2003 Cricket World Cup squads


This is a list of squads named for the seventh edition of Cricket World Cup, held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya between 9 February and 23 March 2003. The tournament saw 14 teams selected and placed in two groups. Each country was required to submit a final list of 15 players by 31 December 2002. An injured player could be replaced at any time up until the end of the tournament. Replacement players who were not in the original 15-man squad are indicated in italics.

Group A

Australia

Australia announced its squad for the 2003 World Cup on 31 December 2002. Australia made three replacements in the squad - Ian Harvey replacing Shane Watson on 25 January 2003, Nathan Hauritz replacing Shane Warne on 24 February 2003, and Nathan Bracken replacing Jason Gillespie on 5 March 2003.
Coach: John Buchanan

England

The English squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup was announced on 31 December 2002.
Coach: Duncan Fletcher

India

The India squad for the tournament was announced on 30 December 2002.
Coach: John Wright
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
24Sourav Ganguly 8 July 1972LHBRight arm medium218 Bengal
9Ajit Agarkar4 December 1977RHBRight arm fast medium110 Mumbai
66Sanjay Bangar11 October 1972RHBRight arm medium fast11 Railways
5Rahul Dravid 11 January 1973RHBRight arm off spin196 Karnataka
11Mohammad Kaif1 December 1980RHBRight arm off spin37 Uttar Pradesh
34Zaheer Khan7 October 1978RHBLeft arm fast medium56 Baroda
18Anil Kumble17 October 1970RHBRight arm leg spin238 Karnataka
28Dinesh Mongia17 April 1977LHBSlow left arm orthodox32 Punjab
64Ashish Nehra29 April 1979RHBLeft arm fast medium30 Delhi
20Parthiv Patel 9 March 1985LHBWK13 Gujarat
44Virender Sehwag20 October 1978RHBRight arm off spin57 Delhi
3Harbhajan Singh3 July 1980RHBRight arm off spin63 Punjab
12Yuvraj Singh12 December 1981LHBSlow left arm orthodox59 Punjab
7Javagal Srinath31 August 1969RHBRight arm fast medium229 Karnataka
10Sachin Tendulkar24 April 1973RHBRight arm leg spin303 Mumbai

Namibia

Coach: Dougie Brown
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
12Deon Kotze 12 September 1973RHBRight arm off spin0 Wanderers
5Jan-Berrie Burger25 August 1981RHBRight arm leg spin0 Police
14Louis Burger12 March 1978RHBRight arm medium0 United
2Sarel Burger13 February 1983RHBRight arm medium fast0 United
6Morne Karg 12 July 1977RHBUnknown0 United
1Danie Keulder2 August 1973RHBRight arm off spin0 Wanderers
21Bjorn Kotze11 December 1978RHBRight arm medium fast0 Wanderers
10Lennie Louw19 June 1959RHBSlow left arm orthodox0 CCD
17Johannes van der Merwe5 February 1980RHBRight arm off spin0 Unknown
27Bryan Murgatroyd19 October 1969RHBRight arm medium0 Wanderers
11Burton van Rooi9 July 1982RHBRight arm medium fast0 CCD
13Melt van Schoor 8 December 1967RHBUnknown0 Police
8Gerrie Snyman30 April 1981RHBRight arm fast medium0 United
15Stefan Swanepoel2 December 1981RHBUnknown0 Wanderers
77Rudi van Vuuren20 September 1972RHBRight arm medium fast0 Police
4Riaan Walters10 August 1980RHBUnknown0 United

Coach: Emmerson Trotman
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
1Roland Lefebvre 7 February 1963RHBRight arm medium fast6 VOC Rotterdam
19Daan van Bunge19 October 1982RHBRight arm leg spin2 Voorburg CC
28Jacob-Jan Esmeijer28 May 1972RHBSlow left arm orthodox2 Excelsior'20
4Victor Grandia10 January 1979RHBRight arm medium1 VRA Amsterdam
94Feiko Kloppenburg19 June 1974RHBRight arm medium1 Rood en Wit Haarlem
5Tim de Leede25 January 1968RHBRight arm medium7 Voorburg CC
14Hendrik-Jan Mol29 March 1977LHBLeft arm medium1 Quick Den Haag
6Ruud Nijman15 June 1982RHBRight arm medium fast0 Hermes DVS
99Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk10 July 1970RHBRight arm medium5 VOC Rotterdam
4Adeel Raja15 August 1980RHBRight arm off spin2 VRA Amsterdam
9Edgar Schiferli17 May 1976RHBRight arm fast medium2 Quick Den Haag
8Reinout Scholte 10 August 1967RHBUnknown2 VOC Rotterdam
10Jeroen Smits 21 June 1972RHBUnknown0 HCC Den Haag
44Nick Statham15 March 1975RHBRight arm off spin0 Hermes DVS
69Luuk van Troost28 September 1969LHBLeft arm medium2 Excelsior'20
97Bas Zuiderent3 March 1977RHBRight arm medium7 Sussex

