 23 May 1966Right handRight arm off break
Vince Hogg 3 July 1952Right-handRight-arm medium-fast
David Houghton (wk)23 June 1957Right-handRight-arm off break
Grant Paterson 9 June 1960Right-handRight-arm off-spin
Gerald Peckover 2 June 1955Right-handed–
Andrew Pycroft 6 June 1956Right-handRight-arm offbreak
Peter Rawson 25 May 1957Right-handRight-arm medium-fast
Ali Shah 7 August 1959Left-handRight arm medium
John Traicos 17 May 1947Right-handRight arm off-spin

References

  1. ↑ "One new man for India". The Canberra Times . Vol. 57, no. 17, 395. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 May 1983. p. 4 (SPORT). Retrieved 31 May 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Ashes stars face World Cup axe". The Canberra Times . Vol. 57, no. 17, 306. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 February 1983. p. 18. Retrieved 31 May 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Trevor Chappell only surprise for Cup". The Canberra Times . Vol. 57, no. 17, 386. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 May 1983. p. 22. Retrieved 31 May 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "CRICKET Doubt on Chappell's fitness". The Canberra Times . Vol. 57, no. 17, 405. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 May 1983. p. 42. Retrieved 31 May 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ i.imgci.com https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/ZIM_AT_WC83.html . Retrieved 21 July 2024.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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