# 1999 Cricket World Cup squads

This is a list of the final 15-man squads named for the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 14 May 1999 to 20 June 1999, in order of the jersey number worn. Each team had to number the players from 1 to 15, with captains usually wearing the number 1 jersey. The oldest player at the 1999 Cricket World Cup was Ian Philip (40/41) of Scotland while the youngest player was Mohammad Sheikh (18) of Kenya.

## Australia

Coach: Geoff Marsh
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Steve Waugh (c) | 2 June 1965 | 258 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
| 2 | Michael Bevan | 8 May 1970 | 104 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | New South Wales |
| 3 | Damien Fleming | 24 April 1970 | 51 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| 4 | Paul Reiffel | 19 April 1966 | 86 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| 5 | Shane Warne | 13 September 1969 | 115 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Victoria |
| 6 | Mark Waugh | 2 June 1965 | 181 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium, off-break | New South Wales |
| 7 | Shane Lee | 8 August 1973 | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
| 8 | Brendon Julian | 10 August 1970 | 23 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Western Australia |
| 9 | Tom Moody | 2 October 1965 | 63 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Western Australia |
| 10 | Darren Lehmann | 5 February 1970 | 45 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | South Australia |
| 11 | Glenn McGrath | 9 February 1970 | 86 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | New South Wales |
| 12 | Adam Gilchrist (wk) | 14 November 1971 | 58 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Western Australia |
| 13 | Adam Dale | 30 December 1968 | 24 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Queensland |
| 14 | Ricky Ponting | 19 December 1974 | 73 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Tasmania |
| 15 | Damien Martyn | 21 October 1971 | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Western Australia |

## Bangladesh

Coach:Gordon Greenidge
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Aminul Islam (c) | 2 February 1968 | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| 2 | Akram Khan | 1 November 1968 | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Chittagong Division |
| 3 | Faruk Ahmed | 24 July 1966 | 5 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| 4 | Shahriar Hossain | 1 June 1976 | 10 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Dhaka Division |
| 5 | Mehrab Hossain | 22 September 1978 | 5 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Dhaka Division |
| 6 | Enamul Haque | 27 February 1966 | 16 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| 7 | Niamur Rashid | 1 January 1975 | 1 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Dhaka Metropolis |
| 8 | Naimur Rahman | 9 September 1974 | 11 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Dhaka Division |
| 9 | Khaled Mahmud | 26 July 1971 | 11 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Dhaka Division |
| 10 | Khaled Mashud (wk) | 8 February 1976 | 20 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Rajshahi Division |
| 11 | Mohammad Rafique | 5 September 1970 | 16 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Sylhet Division |
| 12 | Shafiuddin Ahmed | 1 June 1973 | 8 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Chittagong Division |
| 13 | Hasibul Hossain | 3 June 1977 | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Sylhet Division |
| 14 | Manjural Islam | 7 November 1979 | 1 | Left-handed | Left–arm fast–medium | Khulna Division |
| 15 | Minhajul Abedin | 25 September 1965 | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Chittagong Division |

## England

Coach: David Lloyd
| No. | Player | Date of Birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Alec Stewart (c/wk) | 8 April 1963 | 120 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Surrey |
| 2 | Ian Austin | 30 May 1966 | 7 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Lancashire |
| 3 | Robert Croft | 25 May 1970 | 42 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Glamorgan |
| 4 | Mark Ealham | 27 August 1969 | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Kent |
| 5 | Neil Fairbrother | 9 September 1963 | 70 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | Lancashire |
| 6 | Andrew Flintoff | 6 December 1977 | 4 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Lancashire |
| 7 | Angus Fraser | 8 August 1965 | 39 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Middlesex |
| 8 | Darren Gough | 18 September 1970 | 60 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Yorkshire |
| 9 | Graeme Hick | 23 May 1966 | 91 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Worcestershire |
| 10 | Adam Hollioake | 5 September 1971 | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Surrey |
| 11 | Nasser Hussain | 28 March 1968 | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Essex |
| 12 | Nick Knight | 28 November 1969 | 44 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Warwickshire |
| 13 | Alan Mullally | 12 July 1969 | 24 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast medium | Leicestershire |
| 14 | Graham Thorpe | 1 August 1969 | 48 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Surrey |
| 15 | Vince Wells | 6 August 1965 | 9 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kent |

