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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.

Australia

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Manager: Australia Phil Ridings

Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Kim Hughes (c) 26 January 1954 Right hand Right arm medium  Western Australia
Allan Border 27 July 1955 Left hand Left arm orthodox spin  Queensland
Trevor Chappell 12 October 1952 Right hand Right arm medium  New South Wales
Tom Hogan 23 September 1956 Right-hand Slow left-arm orthodox  Western Australia
Rodney Hogg 5 March 1951 Right hand Right hand fast  South Australia
David Hookes 3 May 1955 Left-handed  South Australia
Geoff Lawson 7 December 1957 Right-hand Right-arm fast  New South Wales
Dennis Lillee 18 July 1949 Right-hand Right-arm fast  Western Australia
Ken MacLeay 2 April 1959 Right-hand Right-arm medium  Western Australia
Rod Marsh (wk) 4 November 1947 Left-handed Wicket-keeper  Western Australia
Jeff Thomson 16 August 1950 Right-handed Right arm fast  Queensland
Kepler Wessels 14 September 1957 Left-handed Right arm off break  Queensland
Graeme Wood 6 November 1956 Left-handed Right arm medium  Western Australia
Graham Yallop 7 October 1952 Left hand Left-arm medium  Victoria

Background

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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.[1] 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.[2] Later in the month Greg Chappell pulled out due to injury and Macleay replaced him.[3]

England

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Manager: England Doug Insole

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

Background

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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.

India

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Manager: India P. R. Man Singh

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

Background

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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.[4]

New Zealand

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Manager: New Zealand Allan Wright

Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Geoff Howarth (c) 29 March 1951 Right hand Right arm offbreak New Zealand Auckland
John Bracewell 15 April 1958 Right-handed Right arm off break New Zealand Auckland
Lance Cairns 10 October 1949 Right hand Right arm medium-fast New Zealand Otago
Ewen Chatfield 3 July 1950 Right hand Right arm medium-fast New Zealand Wellington
Jeremy Coney 21 June 1952 Right hand Right arm medium New Zealand Wellington
Jeff Crowe 14 September 1958 Right-handed Right arm, medium pace New Zealand Auckland
Martin Crowe 22 September 1962 Right-hand Right-arm medium New Zealand Central Districts
Bruce Edgar 23 November 1956 Left hand Wicket-keeper New Zealand Wellington
Richard Hadlee 3 July 1951 Left hand Right arm fast New Zealand Canterbury
Warren Lees (wk) 19 March 1952 Right hand Wicket-keeper New Zealand Otago
Ian Smith (wk) 28 February 1957 Right-handed Wicket-keeper New Zealand Central Districts
Martin Snedden 23 November 1958 Left-hand Right-arm medium-fast New Zealand Auckland
Glenn Turner 26 May 1947 Right hand Right arm offbreak New Zealand Otago
John Wright 5 July 1954 Left hand Right arm medium New Zealand Northern Districts

Background

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

Pakistan

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Manager: Pakistan Intikhab Alam

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

Sri Lanka

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Manager: Sri Lanka Tambyah Murugaser, Coach: Garfield Sobers

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

West Indies

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Clive Lloyd (c) 31 August 1944 left hand Right-arm medium GuyanaGuyana
Faoud Bacchus 31 January 1954 Right-hand Right-arm medium GuyanaGuyana
Wayne Daniel 16 January 1956 Right-hand Right-arm fast BarbadosBarbados
Winston Davis 18 September 1958 Right-handed Right-arm fast Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Windward Islands
Jeff Dujon (wk) 28 May 1956 Right-hand Wicket-keeper JamaicaJamaica
Joel Garner 16 December 1952 Right hand Right-arm fast BarbadosBarbados
Larry Gomes 13 July 1953 Left-hand Right-arm offbreak Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
Gordon Greenidge 1 May 1951 Right-hand Right-arm medium/offbreak BarbadosBarbados
Desmond Haynes 15 February 1956 Right-hand Right-arm legbreak/medium pace BarbadosBarbados
Michael Holding 16 February 1954 Right-hand Right-arm fast JamaicaJamaica
Gus Logie 28 September 1960 Right-hand Right-arm off break Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
Malcolm Marshall 18 April 1958 Right-hand Right-arm fast BarbadosBarbados
Viv Richards 7 March 1952 Right-hand Right-arm medium/offbreak Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands
Andy Roberts 29 January 1951 Right-hand Right-arm fast Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands

Background

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

Zimbabwe

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Manager: Zimbabwe David Ellman-Brown[5]

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

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  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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