# 2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads

These were the 10 squads picked to take part in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, the fourth instalment of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament. The tournament was held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. Teams could name a preliminary squad of 30, but only 14-man squads were permitted for the actual tournament, and these had to be submitted by 7 September, one month before the start of the tournament.
Several of the squads were changed during or before the tournament due to injuries or suspensions; Pakistan changed their captains three times before the tournament had begun, and also sent home two players due to doping allegations. Both India and Zimbabwe had to replace a player during the tournament, which required the permission of the International Cricket Council's Technical Committee.

## Australia

Australia picked a preliminary squad of 30 players, before cutting it down to 14 on 4 September. Stuart Clark suffered a thigh injury and missed the tournament. Dan Cullen was called up as a replacement on 5 October.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Ricky Ponting (c) | 19 December 1974 | 250 | Right | Right arm medium | Tasmanian Tigers |
| Nathan Bracken | 12 September 1977 | 41 | Right | Left arm fast medium | New South Wales Blues |
| Michael Clarke | 2 April 1981 | 86 | Right | Slow left arm orthodox | New South Wales Blues |
| Dan Cullen | 10 April 1984 | 5 | Right | Right arm off-break | Southern Redbacks |
| Adam Gilchrist | 14 November 1971 | 241 | Left | Wicket-keeper | Western Warriors |
| Brad Hogg | 6 February 1971 | 87 | Left | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | Western Warriors |
| Michael Hussey | 27 May 1975 | 43 | Left | Right arm medium | Western Warriors |
| Mitchell Johnson | 2 November 1981 | 7 | Left | Left arm fast medium | Queensland Bulls |
| Simon Katich | 21 August 1975 | 45 | Left | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | New South Wales Blues |
| Brett Lee | 8 November 1976 | 138 | Right | Right arm fast | New South Wales Blues |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 February 1970 | 224 | Right | Right arm medium fast | New South Wales Blues |
| Damien Martyn | 21 October 1971 | 203 | Right | Right arm medium | Western Warriors |
| Andrew Symonds | 9 June 1975 | 149 | Right | Right arm off break | Queensland Bulls |
| Shane Watson | 17 June 1981 | 47 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Queensland Bulls |

## Bangladesh

Bangladesh selected their squad of 14 on 7 September.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Habibul Bashar (c) | 17 August 1972 | 84 | Right | Right arm off break | Khulna |
| Abdur Razzak | 15 June 1982 | 22 | Right | Slow left arm orthodox | Khulna |
| Aftab Ahmed | 10 November 1985 | 39 | Right | Right arm medium | Chittagong |
| Farhad Reza | 16 June 1986 | 7 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Rajshahi |
| Khaled Mashud | 8 February 1976 | 120 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Rajshahi |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 5 October 1983 | 41 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Khulna |
| Mehrab Hossain junior | 8 July 1987 | 0 | Left | Slow left arm | Dhaka |
| Mohammad Ashraful | 9 September 1984 | 76 | Right | Right arm leg break | Dhaka |
| Mohammad Rafique | 5 September 1970 | 100 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Dhaka |
| Rajin Saleh | 20 November 1983 | 42 | Right | Right arm off break | Sylhet |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 24 March 1987 | 4 | Left | Slow left arm | Khulna |
| Shahadat Hossain | 7 August 1986 | 10 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Dhaka |
| Shahriar Nafees | 25 January 1986 | 25 | Left | n/a | Barisal |
| Syed Rasel | 3 July 1984 | 16 | Left | Left arm medium fast | Khulna |