## India

Coach: Anshuman Gaekwad
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Mohammad Azharuddin (c) | 8 February 1963 | 315 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Hyderabad |
| 2 | Sourav Ganguly | 8 July 1972 | 99 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Bengal |
| 3 | Ajay Jadeja (vc) | 1 February 1971 | 164 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Haryana |
| 4 | Sadagoppan Ramesh | 16 October 1975 | 7 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | Rahul Dravid | 11 January 1973 | 80 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Karnataka |
| 6 | Robin Singh | 14 September 1963 | 80 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | Ajit Agarkar | 4 December 1977 | 36 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Mumbai |
| 8. | Anil Kumble | 17 October 1970 | 167 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Karnataka |
| 9 | Nayan Mongia (wk) | 19 December 1969 | 132 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Baroda |
| 10 | Sachin Tendulkar | 24 April 1973 | 211 | Right-handed | Right-arm spin | Mumbai |
| 11 | Venkatesh Prasad | 5 August 1969 | 111 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka |
| 12 | Nikhil Chopra | 19 August 1973 | 14 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Debasis Mohanty | 20 July 1976 | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Odisha |
| 14 | Javagal Srinath | 31 August 1969 | 161 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Karnataka |
| 15 | Amay Khurasiya | 18 May 1972 | 4 | Left-handed | Slow Left-arm | Madhya Pradesh |

## Kenya

| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Aasif Karim (c) | 15 September 1963 | 25 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Jaffery, Mombasa |
| 2 | Maurice Odumbe | 15 June 1969 | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Aga Khan, Nairobi |
| 3 | Ravindu Shah | 28 August 1972 | 8 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu |
| 4 | Kennedy Otieno (wk) | 11 March 1972 | 25 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Ruaraka, Nairobi |
| 5 | Steve Tikolo | 25 June 1971 | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium, off spin | Swamibapa, Nairobi |
| 6 | Hitesh Modi | 13 October 1971 | 25 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu |
| 7 | Sandip Gupta | 7 April 1967 | 7 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | |
| 8 | Thomas Odoyo | 12 May 1978 | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu |
| 9 | Tony Suji | 5 February 1976 | 13 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Aga Khan, Nairobi |
| 10 | Martin Suji | 2 June 1971 | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Aga Khan, Nairobi |
| 11 | Mohammad Sheikh | 29 August 1980 | 15 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | |
| 12 | Joseph Angara | 8 November 1971 | 4 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Swamibapa, Nairobi |
| 13 | Dipak Chudasama | 20 May 1963 | 19 | Right-handed | – | |
| 14 | Alpesh Vadher | 7 September 1974 | 11 | Right-handed | – | Premier, Nairobi |
| 15 | Jimmy Kamande | 12 December 1978 | 0 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin, fast-medium | |

## New Zealand

Coach: Steve Rixon
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Stephen Fleming (c) | 1 April 1973 | 100 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Canterbury |
| 2 | Geoff Allott | 24 December 1971 | 13 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Canterbury |
| 3 | Nathan Astle | 15 September 1971 | 82 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Canterbury |
| 4. | Carl Bulfin | 19 August 1973 | 3 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Wellington |
| 5 | Chris Cairns | 13 June 1970 | 101 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Canterbury |
| 6 | Simon Doull | 6 August 1969 | 40 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Northern Districts |
| 7 | Chris Harris | 20 November 1969 | 127 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Canterbury |
| 8 | Matthew Hart | 16 May 1972 | 11 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Northern Districts |
| 9 | Matt Horne | 5 December 1970 | 36 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Otago |
| 10 | Gavin Larsen | 27 September 1962 | 113 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Wellington |
| 11 | Craig McMillan | 13 September 1976 | 39 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Canterbury |
| 12 | Dion Nash | 20 November 1971 | 58 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | Northern Districts |
| 13. | Adam Parore (wk) | 23 January 1971 | 114 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Auckland |
| 14 | Roger Twose | 17 April 1968 | 36 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Wellington |
| 15 | Daniel Vettori | 27 January 1979 | 38 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Northern Districts |