Coach: Richard Pybus
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
99Waqar Younis 16 November 1971RHBRight arm fast256 National Bank
12Abdul Razzaq2 December 1979RHBRight arm fast medium119 PIA
11Azhar Mahmood28 February 1975RHBRight arm fast medium123 PIA
8Inzamam-ul-Haq3 March 1970RHBSlow left arm orthodox284 National Bank
7Mohammad Sami24 February 1981RHBRight arm fast18 National Bank
5Rashid Latif 14 October 1968RHBRight arm leg spin143 Allied Bank
1Saeed Anwar6 September 1968LHBSlow left arm orthodox242 National Bank
28Saleem Elahi21 November 1976RHBRight arm off spin36 Habib Bank
9Saqlain Mushtaq29 December 1976RHBRight arm off spin165 PIA
10Shahid Afridi1 March 1980RHBRight arm leg spin173 Habib Bank
14Shoaib Akhtar13 August 1975RHBRight arm fast75 Khan Research Labs
2Taufeeq Umar20 June 1981LHBRight arm off spin6 Habib Bank
3Wasim Akram3 June 1966LHBLeft arm fast350 PIA
75Younis Khan29 November 1977RHBRight arm leg spin70 Habib Bank
13Yousuf Youhana27 August 1974RHBRight arm off spin121 PIA

Zimbabwe

Coach: Geoff Marsh
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
9Heath Streak 16 March 1974RHBRight arm fast medium149 Matabeleland
99Andy Blignaut1 August 1978LHBRight arm fast medium16 Mashonaland
20Alistair Campbell23 September 1972LHBRight arm off spin187 Manicaland
22Dion Ebrahim7 August 1980RHBRight arm medium36 Mashonaland
14Sean Ervine6 December 1982LHBRight arm medium13 Midlands
33Andy Flower 28 April 1968LHBRight arm off spin205 Mashonaland
68Grant Flower20 December 1970RHBSlow left arm orthodox192 Mashonaland
18Travis Friend7 January 1981RHBRight arm fast medium39 Midlands
79Douglas Hondo7 July 1979RHBRight arm fast medium13 Mashonaland
42Dougie Marillier24 April 1978RHBRight arm off spin35 Midlands
45Stuart Matsikenyeri3 May 1983RHBRight arm off spin2 Manicaland
27Brian Murphy1 December 1976RHBRight arm leg spin26 Mashonaland
77Henry Olonga3 July 1976RHBRight arm fast48 Manicaland
44Tatenda Taibu 14 May 1983RHBRight arm off spin20 Mashonaland
8Mark Vermeulen2 March 1979RHBRight arm off spin7 Matabeleland
2Guy Whittall5 September 1972RHBRight arm medium141 Manicaland
10Craig Wishart9 January 1974RHBRight arm off spin72 Midlands

Bangladesh

Coach: Mohsin Kamal
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
10Khaled Mashud 8 February 1976RHBUnknown51 Victoria / Rajshahi
6Akram Khan1 November 1968RHBRight arm medium38 Chittagong
33Al Sahariar23 April 1978RHBRight arm leg spin22 Victoria / Dhaka
14Alok Kapali1 January 1984RHBRight arm leg spin11 Victoria / Sylhet
44Ehsanul Haque1 December 1979RHBRight arm off spin2 Mohammedan / Chittagong
7Habibul Bashar17 August 1972RHBRight arm off spin27 Biman
50Hannan Sarkar1 December 1982RHBRight arm medium4 Surjotorun / Barisal
11Khaled Mahmud26 July 1971RHBRight arm medium fast34 Biman / Dhaka
96Manjural Islam7 November 1979LHBLeft arm fast medium26 Victoria / Khulna
2Mashrafe Mortaza5 October 1983RHBRight arm fast medium3 Azad / Khulna
98Mohammad Ashraful7 July 1984RHBRight arm leg spin11 Surjotorun / Dhaka
77Mohammad Rafique5 September 1970LHBSlow left arm orthodox34 Mohammedan / Dhaka
9Sanwar Hossain5 August 1973RHBRight arm off spin14 Mohammedan / Barisal
69Talha Jubair10 December 1985RHBRight arm medium fast4 Kalabagan / Dhaka
19Tapash Baisya15 December 1982RHBRight arm fast medium10 Mohammedan / Sylhet
55Tushar Imran20 December 1983RHBRight arm medium13 City Club / Khulna