## England

England announced a squad of 14 on 12 September, after picking their preliminary squad of 30. Andrew Flintoff, who had not played cricket since July, was named captain.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Andrew Flintoff (c) | 6 December 1977 | 102 | Right | Right arm fast | Lancashire Lightning |
| James Anderson | 30 July 1982 | 50 | Left | Right arm fast medium | Lancashire Lightning |
| Ian Bell | 11 April 1982 | 23 | Right | Right arm medium | Warwickshire Bears |
| Rikki Clarke | 29 September 1981 | 20 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Surrey Lions |
| Paul Collingwood | 26 May 1976 | 100 | Right | Right arm medium fast | Durham Dynamos |
| Jamie Dalrymple | 21 January 1981 | 11 | Right | Right arm off break | Middlesex Crusaders |
| Steve Harmison | 23 October 1978 | 44 | Right | Right arm fast | Durham Dynamos |
| Ed Joyce | 22 September 1978 | 3 | Left | Right arm medium | Middlesex Crusaders |
| Jon Lewis | 26 August 1975 | 7 | Right | Right arm medium fast | Gloucestershire Gladiators |
| Sajid Mahmood | 21 December 1981 | 12 | Right | Right arm fast | Lancashire Lightning |
| Kevin Pietersen | 27 June 1980 | 36 | Right | Right arm off break | Hampshire Hawks |
| Chris Read | 10 August 1978 | 33 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Nottinghamshire Outlaws |
| Andrew Strauss | 2 March 1977 | 61 | Left | Left arm medium | Middlesex Crusaders |
| Michael Yardy | 27 November 1980 | 2 | Left | Right arm off break | Sussex Sharks |

## India

India selected their squad at the same time as announcing their squad for the 2006–07 DLF Cup. Spinner Anil Kumble, with 264 ODIs under his belt, was not selected, which was made headline news by cricket website ESPNcricinfo.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Rahul Dravid (c) | 11 January 1973 | 293 | Right | Right arm off break | Karnataka |
| Ajit Agarkar | 4 December 1977 | 169 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Mumbai |
| M. S. Dhoni | 7 July 1981 | 52 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Jharkhand |
| Harbhajan Singh | 3 July 1980 | 134 | Right | Right arm off break | Punjab |
| Mohammad Kaif | 1 December 1980 | 121 | Right | Right arm off break | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dinesh Mongia | 17 April 1977 | 52 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Punjab, Leicestershire Foxes |
| Munaf Patel | 12 July 1983 | 10 | Right | Right arm medium fast | Maharashtra |
| Irfan Pathan | 27 October 1984 | 66 | Left | Left arm medium fast | Baroda |
| Ramesh Powar | 20 May 1978 | 15 | Right | Right arm off break | Mumbai |
| Suresh Raina | 27 November 1986 | 30 | Left | Right arm off break | Uttar Pradesh |
| Virender Sehwag | 20 October 1978 | 150 | Right | Right arm off break | Delhi |
| R. P. Singh | 6 December 1985 | 19 | Right | Left arm fast medium | Uttar Pradesh |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 24 April 1973 | 367 | Right | Right arm leg break | Mumbai |
| Yuvraj Singh | 12 December 1981 | 157 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Punjab |
| Replacement player ||||||
| Shanthakumaran Sreesanth | 6 February 1983 | 19 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Kerala |