## Pakistan

Coach: Mushtaq Mohammad
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Wasim Akram (c) | 3 June 1966 | 265 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | PIA |
| 2 | Moin Khan (wk) | 23 September 1971 | 129 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | PIA |
| 3 | Saleem Malik | 16 April 1963 | 279 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break, slow medium | Lahore |
| 4 | Ijaz Ahmed | 20 September 1968 | 226 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | Habib Bank |
| 5 | Waqar Younis | 16 November 1971 | 172 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | United Bank Limited |
| 6 | Saeed Anwar | 6 September 1968 | 170 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | National Bank |
| 7 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 28 June 1970 | 130 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Multan |
| 8 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 3 March 1970 | 182 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Faisalabad |
| 9 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 29 December 1976 | 98 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | PIA |
| 10 | Shahid Afridi | 1 March 1977 | 82 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Habib Bank |
| 11 | Azhar Mahmood | 28 February 1975 | 60 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | PIA |
| 12 | Abdul Razzaq | 2 December 1979 | 14 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | PIA |
| 13 | Yousuf Youhana | 27 August 1974 | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | PIA |
| 14 | Shoaib Akhtar | 13 August 1975 | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Khan Research Labs |
| 15 | Wajahatullah Wasti | 11 November 1974 | 3 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Allied Bank Limited |

## Scotland

| No. | Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | George Salmond (c) | 1 December 1969 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 2 | Ian Philip | 9 June 1958 | Right-handed | – | |
| 3 | Michael Allingham | 6 January 1965 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 4 | John Blain | 4 January 1979 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Northamptonshire |
| 5 | James Brinkley | 13 March 1974 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 6 | Asim Butt | 24 June 1967 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
| 7 | Alec Davies (wk) | 14 August 1962 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | |
| 8 | Nick Dyer | 10 September 1969 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
| 9 | Gavin Hamilton | 16 September 1974 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Yorkshire |
| 10 | Bruce Patterson | 29 January 1965 | Right-handed | – | |
| 11 | Keith Sheridan | 26 March 1971 | Right-handed | Left-arm slow | |
| 12 | Mike Smith | 30 March 1966 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 13 | Ian Stanger | 5 October 1971 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 14 | Peter Steindl | 14 June 1970 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 15 | Greig Williamson | 28 December 1968 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |

## South Africa

Coach: Bob Woolmer
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Gary Kirsten | 23 November 1967 | 103 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Western Province |
| 2 | Herschelle Gibbs | 23 February 1974 | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Western Province |
| 3 | Jacques Kallis | 16 October 1975 | 65 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Western Province |
| 4 | Daryll Cullinan | 4 March 1967 | 113 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Gauteng |
| 5 | Hansie Cronje (c) | 25 September 1969 | 159 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Free State |
| 6 | Dale Benkenstein | 9 June 1974 | 10 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium, off break | KwaZulu-Natal |
| 7 | Shaun Pollock | 16 July 1973 | 70 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Warwickshire |
| 8 | Jonty Rhodes | 27 July 1969 | 151 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | KwaZulu-Natal |
| 9 | Mark Boucher (wk) | 3 December 1976 | 30 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Border |
| 10 | Allan Donald | 20 October 1966 | 112 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Warwickshire |
| 11 | Derek Crookes | 5 March 1969 | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Gauteng |
| 12 | Alan Dawson | 27 November 1969 | 1 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Western Province |
| 13 | Lance Klusener | 4 September 1971 | 53 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | KwaZulu-Natal |
| 14 | Steve Elworthy | 23 February 1965 | 15 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Northerns |
| 15 | Nicky Boje | 20 March 1973 | 18 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Free State |
* Makhaya Ntini was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 23 April 1999 by Alan Dawson following a conviction for a serious criminal offence. The conviction was later overturned.

