1979 Cricket World Cup squads
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.
Australia
| 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 |
| Gary Cosier | 25 April 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | South Australia |
| Rick Darling | 1 May 1957 | Right hand | - | South Australia |
| Geoff Dymock | 21 July 1945 | Left hand | Left arm fast-medium | Queensland |
| Andrew Hilditch | 20 May 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | South Australia |
| Rodney Hogg | 5 March 1951 | Right hand | Right hand fast | South Australia |
| Alan Hurst | 15 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Victoria |
| Trevor Laughlin | 30 January 1951 | Left hand | Right arm medium | Victoria |
| Jeff Moss | 29 June 1947 | Left hand | - | Victoria |
| Graeme Porter | 18 March 1955 | Right hand | Right hand medium | Western Australia |
| Kevin Wright (wk) | 27 December 1953 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Western Australia |
| Graham Yallop | 7 October 1952 | Left hand | Left arm medium | Victoria |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Australia
Canada
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Mauricette (c) (wk) | 4 September 1946 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Toronto Windward Islands |
| Charles Baksh | 15 March 1940 | Right hand | - | Winnipeg |
| Robert Callender | 2 November 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Montreal |
| Christopher Chappell | 17 July 1955 | Right hand | - | Toronto |
| Franklyn Dennis | 26 September 1947 | Right hand | - | Toronto |
| Cornelius Henry | 16 September 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Ottawa |
| Tariq Javed | 12 June 1949 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | Ottawa Karachi |
| Cecil Marshall | 13 September 1939 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Ottawa |
| Jitendra Patel | 26 November 1945 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | London (Ontario) Baroda |
| Glenroy Sealy | 11 June 1940 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Toronto Barbados |
| Martin Stead | 1 June 1958 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Vancouver |
| John Valentine | 20 September 1954 | Left hand | Left arm medium | Ottawa |
| John Vaughan | 8 June 1945 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Ottawa |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Canada
England
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brearley (c) | 28 April 1942 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Middlesex |
| Ian Botham | 24 November 1955 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Somerset |
| Geoffrey Boycott | 21 October 1940 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Yorkshire |
| Phil Edmonds | 8 March 1951 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Middlesex |
| Mike Gatting[1] | 6 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Middlesex |
| Graham Gooch | 23 July 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Essex |
| David Gower | 1 April 1957 | Left hand | Right arm off-break | Leicestershire |
| Mike Hendrick | 22 October 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Derbyshire |
| Wayne Larkins | 22 November 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Northamptonshire |
| Geoff Miller | 8 September 1952 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | Derbyshire |
| Chris Old | 22 December 1948 | Left hand | Right arm fast-medium | Yorkshire |
| Derek Randall | 24 February 1951 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Nottinghamshire |
| Bob Taylor (wk) | 17 July 1941 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Derbyshire |
| Bob Willis | 30 May 1949 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Warwickshire |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England
India
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c) | 21 April 1945 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Tamil Nadu |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 24 September 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Delhi |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | 25 September 1946 | Right hand | Left arm slow orthodox | Delhi |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | 23 September 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Baroda |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 10 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium Right arm offbreak |
Bombay |
| Karsan Ghavri | 28 February 1951 | Left hand | Left arm medium | Bombay |
| Kapil Dev | 6 January 1959 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Haryana |
| Surinder Khanna (wk) | 3 June 1956 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Delhi |
| Brijesh Patel | 24 November 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Karnataka |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Bombay |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 12 February 1949 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Karnataka |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for India
New Zealand
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Burgess (c) | 17 July 1944 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | Auckland |
| Lance Cairns | 10 October 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Otago |
| Ewen Chatfield | 3 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Wellington |
| Jeremy Coney | 21 June 1952 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Wellington |
| Bruce Edgar | 23 November 1956 | Left hand | Wicket-keeper | Wellington |
| Richard Hadlee | 3 July 1951 | Left hand | Right arm fast | Canterbury |
| Geoff Howarth | 29 March 1951 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Auckland |
| Warren Lees (wk) | 19 March 1952 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Otago |
| Brian McKechnie | 6 November 1953 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Otago |
| John Morrison | 27 August 1947 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Wellington |
| Warren Stott | 8 December 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Auckland |
| Gary Troup | 3 October 1952 | Right hand | Left arm fast-medium | Auckland |
| Glenn Turner | 26 May 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Otago |
| John Wright | 5 July 1954 | Left hand | Right arm medium | Northern Districts |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for New Zealand
Pakistan
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asif Iqbal (c) | 6 June 1943 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Karachi |
| Zaheer Abbas | 24 July 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Karachi |
| Sikander Bakht | 25 August 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Karachi |
| Wasim Bari (wk) | 23 March 1948 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Karachi |
| Imran Khan | 25 November 1952 | Right hand | Right arm fast | PIA |
| Majid Khan | 28 September 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium Right arm offbreak |
Rawalpindi |
| Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Habib Bank |
| Sadiq Mohammad | 3 May 1945 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | Karachi |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 1 December 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Lahore |
| Mudassar Nazar | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Lahore |
| Wasim Raja | 3 July 1952 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | Lahore |
| Haroon Rashid | 25 March 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Karachi |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Pakistan
Sri Lanka
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anura Tennekoon (c) | 29 October 1946 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | SSC |
| Ajit de Silva | 12 December 1952 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | BCAC |
| Somachandra de Silva | 11 June 1942 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | BCAC |
| Stanley de Silva | 17 November 1956 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | - |
| Roy Dias | 18 October 1952 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | - |
| Ranjan Gunatilleke | 15 August 1951 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | - |
| Sunil Jayasinghe (wk) | 15 July 1955 | Right hand | None | - |
| Ranjan Madugalle | 22 April 1959 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | - |
| Duleep Mendis | 25 August 1952 | Right hand | - | SSC |
| Tony Opatha | 5 August 1947 | Right hand | Right arm medium | CCC |
| Sudath Pasqual | 16 October 1961 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | - |
| Bandula Warnapura (vc) | 1 March 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | BCAC BRC |
| Sunil Wettimuny | 2 February 1949 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | SSC |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Sri Lanka
West Indies
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Lloyd (c) | 31 August 1944 | Right hand | Right-arm medium |  Guyana |
| Colin Croft | 15 March 1953 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Guyana, |
| Joel Garner | 16 December 1952 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Barbados |
| Gordon Greenidge | 1 May 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium/offbreak | Barbados |
| Desmond Haynes | 15 February 1956 | Right-hand | Right-arm legbreak/medium pace | Barbados |
| Michael Holding | 16 February 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast |  Jamaica |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 21 March 1949 | Left-hand | Right-arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Collis King | 11 June 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| Deryck Murray (wk) | 20 May 1943 | Right-hand | Legbreak |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Viv Richards | 7 March 1952 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium/offbreak |  Leeward Islands |
| Andy Roberts | 29 January 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Leeward Islands |
| Larry Gomes | 13 July 1953 | Left-hand | Right-arm offbreak | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Faoud Bacchus | 31 January 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Guyana |
| Malcolm Marshall | 18 October 1958 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Barbados |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for West Indies
References
- ↑ "Cricketer of the Year 1984 Mike Gatting". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
External links
- 1979 Cricket World Cup. Cricinfo.com.
- 1979 Cricket World Cup Squads. worldcupofcricket.com.
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