## New Zealand

New Zealand selected a preliminary squad of 30, before cutting it down to 14 on 7 September. Scott Styris was included despite missing a county match with Middlesex due to injury; Shane Bond, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori had all recovered from injuries and were included, while Michael Mason was ruled out by an injury. The selection of Wellington seamer Mark Gillespie, described by coach John Bracewell as "the domestic season's outstanding pace bowler", was described by Herald on Sunday writer Dylan Cleaver as a "bolter".
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Stephen Fleming (c) | 1 April 1973 | 252 | Left | Right arm slow medium | Wellington Firebirds, Nottinghamshire Outlaws |
| Nathan Astle | 15 September 1971 | 212 | Right | Right arm medium | Canterbury Wizards, Lancashire Lightning |
| Shane Bond | 7 June 1975 | 45 | Right | Right arm fast | Canterbury Wizards |
| James Franklin | 7 November 1980 | 41 | Left | Left arm fast medium | Wellington Firebirds, Glamorgan Dragons |
| Peter Fulton | 1 February 1979 | 10 | Right | Right arm medium | Canterbury Wizards |
| Mark Gillespie | 17 October 1979 | 0 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Wellington Firebirds |
| Brendon McCullum | 27 September 1981 | 84 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Canterbury Wizards, Glamorgan Dragons |
| Hamish Marshall | 15 February 1979 | 55 | Right | Right arm medium | Northern Districts Knights, Gloucestershire Gladiators |
| Kyle Mills | 15 March 1979 | 60 | Right | Right arm medium | Auckland Aces |
| Jacob Oram | 28 July 1978 | 83 | Left | Right arm medium | Central Districts Stags |
| Jeetan Patel | 7 May 1980 | 9 | Right | Right arm off break | Wellington Firebirds |
| Scott Styris | 10 July 1975 | 116 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Auckland Aces, Middlesex Crusaders |
| Daniel Vettori | 27 January 1979 | 169 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Northern Districts Knights, Warwickshire Bears |
| Lou Vincent | 11 November 1978 | 83 | Right | Right arm medium | Auckland Aces, Worcestershire Royals |

## Pakistan

Pakistan selected their squad on 6 September. Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq have been suspended for four matches due to "bringing the game into disrepute" during the fourth Test of the 2006 series between England and Pakistan, and was thus withdrawn from the squad, and was unable to take any part in the tournament, as Faisal Iqbal was called up as replacement. Younis Khan was named replacement captain, only to resign two days before the tournament began, leading Shahid Afridi to take over. However, on 7 October, the new Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Naseem Ashraf announced that Younis would captain the side.
On 16 October, before Pakistan had started playing any games in the tournament, it was revealed that two Pakistani players, Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar had failed a drugs test for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Abdur Rehman and Yasir Arafat were called up to replace them.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Younis Khan (c) | 29 November 1977 | 139 | Right | Right arm leg break | HBL, Peshawar |
| Shahid Afridi (vc) | 1 March 1980 | 225 | Right | Right arm leg break googly | HBL, Ireland |
| Abdul Razzaq | 2 December 1979 | 213 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Lahore Ravi |
| Abdur Rehman | 1 March 1980 | 0 | Left | Slow left arm | HBL, Sialkot |
| Faisal Iqbal | 30 December 1981 | 17 | Right | Right arm medium | PIA, Karachi Harbour |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 1 December 1980 | 19 | Right | Right arm medium | ZTBL, Islamabad |
| Imran Farhat | 20 May 1982 | 27 | Left | Right arm leg break | HBL, Lahore Shalimar |
| Kamran Akmal | 13 January 1982 | 50 | Right | Wicket-keeper | NBP, Lahore Ravi |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 17 October 1980 | 35 | Right | Right arm off break | SNGPL, Faisalabad |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 27 August 1974 | 219 | Right | | WAPDA, Lahore Ravi |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 28 February 1978 | 50 | Right | Right arm medium fast | Sialkot, Sussex Sharks |
| Shoaib Malik | 1 February 1982 | 122 | Right | Right arm off break | PIA, Sialkot |
| Umar Gul | 14 April 1984 | 19 | Right | Right arm fast medium | PIA, Peshawar |
| Yasir Arafat | 12 March 1982 | 6 | Right | Right arm medium | NBP, Rawalpindi, Sussex Sharks |

