2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads

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These were the 10 squads picked to take part in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy , the fourth instalment of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament. The tournament was held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. Teams could name a preliminary squad of 30, but only 14-man squads were permitted for the actual tournament, and these had to be submitted by 7 September, [1] one month before the start of the tournament.

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Several of the squads were changed during or before the tournament due to injuries or suspensions; Pakistan changed their captains three times before the tournament had begun, and also sent home two players due to doping allegations. Both India and Zimbabwe had to replace a player during the tournament, which required the permission of the International Cricket Council's Technical Committee. [2]

Australia

Australia picked a preliminary squad of 30 players, [3] before cutting it down to 14 on 4 September. [4] Stuart Clark suffered a thigh injury and missed the tournament. Dan Cullen was called up as a replacement on 5 October. [5]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team [7]
Ricky Ponting (c)19 December 1974250RightRight arm medium Tasmanian Tigers
Nathan Bracken 12 September 197741RightLeft arm fast medium New South Wales Blues
Michael Clarke 2 April 198186Right Slow left arm orthodox New South Wales Blues
Dan Cullen 10 April 19845RightRight arm off-break Southern Redbacks
Adam Gilchrist 14 November 1971241Left Wicket-keeper Western Warriors
Brad Hogg 6 February 197187Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin Western Warriors
Michael Hussey 27 May 197543LeftRight arm medium Western Warriors
Mitchell Johnson 2 November 19817LeftLeft arm fast medium Queensland Bulls
Simon Katich 21 August 197545Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin New South Wales Blues
Brett Lee 8 November 1976138RightRight arm fast New South Wales Blues
Glenn McGrath 9 February 1970224RightRight arm medium fast New South Wales Blues
Damien Martyn 21 October 1971203RightRight arm medium Western Warriors
Andrew Symonds 9 June 1975149RightRight arm off break Queensland Bulls
Shane Watson 17 June 198147RightRight arm fast medium Queensland Bulls

Bangladesh

Bangladesh selected their squad of 14 on 7 September. [8]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Habibul Bashar (c)17 August 197284RightRight arm off break Khulna
Abdur Razzak 15 June 198222Right Slow left arm orthodox Khulna
Aftab Ahmed 10 November 198539RightRight arm medium Chittagong
Farhad Reza 16 June 19867RightRight arm fast medium Rajshahi
Khaled Mashud 8 February 1976120Right Wicket-keeper Rajshahi
Mashrafe Mortaza 5 October 198341RightRight arm fast medium Khulna
Mehrab Hossain junior 8 July 19870Left Slow left arm Dhaka
Mohammad Ashraful 9 September 198476RightRight arm leg break Dhaka
Mohammad Rafique 5 September 1970100Left Slow left arm orthodox Dhaka
Rajin Saleh 20 November 198342RightRight arm off break Sylhet
Shakib Al Hasan 24 March 19874Left Slow left arm Khulna
Shahadat Hossain 7 August 198610RightRight arm fast medium Dhaka
Shahriar Nafees 25 January 198625Leftn/a Barisal
Syed Rasel 3 July 198416LeftLeft arm medium fast Khulna

England

England announced a squad of 14 on 12 September, after picking their preliminary squad of 30. Andrew Flintoff, who had not played cricket since July, was named captain. [9]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Andrew Flintoff (c)6 December 1977102RightRight arm fast Lancashire Lightning
James Anderson 30 July 198250LeftRight arm fast medium Lancashire Lightning
Ian Bell 11 April 198223RightRight arm medium Warwickshire Bears
Rikki Clarke 29 September 198120RightRight arm fast medium Surrey Lions
Paul Collingwood 26 May 1976100RightRight arm medium fast Durham Dynamos
Jamie Dalrymple 21 January 198111RightRight arm off break Middlesex Crusaders
Steve Harmison 23 October 197844RightRight arm fast Durham Dynamos
Ed Joyce 22 September 19783LeftRight arm medium Middlesex Crusaders
Jon Lewis 26 August 19757RightRight arm medium fast Gloucestershire Gladiators
Sajid Mahmood 21 December 198112RightRight arm fast Lancashire Lightning
Kevin Pietersen 27 June 198036RightRight arm off break Hampshire Hawks
Chris Read 10 August 197833Right Wicket-keeper Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Andrew Strauss 2 March 197761LeftLeft arm medium Middlesex Crusaders
Michael Yardy 27 November 19802LeftRight arm off break Sussex Sharks

