1975 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of squads that was picked at the 1975 Cricket World Cup which took place in England between 7 and 21 June 1975. All eight teams had to select a 14-member squad before the World Cup started.
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Australia
AustraliaManager: F.W. Bennett
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Chappell (c) | 26 September 1943 | Right hand | Right arm leg spin |  South Australia |
| Greg Chappell (vc) | 7 August 1948 | Right hand | Right arm medium | South Australia Queensland |
| Ross Edwards | 1 December 1942 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper |  New South Wales Western Australia |
| Gary Gilmour | 26 June 1951 | Left hand | Left arm fast medium | New South Wales |
| Dennis Lillee | 18 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Western Australia |
| Rick McCosker | 11 December 1946 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | New South Wales |
| Ashley Mallett | 13 July 1945 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | South Australia |
| Rod Marsh (wk) | 4 November 1947 | Left hand | Wicket-keeper | Western Australia |
| Jeff Thomson | 16 August 1950 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Queensland |
| Alan Turner | 23 July 1950 | Left hand | – | New South Wales |
| Max Walker | 12 September 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Victoria |
| Doug Walters | 21 December 1945 | Right hand | Right arm medium | New South Wales |
| Alan Hurst | 15 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Victoria |
| Bruce Laird | 21 November 1950 | Right hand | - | Western Australia |
Source: Cricinfo 1975 World Cup stats for Australia Source: The Canberra Times
East Africa
East Africa| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | National team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harilal Shah (c) | 14 April 1943 | Right hand | Right arm medium |  Kenya |
| Frasat Ali | 31 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Kenya |
| Zulfiqar Ali | 1947 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Kenya |
| Yunus Badat | 1943 | Right hand | – |  Zambia |
| Hamish McLeod (wk) | Unknown | Left hand | Wicket-keeper | Zambia |
| Praful Mehta (wk) | 1941 | Left hand | Wicket-keeper |  Tanzania |
| John Nagenda | 25 April 1938 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium |  Uganda |
| Parbhu Nana | 17 August 1933 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Zambia |
| Don Pringle | 1 May 1932 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Kenya |
| Mehmood Quaraishy | 4 February 1942 | Right hand | Unknown | Kenya |
| Ramesh Sethi | 4 September 1941 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Kenya |
| Jawahir Shah | 1942 | Right hand | – | Kenya |
| Shiraz Sumar | 1950 | Right hand | – | Tanzania |
| Samuel Walusimbi | 1948 | Right hand | Left arm medium | Uganda |
England
England| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Denness (c) | 1 December 1940 | Right hand | – | Kent |
| Dennis Amiss | 7 April 1943 | Right hand | – | Warwickshire |
| Geoff Arnold | 3 September 1944 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Surrey |
| Keith Fletcher | 20 May 1944 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Essex |
| Tony Greig | 6 October 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Sussex |
| Frank Hayes | 6 December 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Lancashire |
| John Jameson (wk) | 30 June 1941 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Warwickshire |
| Alan Knott (wk) | 9 April 1946 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Kent |
| Peter Lever | 17 September 1940 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Lancashire |
| Chris Old | 22 December 1948 | Left hand | Right arm fast-medium | Yorkshire |
| John Snow | 13 October 1941 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Sussex |
| Derek Underwood | 8 June 1945 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin Left arm medium |
Kent |
| Barry Wood | 26 December 1942 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Lancashire |
Source: Records: 1975 Prudential World Cup England Stats
India
Manager: Gulabrai Ramchand
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (c) | 21 April 1945 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Tamil Nadu |
| Syed Abid Ali | 9 September 1941 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Hyderabad |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 24 September 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Delhi |
| Bishen Singh Bedi | 25 September 1946 | Right hand | Left arm slow orthodox | Delhi |
| Farokh Engineer (wk) | 25 February 1938 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Bombay |
| 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 |
| Madan Lal | 20 March 1951 | Right hand | Right hand medium | Delhi |
| Brijesh Patel | 24 November 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Karnataka |
| Eknath Solkar | 19 March 1948 | Left hand | Left arm slow orthodox | Bombay |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 12 February 1949 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Karnataka |
| Syed Kirmani (wk) | 29 December 1949 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Karnataka |