Coach: Gus Logie
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
1Joe Harris 16 August 1965RHBRight arm off spin0 Toronto
10Ashish Bagai 26 January 1982RHBUnknown0 Toronto
3Ian Billcliff26 October 1972RHBRight arm medium0 Vikings
6Desmond Chumney8 January 1968RHBRight arm off spin0 Victoria Park
15Austin Codrington22 August 1975RHBRight arm medium fast0 Overseas
9John Davison9 May 1970RHBRight arm off spin0 South Australia
2Nicholas de Groot22 October 1975RHBRight arm medium0 Vikings
16Nicholas Ifill24 November 1968RHBRight arm medium0 Victoria Park
12Davis Joseph31 July 1963RHBRight arm medium fast0 Victoria Park
4Ishwar Maraj26 January 1969LHBRight arm off spin0 Overseas
8Ashish Patel31 July 1975RHBRight arm medium0 Quebec
21Abdool Samad 3 May 1979RHBRight arm off spin0 Cavaliers
7Fazil Samad6 April 1975RHBRight arm off spin0 Cavaliers
14Barry Seebaran12 September 1972RHBSlow left arm orthodox0 Richmond
11Sanjayan Thuraisingam11 September 1969RHBRight arm fast medium0 Toronto

Kenya

Coach: Sandeep Patil
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
5Steve Tikolo 25 June 1971RHBRight arm medium51 Swamibapa, Nairobi
12Joseph Angara8 November 1971RHBRight arm medium15 Swamibapa, Nairobi
1Aasif Karim15 December 1963RHBSlow left arm orthodox30 Jaffery, Mombasa
18Hitesh Modi13 October 1971LHBRight arm off spin41 Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu
22Collins Obuya27 July 1981RHBRight arm leg spin16 Ruaraka, Nairobi
21David Obuya 14 August 1979RHB16 Ruaraka, Nairobi
55Thomas Odoyo12 May 1978RHBRight arm medium fast51 Nairobi Gymkhana, Nairobi
69Maurice Odumbe15 June 1969RHBRight arm off spin50 Aga Khan, Nairobi
77Peter Ongondo10 February 1977RHBRight arm medium8 Swamibapa, Nairobi
28Kennedy Otieno 11 March 1972RHBUnknown49 Ruaraka, Nairobi
14Brijal Patel14 November 1977RHBSlow left arm orthodox13 Premier, Nairobi
4Ravindu Shah28 August 1972RHBRight arm medium33 Nairobi Gymkhana, Nairobi
10Martin Suji2 June 1971RHBRight arm medium fast49 Aga Khan, Nairobi
9Tony Suji5 February 1976RHBRight arm medium35 Aga Khan, Nairobi
7Alpesh Vadher7 September 1974RHBUnknown18 Premier, Nairobi

New Zealand

Coach: John Bracewell
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
7Stephen Fleming 1 April 1973LHBRight arm medium189 Wellington
41Andre Adams17 July 1975RHBRight arm fast medium20 Auckland
9Nathan Astle15 September 1971RHBRight arm medium167 Canterbury
27Shane Bond7 June 1975RHBRight arm fast18 Canterbury
6Chris Cairns13 June 1970RHBRight arm fast medium154 Canterbury
5Chris Harris20 November 1969LHBRight Arm Medium219 Canterbury
42Brendon McCullum 27 September 1981RHBRight Arm Medium14 Otago
10Craig McMillan13 September 1976RHBRight arm medium124 Canterbury
20Kyle Mills15 March 1979RHBRight arm fast medium16 Auckland
24Jacob Oram28 July 1978LHBRight arm fast medium29 Central Districts
18Mathew Sinclair9 November 1975RHBRight arm medium fast bowling32 Central Districts
56Scott Styris10 July 1975RHBRight arm medium51 Northern Districts
14Daryl Tuffey11 June 1978RHBRight arm fast medium44 Northern Districts
11Daniel Vettori27 January 1979LHBSlow left arm orthodox99 Northern Districts
8Lou Vincent 11 November 1978RHBRight arm medium47 Auckland

