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. 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.

## India

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Manager:  P. R. Man Singh

Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | First Class team

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

### 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.[1]

## Australia

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Manager:  Phil Ridings

Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | First class team

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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.[2] 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.[3] Later in the month Greg Chappell pulled out due to injury and Macleay replaced him.[4]

## England

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Manager:  Doug Insole

Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | First class team

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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 | 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

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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.

## New Zealand

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Manager:  Allan Wright

Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | First class team

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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

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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:  Intikhab Alam

Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | First class team

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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 |  PIA
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

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Manager:  Tambyah Murugaser, Coach: Garfield Sobers

Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | First class team

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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

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Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | First class team

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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 April 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

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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:  David Ellman-Brown[5]

Player  | Date of Birth  | Batting style  | Bowling style

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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. ^ "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.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ "Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup – Overview". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

## External links

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* 1983 Cricket World Cup – Cricinfo.com.

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