# 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

Manager: P. R. Man Singh
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First Class team |
| 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 |
| Sandip 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 | Bhopal |

### 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.

## 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. 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. Later in the month Greg Chappell pulled out due to injury and Macleay replaced him.

## England

Manager: Doug Insole
| 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 | 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.

## 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 | 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

Manager: Tambyah Murugaser, Coach: Garfield Sobers
| 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 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

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

## Zimbabwe

Manager: David Ellman-Brown
| 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 |