South Africa

Coach: Eric Simons
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
7Shaun Pollock 16 July 1973RHBRight arm fast medium180 KwaZulu-Natal
12Nicky Boje20 March 1973LHBSlow left arm orthodox85 Free State
9Mark Boucher 6 December 1976RHBRight arm medium137 Border
77Boeta Dippenaar14 June 1977RHBRight arm off spin50 Free State
10Allan Donald20 October 1966RHBRight arm fast161 Free State
00Herschelle Gibbs23 February 1974RHBRight arm medium117 Western Province
99Andrew Hall31 July 1975RHBRight arm fast medium26 Northerns
65Jacques Kallis16 October 1975RHBRight arm fast medium168 Western Province
1Gary Kirsten23 November 1967LHBRight arm off spin179 Western Province
69Lance Klusener4 September 1971LHBRight arm fast medium149 KwaZulu-Natal
67Charl Langeveldt17 December 1974RHBRight arm fast medium3 Boland
16Makhaya Ntini6 July 1977RHBRight arm fast62 Border
13Robin Peterson4 August 1979LHBSlow left arm orthodox6 Eastern Province
8Jonty Rhodes27 July 1969RHBRight arm medium243 KwaZulu-Natal
15Graeme Smith1 February 1981LHBRight arm off spin19 Western Province
14Monde Zondeki25 July 1982RHBRight arm fast2 Border

Coach: Dav Whatmore
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
07Sanath Jayasuriya 30 June 1969LHBSlow left arm orthodox287 Bloomfield
69Russel Arnold25 October 1973LHBRight arm off spin109 Nondescripts
46Marvan Atapattu22 November 1970RHBRight arm leg spin180 Sinhalese SC
21Charitha Buddhika22 August 1980RHBRight arm medium fast14 Panadura
23Aravinda de Silva17 October 1965RHBRight arm off spin298 Nondescripts
26Dilhara Fernando19 July 1979RHBRight arm fast45 Sinhalese SC
27Pulasthi Gunaratne27 September 1973RHBRight arm fast medium17 Tamil Union
66Avishka Gunawardene26 May 1977LHBUnknown40 Sinhalese SC
92Mahela Jayawardene27 May 1977RHBRight arm medium131 Sinhalese SC
11Jehan Mubarak10 January 1981LHBRight arm off spin5 Colombo
08Muttiah Muralitharan17 April 1972RHBRight arm off spin203 Tamil Union
25Prabath Nissanka25 October 1980RHBRight arm medium fast11 Bloomfield
84Kumar Sangakkara 27 October 1977LHBRight arm off spin75 Nondescripts
09Hashan Tillakaratne14 July 1967LHBRight arm off spin188 Nondescripts
22Chaminda Vaas27 January 1974LHBLeft arm fast medium210 Colts

West Indies

Coach: Roger Harper
No.NameDate of birthBattingBowling styleODIsDomestic team
4Carl Hooper 15 December 1966RHBRight arm off spin221Guyana
6Shivnarine Chanderpaul16 August 1974LHBRight arm leg spin126Guyana
17Pedro Collins12 August 1976RHBLeft arm fast medium20Barbados
32Corey Collymore21 December 1977RHBRight arm fast medium31Barbados
23Mervyn Dillon5 June 1974RHBRight arm fast medium74Trinidad and Tobago
48Vasbert Drakes5 August 1969RHBRight arm fast17Barbados
45Chris Gayle21 September 1979LHBRight arm off spin62Jamaica
68Wavell Hinds7 September 1976LHBRight arm medium64Jamaica
7Ridley Jacobs 26 November 1967LHBUnknown112Leeward Islands
9Brian Lara2 May 1969LHBRight arm leg spin203Trinidad and Tobago
38Jermaine Lawson13 January 1982RHBRight arm fast medium5Jamaica
77Nixon McLean20 July 1973LHBRight arm fast44Windward Islands
34Ricardo Powell16 December 1978RHBRight arm off spin58Jamaica
52Marlon Samuels5 January 1981RHBRight arm off spin39Jamaica
53Ramnaresh Sarwan23 June 1980RHBRight arm leg spin29Guyana