India

India selected their squad at the same time as announcing their squad for the 2006–07 DLF Cup. Spinner Anil Kumble, with 264 ODIs under his belt, was not selected, which was made headline news by cricket website ESPNcricinfo. [10]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Rahul Dravid (c)11 January 1973293RightRight arm off break Karnataka
Ajit Agarkar [11] 4 December 1977169RightRight arm fast medium Mumbai
M. S. Dhoni 7 July 198152Right Wicket-keeper Jharkhand
Harbhajan Singh 3 July 1980134RightRight arm off break Punjab
Mohammad Kaif 1 December 1980121RightRight arm off break Uttar Pradesh
Dinesh Mongia 17 April 197752Left Slow left arm orthodox Punjab, Leicestershire Foxes
Munaf Patel 12 July 198310RightRight arm medium fast Maharashtra
Irfan Pathan 27 October 198466LeftLeft arm medium fast Baroda
Ramesh Powar 20 May 197815RightRight arm off break Mumbai
Suresh Raina 27 November 198630LeftRight arm off break Uttar Pradesh
Virender Sehwag 20 October 1978150RightRight arm off break Delhi
R. P. Singh 6 December 198519RightLeft arm fast medium Uttar Pradesh
Sachin Tendulkar 24 April 1973367RightRight arm leg break Mumbai
Yuvraj Singh 12 December 1981157Left Slow left arm orthodox Punjab
Replacement player
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth [11] 6 February 198319RightRight arm fast medium Kerala

New Zealand

New Zealand selected a preliminary squad of 30, [12] before cutting it down to 14 on 7 September. [13] Scott Styris was included despite missing a county match with Middlesex due to injury; Shane Bond, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori had all recovered from injuries and were included, while Michael Mason was ruled out by an injury. The selection of Wellington seamer Mark Gillespie, described by coach John Bracewell as "the domestic season's outstanding pace bowler", [13] was described by Herald on Sunday writer Dylan Cleaver as a "bolter". [14]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Stephen Fleming (c)1 April 1973252LeftRight arm slow medium Wellington Firebirds, Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Nathan Astle 15 September 1971212RightRight arm medium Canterbury Wizards, Lancashire Lightning
Shane Bond 7 June 197545RightRight arm fast Canterbury Wizards
James Franklin 7 November 198041LeftLeft arm fast medium Wellington Firebirds, Glamorgan Dragons
Peter Fulton 1 February 197910RightRight arm medium Canterbury Wizards
Mark Gillespie 17 October 19790RightRight arm fast medium Wellington Firebirds
Brendon McCullum 27 September 198184Right Wicket-keeper Canterbury Wizards, Glamorgan Dragons
Hamish Marshall 15 February 197955RightRight arm medium Northern Districts Knights, Gloucestershire Gladiators
Kyle Mills 15 March 197960RightRight arm medium Auckland Aces
Jacob Oram 28 July 197883LeftRight arm medium Central Districts Stags
Jeetan Patel 7 May 19809RightRight arm off break Wellington Firebirds
Scott Styris 10 July 1975116RightRight arm fast medium Auckland Aces, Middlesex Crusaders
Daniel Vettori 27 January 1979169Left Slow left arm orthodox Northern Districts Knights, Warwickshire Bears
Lou Vincent 11 November 197883RightRight arm medium Auckland Aces, Worcestershire Royals

Pakistan

Pakistan selected their squad on 6 September. [15] Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq have been suspended for four matches due to "bringing the game into disrepute" during the fourth Test of the 2006 series between England and Pakistan, and was thus withdrawn from the squad, [16] and was unable to take any part in the tournament, as Faisal Iqbal was called up as replacement. [17] Younis Khan was named replacement captain, only to resign two days before the tournament began, leading Shahid Afridi to take over. [18] However, on 7 October, the new Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Naseem Ashraf announced that Younis would captain the side. [19]

