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 |
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Kim Hughes (c) | 26 January 1954 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Allan Border | 27 July 1955 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | ![]() |
Gary Cosier | 25 April 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Rick Darling | 1 May 1957 | Right hand | - | ![]() |
Geoff Dymock | 21 July 1945 | Left hand | Left arm fast-medium | ![]() |
Andrew Hilditch | 20 May 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Rodney Hogg | 5 March 1951 | Right hand | Right hand fast | ![]() |
Alan Hurst | 15 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm fast | ![]() |
Trevor Laughlin | 30 January 1951 | Left hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Jeff Moss | 29 June 1947 | Left hand | - | ![]() |
Graeme Porter | 18 March 1955 | Right hand | Right hand medium | ![]() |
Kevin Wright (wk) | 27 December 1953 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Graham Yallop | 7 October 1952 | Left hand | Left arm medium | ![]() |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Australia
Canada
Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
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Bryan Mauricette (c) (wk) | 4 September 1946 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() ![]() |
Charles Baksh | 15 March 1940 | Right hand | - | ![]() |
Robert Callender | 2 November 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | ![]() |
Christopher Chappell | 17 July 1955 | Right hand | - | ![]() |
Franklyn Dennis | 26 September 1947 | Right hand | - | ![]() |
Cornelius Henry | 16 September 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Tariq Javed | 12 June 1949 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | ![]() ![]() |
Cecil Marshall | 13 September 1939 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Jitendra Patel | 26 November 1945 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | ![]() ![]() |
Glenroy Sealy | 11 June 1940 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() ![]() |
Martin Stead | 1 June 1958 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
John Valentine | 20 September 1954 | Left hand | Left arm medium | ![]() |
John Vaughan | 8 June 1945 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | ![]() |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Canada
England
Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
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Mike Brearley (c) | 28 April 1942 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Ian Botham | 24 November 1955 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | ![]() |
Geoffrey Boycott | 21 October 1940 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Phil Edmonds | 8 March 1951 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | ![]() |
Mike Gatting[1] | 6 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Graham Gooch | 23 July 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
David Gower | 1 April 1957 | Left hand | Right arm off-break | ![]() |
Mike Hendrick | 22 October 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | ![]() |
Wayne Larkins | 22 November 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Geoff Miller | 8 September 1952 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | ![]() |
Chris Old | 22 December 1948 | Left hand | Right arm fast-medium | ![]() |
Derek Randall | 24 February 1951 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Bob Taylor (wk) | 17 July 1941 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Bob Willis | 30 May 1949 | Right hand | Right arm fast | ![]() |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England
India
Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
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Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c) | 21 April 1945 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | ![]() |
Mohinder Amarnath | 24 September 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Bishan Singh Bedi | 25 September 1946 | Right hand | Left arm slow orthodox | ![]() |
Anshuman Gaekwad | 23 September 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | ![]() |
Sunil Gavaskar | 10 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium Right arm offbreak |
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Karsan Ghavri | 28 February 1951 | Left hand | Left arm medium | ![]() |
Kapil Dev | 6 January 1959 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | ![]() |
Surinder Khanna (wk) | 3 June 1956 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Brijesh Patel | 24 November 1952 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | ![]() |
Dilip Vengsarkar | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Gundappa Viswanath | 12 February 1949 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | ![]() |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for India
New Zealand
Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
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Mark Burgess (c) | 17 July 1944 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | ![]() |
Lance Cairns | 10 October 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | ![]() |
Ewen Chatfield | 3 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | ![]() |
Jeremy Coney | 21 June 1952 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Bruce Edgar | 23 November 1956 | Left hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Richard Hadlee | 3 July 1951 | Left hand | Right arm fast | ![]() |
Geoff Howarth | 29 March 1951 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | ![]() |
Warren Lees (wk) | 19 March 1952 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Brian McKechnie | 6 November 1953 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | ![]() |
John Morrison | 27 August 1947 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | ![]() |
Warren Stott | 8 December 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Gary Troup | 3 October 1952 | Right hand | Left arm fast-medium | ![]() |
Glenn Turner | 26 May 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | ![]() |
John Wright | 5 July 1954 | Left hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for New Zealand
Pakistan
Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
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Asif Iqbal (c) | 6 June 1943 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Zaheer Abbas | 24 July 1947 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | ![]() |
Sikander Bakht | 25 August 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | ![]() |
Wasim Bari (wk) | 23 March 1948 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Imran Khan | 25 November 1952 | Right hand | Right arm fast | ![]() |
Majid Khan | 28 September 1946 | Right hand | Right arm medium Right arm offbreak |
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Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | ![]() |
Sadiq Mohammad | 3 May 1945 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | ![]() |
Sarfraz Nawaz | 1 December 1948 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | ![]() |
Mudassar Nazar | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Wasim Raja | 3 July 1952 | Left hand | Right arm legbreak | ![]() |
Haroon Rashid | 25 March 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
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Anura Tennekoon (c) | 29 October 1946 | Right hand | Left arm orthodox spin | ![]() |
Ajit de Silva | 12 December 1952 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin | ![]() |
Somachandra de Silva | 11 June 1942 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | ![]() |
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 | - | ![]() |
Tony Opatha | 5 August 1947 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() |
Sudath Pasqual | 16 October 1961 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | ![]() |
Bandula Warnapura (vc) | 1 March 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | ![]() ![]() |
Sunil Wettimuny | 2 February 1949 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | ![]() |
Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Sri Lanka
West Indies
Player | Date of Birth | Batting Style | Bowling Style | First class team |
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Clive Lloyd (c) | 31 August 1944 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | ![]() |
Colin Croft | 15 March 1953 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | ![]() |
Joel Garner | 16 December 1952 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | ![]() |
Gordon Greenidge | 1 May 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium/offbreak | ![]() |
Desmond Haynes | 15 February 1956 | Right-hand | Right-arm legbreak/medium pace | ![]() |
Michael Holding | 16 February 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | ![]() |
Alvin Kallicharran | 21 March 1949 | Left-hand | Right-arm offbreak | ![]() |
Collis King | 11 June 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | ![]() |
Deryck Murray (wk) | 20 May 1943 | Right-hand | Legbreak | ![]() |
Viv Richards | 7 March 1952 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium/offbreak | ![]() |
Andy Roberts | 29 January 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | ![]() |
Larry Gomes | 13 July 1953 | Left-hand | Right-arm offbreak | ![]() |
Faoud Bacchus | 31 January 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | ![]() |
Malcolm Marshall | 18 October 1958 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | ![]() |
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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