## South Africa

South Africa selected their squad of 14 on 7 September. The omission of spinner Nicky Boje, with 115 ODI caps for South Africa, was described as "interesting" by ESPNcricinfo.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Graeme Smith (c) | 1 February 1981 | 90 | Left | Off break | Cape Cobras |
| Loots Bosman | 14 April 1977 | 3 | Right | Right arm medium | Eagles |
| Mark Boucher | 3 December 1976 | 218 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Warriors |
| A. B. de Villiers | 17 February 1984 | 17 | Right | Right arm medium and wicket-keeper | Titans |
| Boeta Dippenaar | 14 June 1977 | 98 | Right | Off break | Eagles |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 23 February 1974 | 186 | Right | Right arm medium | Cape Cobras |
| Andrew Hall | 31 July 1975 | 70 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Lions, Kent Spitfires |
| Jacques Kallis | 16 October 1975 | 229 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Cape Cobras |
| Justin Kemp | 2 October 1977 | 53 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Titans, Kent Spitfires |
| Charl Langeveldt | 17 December 1974 | 31 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Lions |
| André Nel | 15 July 1977 | 47 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Titans |
| Makhaya Ntini | 6 July 1977 | 130 | Right | Right arm fast | Warriors |
| Robin Peterson | 4 August 1979 | 28 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Warriors |
| Shaun Pollock | 16 July 1973 | 255 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Dolphins |

## Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka picked a 14-man squad on 25 August 2006.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Mahela Jayawardene (c) | 27 May 1977 | 219 | Right | Right arm medium pace | Sinhalese SC |
| Marvan Atapattu | 22 November 1970 | 253 | Right | Right arm leg break | Sinhalese SC |
| Malinga Bandara | 31 December 1979 | 19 | Right | Right arm leg break googly | Ragama CC |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 14 October 1976 | 96 | Right | Right arm off break | Bloomfield C&AC |
| Dilhara Fernando | 19 July 1979 | 94 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Sinhalese SC |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 30 June 1969 | 363 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Bloomfield C&AC |
| Chamara Kapugedera | 24 February 1987 | 15 | Right | Right arm medium | Colombo CC |
| Farveez Maharoof | 7 September 1984 | 46 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Bloomfield C&AC |
| Lasith Malinga | 4 September 1983 | 15 | Right | Right arm medium | Nondescripts CC |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 April 1972 | 269 | Right | Right arm off break | Tamil Union C&AC |
| Ruchira Perera | 6 April 1977 | 16 | Left | Left arm medium fast | Colts CC |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 27 October 1977 | 167 | Left | Wicket-keeper | Nondescripts CC |
| Upul Tharanga | 2 February 1985 | 29 | Left | | Nondescripts CC |
| Chaminda Vaas | 27 January 1974 | 280 | Left | Left arm fast medium | Colts CC |

## West Indies

West Indies went in with the same 14-man squad as in the 2006–07 DLF Cup triangular tournament in Malaysia in September.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Brian Lara (c) | 2 May 1969 | 271 | Left | Right arm leg break googly | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc) | 23 June 1980 | 107 | Right | Right arm leg break | Guyana |
| Carlton Baugh, Jr. | 23 June 1982 | 17 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Jamaica |
| Ian Bradshaw | 9 July 1974 | 47 | Left | Left arm fast medium | Barbados |
| Dwayne Bravo | 7 October 1983 | 48 | Right | Right arm medium fast | Trinidad and Tobago, Kent Spitfires |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 18 August 1974 | 196 | Left | Right arm leg break | Guyana |
| Corey Collymore | 21 December 1977 | 70 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Barbados |
| Fidel Edwards | 6 February 1982 | 21 | Right | Right arm fast | Barbados |
| Chris Gayle | 21 September 1979 | 140 | Left | Right arm off break | Jamaica |
| Wavell Hinds | 7 September 1976 | 110 | Left | Right arm medium | Jamaica |
| Runako Morton | 22 July 1978 | 22 | Right | Right arm off break | Leeward Islands |
| Marlon Samuels | 5 February 1981 | 67 | Right | Right arm off break | Jamaica |
| Dwayne Smith | 12 April 1983 | 47 | Right | Right arm medium | Barbados |
| Jerome Taylor | 22 June 1984 | 16 | Right | Right arm fast | Jamaica |