On 16 October, before Pakistan had started playing any games in the tournament, it was revealed that two Pakistani players, Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar had failed a drugs test for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Abdur Rehman and Yasir Arafat were called up to replace them. [20]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Younis Khan (c)29 November 1977139RightRight arm leg break HBL, Peshawar
Shahid Afridi (vc)1 March 1980225RightRight arm leg break googly HBL, Ireland
Abdul Razzaq 2 December 1979213RightRight arm fast medium Lahore Ravi
Abdur Rehman 1 March 19800Left Slow left arm HBL, Sialkot
Faisal Iqbal [21] 30 December 198117RightRight arm medium PIA, Karachi Harbour
Iftikhar Anjum 1 December 198019RightRight arm medium ZTBL, Islamabad
Imran Farhat 20 May 198227LeftRight arm leg break HBL, Lahore Shalimar
Kamran Akmal 13 January 198250Right Wicket-keeper NBP, Lahore Ravi
Mohammad Hafeez 17 October 198035RightRight arm off break SNGPL, Faisalabad
Mohammad Yousuf 27 August 1974219Right WAPDA, Lahore Ravi
Naved-ul-Hasan 28 February 197850RightRight arm medium fast Sialkot, Sussex Sharks
Shoaib Malik 1 February 1982122RightRight arm off break PIA, Sialkot
Umar Gul 14 April 198419RightRight arm fast medium PIA, Peshawar
Yasir Arafat 12 March 19826RightRight arm medium NBP, Rawalpindi, Sussex Sharks

South Africa

South Africa selected their squad of 14 on 7 September. The omission of spinner Nicky Boje, with 115 ODI caps for South Africa, was described as "interesting" by ESPNcricinfo. [22]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Graeme Smith (c)1 February 198190Left Off break Cape Cobras
Loots Bosman 14 April 19773RightRight arm medium Eagles
Mark Boucher 3 December 1976218Right Wicket-keeper Warriors
A. B. de Villiers 17 February 198417RightRight arm medium and wicket-keeper Titans
Boeta Dippenaar 14 June 197798Right Off break Eagles
Herschelle Gibbs 23 February 1974186RightRight arm medium Cape Cobras
Andrew Hall 31 July 197570RightRight arm fast medium Lions, Kent Spitfires
Jacques Kallis 16 October 1975229RightRight arm fast medium Cape Cobras
Justin Kemp 2 October 197753RightRight arm fast medium Titans, Kent Spitfires
Charl Langeveldt 17 December 197431RightRight arm fast medium Lions
André Nel 15 July 197747RightRight arm fast medium Titans
Makhaya Ntini 6 July 1977130RightRight arm fast Warriors
Robin Peterson 4 August 197928Left Slow left arm orthodox Warriors
Shaun Pollock 16 July 1973255RightRight arm fast medium Dolphins

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka picked a 14-man squad on 25 August 2006. [23]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Mahela Jayawardene (c)27 May 1977219RightRight arm medium pace Sinhalese SC
Marvan Atapattu 22 November 1970253RightRight arm leg break Sinhalese SC
Malinga Bandara 31 December 197919RightRight arm leg break googly Ragama CC
Tillakaratne Dilshan 14 October 197696RightRight arm off break Bloomfield C&AC
Dilhara Fernando 19 July 197994RightRight arm fast medium Sinhalese SC
Sanath Jayasuriya 30 June 1969363Left Slow left arm orthodox Bloomfield C&AC
Chamara Kapugedera 24 February 198715RightRight arm medium Colombo CC
Farveez Maharoof 7 September 198446RightRight arm fast medium Bloomfield C&AC
Lasith Malinga 4 September 198315RightRight arm medium Nondescripts CC
Muttiah Muralitharan 17 April 1972269RightRight arm off break Tamil Union C&AC
Ruchira Perera 6 April 197716LeftLeft arm medium fast Colts CC
Kumar Sangakkara 27 October 1977167Left Wicket-keeper Nondescripts CC
Upul Tharanga 2 February 198529Left Nondescripts CC
Chaminda Vaas 27 January 1974280LeftLeft arm fast medium Colts CC

West Indies

West Indies went in with the same 14-man squad as in the 2006–07 DLF Cup triangular tournament in Malaysia in September. [24]

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Brian Lara (c)2 May 1969271LeftRight arm leg break googly Trinidad and Tobago
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)23 June 1980107RightRight arm leg break Guyana
Carlton Baugh, Jr. 23 June 198217Right Wicket-keeper Jamaica
Ian Bradshaw 9 July 197447LeftLeft arm fast medium Barbados
Dwayne Bravo 7 October 198348RightRight arm medium fast Trinidad and Tobago, Kent Spitfires
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 18 August 1974196LeftRight arm leg break Guyana
Corey Collymore 21 December 197770RightRight arm fast medium Barbados
Fidel Edwards 6 February 198221RightRight arm fast Barbados
Chris Gayle 21 September 1979140LeftRight arm off break Jamaica
Wavell Hinds 7 September 1976110LeftRight arm medium Jamaica
Runako Morton 22 July 197822RightRight arm off break Leeward Islands
Marlon Samuels 5 February 198167RightRight arm off break Jamaica
Dwayne Smith 12 April 198347RightRight arm medium Barbados
Jerome Taylor 22 June 198416RightRight arm fast Jamaica

