1983 Cricket World Cup squads

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.

Australia

Manager: 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

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

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

Background

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

Manager: PR Man Singh

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

Background

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

Manager: Allan Wright

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

Background

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

Pakistan

Manager: Intikhab Alam

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

Sri Lanka

Manager: Tambyah Murugaser

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

West Indies

Player Date of Birth Batting Style Bowling Style First class team
Clive Lloyd (c) 31 August 1944 left hand Right-arm medium Guyana
Faoud Bacchus 31 January 1954 Right-hand Right-arm medium Guyana
Wayne Daniel 16 January 1956 Right-hand Right-arm fast Barbados
Winston Davis 18 September 1958 Right-handed Right-arm fast Windward Islands
Jeff Dujon (wk) 28 May 1956 Right-hand Wicket-keeper Jamaica
Joel Garner 16 December 1952 Right hand Right-arm fast Barbados
Larry Gomes 13 July 1953 Left-hand Right-arm offbreak Trinidad and Tobago
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
Gus Logie 28 September 1960 Right-hand Right-arm off break Trinidad and Tobago
Malcolm Marshall 18 October 1958 Right-hand Right-arm fast Barbados
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

Background

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

Zimbabwe

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

  1. "Ashes stars face World Cup axe". The Canberra Times. 57 (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. 57 (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. 57 (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. 57 (17, 395). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 May 1983. p. 4 (SPORT). Retrieved 31 May 2019 via National Library of Australia.
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