| Parthasarathy Sharma | 5 January 1948 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Rajasthan |
New Zealand
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Turner (c) | 26 May 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Otago |
| Lance Cairns | 10 October 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Otago |
| Richard Collinge | 2 April 1946 | Right hand | Left arm medium-fast | Central Districts Wellington |
| Barry Hadlee | 14 December 1941 | Right hand | Unknown | Canterbury |
| Dayle Hadlee | 6 January 1948 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Canterbury |
| Richard Hadlee | 3 July 1951 | Left hand | Right arm fast | Canterbury |
| Brian Hastings | 23 March 1940 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak googly | Wellington |
| Geoff Howarth | 29 March 1951 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Auckland |
| Hedley Howarth | 25 December 1943 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Auckland |
| Brian McKechnie | 6 November 1953 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Otago |
| John Morrison | 27 August 1947 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | Wellington |
| John Parker (wk) | 21 February 1951 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Northern Districts |
| Ken Wadsworth (wk) | 30 November 1946 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Central Districts |
| John Parker | 21 February 1951 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Northern Districts |
Pakistan
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asif Iqbal (c) | 6 July 1943 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Karachi |
| Zaheer Abbas | 24 July 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | 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 (vc) | 28 September 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium Right arm offbreak |
Rawalpindi |
| Naseer Malik | 1 February 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Karachi |
| Asif Masood | 23 January 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | PIA |
| Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Habib Bank |
| Pervez Mir | 24 September 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Lahore |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | 22 November 1943 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Karachi |
| Sadiq Mohammad | 3 May 1945 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | Karachi |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 1 December 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Lahore |
| Wasim Raja | 3 July 1952 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | Lahore |
| Shafiq Ahmed | 28 March 1949 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Lahore |
Sri Lanka
Manager: K.M.T.Perera
| 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 |
| Ranjit Fernando (wk) | 22 February 1944 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | NCC |
| David Heyn | 26 June 1945 | Left hand | Right arm medium | NCC |
| Lalith Kaluperuma | 25 June 1949 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | BCAC |
| Duleep Mendis | 25 August 1952 | Right hand | – | SSC |
| Tony Opatha | 5 August 1947 | Right hand | Right arm medium | CCC |
| Mevan Pieris | 16 February 1946 | Left hand | Right arm fast-medium | SSC |
| Anura Ranasinghe | 13 October 1956 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | BRC |
| Michael Tissera | 23 March 1939 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | CCC |
| Bandula Warnapura | 1 March 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | BCAC BRC |
| Sunil Wettimuny | 2 February 1949 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | SSC |
| Dennis Chanmugam | 13 August 1948 | Right hand | Right arm medium | SSC |
West Indies
Manager: 
Clyde Walcott
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Lloyd (c) | 31 August 1944 | Left hand | Right arm medium |  Guyana |
| Keith Boyce | 11 October 1943 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Barbados |
| Roy Fredericks | 11 November 1942 | Left hand | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | Guyana |
| Lance Gibbs | 29 September 1934 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Gordon Greenidge | 1 May 1951 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Barbados |
| Vanburn Holder | 10 October 1945 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Barbados |
| Bernard Julien | 13 March 1950 | Right hand | Left arm medium-fast |  Trinidad & Tobago |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 21 March 1949 | Left hand | Right arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Rohan Kanhai | 26 December 1935 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Guyana |
| Deryck Murray (wk) | 20 May 1943 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Viv Richards | 7 March 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak |  Leeward Islands |
| Andy Roberts | 29 January 1951 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Leeward Islands |
| Maurice Foster | 9 May 1943 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak |  Jamaica |
| Lawrence Rowe | 8 January 1949 | Right hand | Left arm fast medium | Jamaica |
External links
- 1975 Cricket World Cup. Cricinfo.com.
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