Zimbabwe

Tafadzwa Mufambisi replaced Vusimuzi Sibanda as he was playing club cricket in Australia. [25] Gary Brent replaced Terry Duffin before the match with Bangladesh on 13 October.

PlayerDate of BirthODIs [6] BattingBowling style First class team
Prosper Utseya (c)26 March 198547RightRight arm off break Manicaland
Chamu Chibhabha 6 September 198612RightRight arm medium Mashonaland
Elton Chigumbura 14 March 198641RightRight arm medium Manicaland
Terry Duffin 20 March 198218LeftRight arm medium Matabeleland
Anthony Ireland 30 August 198416RightRight arm medium Midlands
Tafadzwa Kamungozi 8 June 19871RightRight arm leg break Masvingo
Hamilton Masakadza 9 August 198329RightRight arm leg break googly Manicaland
Stuart Matsikenyeri 3 May 198353RightRight arm off break Manicaland
Tafadzwa Mufambisi 17 December 19863Right Wicket-keeper Mashonaland
Tawanda Mupariwa 16 April 198518RightRight arm fast medium Matabeleland
Ed Rainsford 14 December 198418RightRight arm fast medium Midlands
Piet Rinke 5 November 198116RightRight arm fast medium Manicaland
Gregory Strydom 26 March 198411RightRight arm medium Matabeleland
Brendan Taylor 6 February 198650RightRight arm off break and Wicket-keeper Mashonaland
Replacement player
Gary Brent 13 January 197648RightRight arm medium fast Manicaland

References and notes

  1. ↑ Champions Trophy: Pakistan names probables, from The Hindu. Retrieved 4 September 2006
  2. ↑ Sreesanth replaces injured Agarkar Archived 26 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2006
  3. ↑ ESPNcricinfo – Australia Squad Archived 7 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 3 September 2006
  4. ↑ McGrath picked for Champions Trophy Archived 7 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine , by ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2006
  5. ↑ Cullen replaces Clark for Trophy Archived 6 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine , BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2006
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The number of ODIs given are those the player has played for his country. Some players have also played for the ICC World XI, an Asian XI or an African XI.
  7. ↑ The first class team(s) given are the domestic team(s) the player turned out for in the 2005–06 and 2006 season.
  8. ↑ Hossain for Bangladesh one-dayers Archived 28 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine , from Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 10 September 2006
  9. ↑ Flintoff named skipper for Ashes Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2006
  10. ↑ Kumble not in Champions Trophy squad Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today , from ESPNcricinfo, 3 September 2006
  11. 1 2 Injured before the last match and replaced with Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. Archived 26 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ ESPNcricinfo – New Zealand Squad Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 3 September 2006
  13. 1 2 New Zealand sweat on Styris Archived 20 January 2013 at archive.today , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
  14. ↑ New squad is big news in New Zealand Archived 9 July 2012 at archive.today , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
  15. ↑ Inzamam to lead Pakistan in Champions Trophy Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2006
  16. ↑ Inzamam cleared of ball tampering Archived 11 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2006
  17. ↑ Technicality rules Inzamam out of tournament Archived 17 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine , by Anand Vasu. Retrieved 17 October 2006
  18. ↑ Mohammad Yousuf to lead Pakistan Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today , Osman Samiuddin, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2006
  19. ↑ Younis Khan reinstated as captain Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2006
  20. ↑ Asif and Akhtar to return home Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine , by Osman Samiuddin. Retrieved 17 October 2006
  21. ↑ Replacement for the suspended Inzamam. Iqbal to replace Inzamam for Champions Trophy Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2006
  22. ↑ Boje left out for Champions Trophy Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
  23. ↑ Sri Lanka Squad Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine , from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2006
  24. ↑ Windies to stick with players for Champions Trophy Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine , by the CMC, retrieved from the Jamaica Observer on 10 September 2006
  25. ↑ "Zimbabwe: Mufambisi to Replace Sibanda". allafrica.com. 6 October 2006.

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