## Zimbabwe

Tafadzwa Mufambisi replaced Vusimuzi Sibanda as he was playing club cricket in Australia. Gary Brent replaced Terry Duffin before the match with Bangladesh on 13 October.
| Player | Date of Birth | ODIs | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| Prosper Utseya (c) | 26 March 1985 | 47 | Right | Right arm off break | Manicaland |
| Chamu Chibhabha | 6 September 1986 | 12 | Right | Right arm medium | Mashonaland |
| Elton Chigumbura | 14 March 1986 | 41 | Right | Right arm medium | Manicaland |
| Terry Duffin | 20 March 1982 | 18 | Left | Right arm medium | Matabeleland |
| Anthony Ireland | 30 August 1984 | 16 | Right | Right arm medium | Midlands |
| Tafadzwa Kamungozi | 8 June 1987 | 1 | Right | Right arm leg break | Masvingo |
| Hamilton Masakadza | 9 August 1983 | 29 | Right | Right arm leg break googly | Manicaland |
| Stuart Matsikenyeri | 3 May 1983 | 53 | Right | Right arm off break | Manicaland |
| Tafadzwa Mufambisi | 17 December 1986 | 3 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Mashonaland |
| Tawanda Mupariwa | 16 April 1985 | 18 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Matabeleland |
| Ed Rainsford | 14 December 1984 | 18 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Midlands |
| Piet Rinke | 5 November 1981 | 16 | Right | Right arm fast medium | Manicaland |
| Gregory Strydom | 26 March 1984 | 11 | Right | Right arm medium | Matabeleland |
| Brendan Taylor | 6 February 1986 | 50 | Right | Right arm off break and Wicket-keeper | Mashonaland |
| Replacement player ||||||
| Gary Brent | 13 January 1976 | 48 | Right | Right arm medium fast | Manicaland |

## References and notes

* ↑ Champions Trophy: Pakistan names probables, from The Hindu. Retrieved 4 September 2006
* ↑ Sreesanth replaces injured Agarkar Archived 26 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2006
* ↑ ESPNcricinfo – Australia Squad Archived 7 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 September 2006
* ↑ McGrath picked for Champions Trophy Archived 7 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, by ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2006
* ↑ Cullen replaces Clark for Trophy Archived 6 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine, BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2006
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The number of ODIs given are those the player has played for his country. Some players have also played for the ICC World XI, an Asian XI or an African XI.
* ↑ The first class team(s) given are the domestic team(s) the player turned out for in the 2005–06 and 2006 season.
* ↑ Hossain for Bangladesh one-dayers Archived 28 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, from Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 10 September 2006
* ↑ Flintoff named skipper for Ashes Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2006
* ↑ Kumble not in Champions Trophy squad Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today, from ESPNcricinfo, 3 September 2006
* 1 2 Injured before the last match and replaced with Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. Archived 26 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
* ↑ ESPNcricinfo – New Zealand Squad Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 September 2006
* 1 2 New Zealand sweat on Styris Archived 20 January 2013 at archive.today, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
* ↑ New squad is big news in New Zealand Archived 9 July 2012 at archive.today, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
* ↑ Inzamam to lead Pakistan in Champions Trophy Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2006
* ↑ Inzamam cleared of ball tampering Archived 11 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2006
* ↑ Technicality rules Inzamam out of tournament Archived 17 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine, by Anand Vasu. Retrieved 17 October 2006
* ↑ Mohammad Yousuf to lead Pakistan Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today, Osman Samiuddin, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2006
* ↑ Younis Khan reinstated as captain Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2006
* ↑ Asif and Akhtar to return home Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine, by Osman Samiuddin. Retrieved 17 October 2006
* ↑ Replacement for the suspended Inzamam. Iqbal to replace Inzamam for Champions Trophy Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2006
* ↑ Boje left out for Champions Trophy Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
* ↑ Sri Lanka Squad Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine, from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2006
* ↑ Windies to stick with players for Champions Trophy Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, by the CMC, retrieved from the Jamaica Observer on 10 September 2006
* ↑ "Zimbabwe: Mufambisi to Replace Sibanda". allafrica.com. 6 October 2006.