## Sri Lanka

Coach: Roy Dias
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Arjuna Ranatunga (c) | 1 December 1963 | 264 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Sinhalese SC |
| 2 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 April 1972 | 110 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Tamil Union |
| 3 | Marvan Atapattu | 22 November 1970 | 69 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Sinhalese SC |
| 4 | Mahela Jayawardene | 27 May 1977 | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Sinhalese SC |
| 5 | Roshan Mahanama | 31 May 1966 | 208 | Right-handed | – | Bloomfield |
| 6 | Hashan Tillakaratne | 14 July 1967 | 180 | Left-handed | – | Nondescripts |
| 7 | Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) | 24 November 1969 | 112 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Sebastianites |
| 8 | Chaminda Vaas | 27 January 1974 | 108 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | Colts CC |
| 9 | Aravinda de Silva (vc) | 17 October 1965 | 254 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Nondescripts |
| 10 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 14 August 1971 | 111 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Burgher RC |
| 11 | Ruwan Kalpage | 19 February 1970 | 86 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Nondescripts CC |
| 12 | Upul Chandana | 7 May 1972 | 51 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Tamil Union C&AC |
| 13 | Eric Upashantha | 10 June 1972 | 5 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Colts CC |
| 14 | Chandika Hathurusingha | 13 September 1968 | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Tamil Union |
| 15 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 30 June 1969 | 178 | Left-handed | Slow Left-arm orthodox | Bloomfield |

## West Indies

Coach: Malcolm Marshall
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Brian Lara (c) | 2 May 1969 | 141 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 16 August 1974 | 66 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Guyana |
| 3 | Ricardo Powell | 16 December 1978 | 0 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Jamaica |
| 4 | Stuart Williams | 12 August 1969 | 53 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Leeward Islands |
| 5 | Sherwin Campbell | 1 January 1970 | 45 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| 6 | Keith Arthurton | 21 February 1965 | 104 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Leeward Islands |
| 7 | Ridley Jacobs (wk) | 26 November 1967 | 23 | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper | Leeward Islands |
| 8 | Phil Simmons | 18 April 1963 | 138 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 9 | Curtly Ambrose | 21 September 1963 | 161 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Leeward Islands |
| 10 | Courtney Walsh | 30 October 1962 | 188 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | Jamaica |
| 11 | Jimmy Adams | 9 January 1968 | 81 | Left-handed | Slow Left-arm orthodox | Jamaica |
| 12 | Hendy Bryan | 17 March 1970 | 6 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Barbados |
| 13 | Mervyn Dillon | 5 June 1974 | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 14 | Nehemiah Perry | 16 June 1968 | 5 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Jamaica |
| 15 | Reon King | 6 October 1975 | 12 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Guyana |
Carl Hooper was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 27 April 1999 by Ricardo Powell following his retirement from international cricket.

## Zimbabwe

Coach :David Houghton
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| 1 | Alistair Campbell (c) | 23 September 1972 | 97 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Manicaland |
| 2 | Andy Flower (wk) | 28 April 1968 | 105 | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper Right-arm off break | Mashonaland |
| 3 | Grant Flower | 20 December 1970 | 92 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Mashonaland |
| 4 | Neil Johnson | 24 January 1970 | 14 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Western Province |
| 5 | Murray Goodwin | 11 December 1972 | 31 | Right-handed | Legbreak | Mashonaland |
| 6 | Stuart Carlisle | 10 May 1972 | 12 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Mashonaland |
| 7 | Henry Olonga | 3 July 1976 | 7 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Matabeleland |
| 8 | Pommie Mbangwa | 26 June 1976 | 15 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Matabeleland |
| 9 | Heath Streak | 16 March 1974 | 73 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Matabeleland |
| 10 | Adam Huckle | 21 September 1971 | 16 | Right-handed | Legbreak googly | Matabeleland |
| 11 | Dirk Viljoen | 11 March 1977 | 12 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Mashonaland |
| 12 | Eddo Brandes | 5 March 1963 | 56 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Mashonaland |
| 13 | Paul Strang | 9 June 1972 | 72 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | Mashonaland |
| 14 | Andy Whittall | 19 March 1973 | 44 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Manicaland |
| 15 | Guy Whittall | 5 September 1972 | 72 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Mashonaland |