# 1996 Cricket World Cup squads

This is a list of the final 14-man squads named for the 1996 Cricket World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which took place from 14 February 1996 to 17 March 1996. The oldest player at the 1996 Cricket World Cup was Nolan Clarke (47) of The Netherlands while the youngest player was Thomas Odoyo (17) of Kenya.

## Australia

* Coach: Geoff Marsh
* Oldest Player : Ian Healy (31y 286d)
* Youngest Player : Ricky Ponting (21y 53d)
* Average Age : 27 y 209d
| Player | Date of birth | Age | Matches before 1996 WC | WC Matches before 1996 WC | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Mark Taylor (c) | 27 October 1964 | 31y 106d | 89 | 2 | Left hand | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
| Michael Bevan | 8 May 1970 | 25y 278d | 25 | - | Left hand | Slow left-arm wrist spin | New South Wales |
| Damien Fleming | 24 April 1970 | 25y 292d | 14 | - | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| Ian Healy (wk) (vc) | 30 April 1964 | 31y 286d | 139 | 7 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Queensland |
| Stuart Law | 18 October 1968 | 27y 115d | 14 | - | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Queensland |
| Shane Lee | 8 August 1973 | 22y 186d | 6 | - | Right hand | Right–arm medium | New South Wales |
| Craig McDermott | 14 April 1965 | 30y 302d | 137 | 16 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Queensland |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 February 1970 | 26y 1d | 44 | - | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | New South Wales |
| Ricky Ponting | 19 December 1974 | 21y 53d | 16 | - | Right hand | Right arm medium | Tasmania |
| Paul Reiffel | 19 April 1966 | 29y 297d | 55 | - | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| Michael Slater | 21 February 1970 | 25y 354d | 33 | - | Right hand | Right arm medium | New South Wales |
| Shane Warne | 13 September 1969 | 26y 150d | 52 | - | Right hand | Right-arm leg break | Victoria |
| Mark Waugh | 2 June 1965 | 30y 253d | 106 | 5 | Right hand | Right-arm medium Right-arm off-break | New South Wales |
| Steve Waugh | 2 June 1965 | 30y 253d | 189 | 16 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |

## England

* Coach: Ray Illingworth
* Oldest Player : Alec Stewart (32y 308d)
* Youngest Player: Dominic Cork (24y 187d)
* Average age : 29y 68d
* Dermot Reeve was called up for the team as injury replacement for Craig White
| Player ! | Date of Birth | Age | Matches before 1996 WC | WC Matches before 1996 WC | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Michael Atherton (c) | 23 March 1968 | 27y 324d | 31 | - | Right hand | Right arm leg break Wicket-keeper | Lancashire |
| Dominic Cork | 7 August 1971 | 24y 187d | 14 | - | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Derbyshire |
| Phillip DeFreitas | 18 February 1966 | 29y 357d | 97 | 18 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Lancashire |
| Neil Fairbrother | 9 September 1963 | 32y 154d | 51 | 9 | Left hand | Left-arm medium | Lancashire |
| Darren Gough | 18 September 1970 | 25y 145d | 16 | - | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Yorkshire |
| Graeme Hick | 23 May 1966 | 29y 263d | 54 | 10 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | Worcestershire |
| Peter Martin | 15 November 1968 | 27y 87d | 7 | - | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Lancashire |
| Richard Illingworth | 23 August 1963 | 32y 171d | 21 | - | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Worcestershire |
| Jack Russell (wk) | 15 August 1963 | 32y 179d | 31 | - | Left hand | Right arm off break | Gloucestershire |
| Neil Smith | 27 July 1967 | 28y 198d | 2 | - | Right hand | Right-arm off break | Warwickshire |
| Robin Smith | 13 September 1963 | 32y 150d | 69 | 8 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | Hampshire |
| Alec Stewart | 8 April 1963 | 32y 308d | 68 | 10 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Surrey |
| Graham Thorpe | 1 August 1969 | 26y 193d | 19 | - | Left hand | Right arm medium | Surrey |
| Craig White | 16 December 1969 | 26y 56d | 8 | - | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Yorkshire |
| Dermot Reeve | 2 April 1963 | 32y 319d | 27 | 9 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Warwickshire |

## India

Coach/manager: Ajit Wadekar
* Oldest Player: Mohammad Azharuddin (33y 2d)
* Youngest Player: Sachin Tendulkar (22y 292d)
* Average age: 27y 168d
| Player | Date of birth | Age | Matches before 1996 WC | WC Matches before 1996 WC | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (c) | 8 February 1963 | 33y 2d | 200 | 15 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Hyderabad |
| Sachin Tendulkar (vc) | 24 April 1973 | 22y 292d | 102 | 8 | Right hand | Right-arm medium Right-arm leg break Right-arm off-break | Mumbai |
| Vinod Kambli | 18 January 1972 | 24y 23d | 62 | 5 | Left hand | Right-arm off-break | Mumbai |
| Aashish Kapoor | 25 March 1971 | 24y 322d | 7 | - | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Punjab |
| Anil Kumble | 17 October 1970 | 25y 116d | 72 | - | Right hand | Right-arm leg spin | Karnataka |
| Sanjay Manjrekar | 12 July 1965 | 30y 213d | 59 | 6 | Right hand | Right arm off-spin | Mumbai |
| Nayan Mongia (wk) | 19 December 1969 | 26y 53d | 35 | - | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Baroda |
| Manoj Prabhakar | 15 April 1963 | 32y 301d | 126 | 15 | Right hand | Right-arm medium pace | Delhi |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 5 August 1969 | 26y 189d | 21 | - | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu | 20 October 1963 | 32y 113d | 93 | 7 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Punjab |
| Javagal Srinath | 31 August 1969 | 26y 163d | 83 | 8 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Karnataka |
| Ajay Jadeja | 1 February 1971 | 25y 9d | 42 | 6 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Haryana |
| Salil Ankola | 1 March 1968 | 27y 346d | 14 | - | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Mumbai |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 9 July 1969 | 26y 216d | 42 | 7 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Hyderabad |

## Kenya

Coach: Hanumant Singh
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Maurice Odumbe (c) | 15 June 1969 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Aga Khan, Nairobi |
| Rajab Ali | 19 November 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | n/a |
| Dipak Chudasama | 20 May 1963 | Right hand | – | n/a |
| Tariq Iqbal | 3 April 1964 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | n/a |
| Aasif Karim | 15 September 1963 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Jaffery, Mombasa |
| Hitesh Modi | 13 October 1971 | Left hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu |
| Thomas Odoyo | 12 May 1978 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu |
| Edward Odumbe | 19 May 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | n/a |
| Lameck Onyango | 22 September 1973 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Swamibapa, Nairobi |
| Kennedy Otieno (wk) | 11 March 1972 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Ruaraka, Nairobi |
| Brijal Patel | 14 November 1977 | Right hand | Slow left-arm | Premier, Nairobi |
| Martin Suji | 2 June 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Aga Khan, Nairobi |
| David Tikolo | 27 December 1964 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | |
| Steve Tikolo | 25 June 1971 | Right hand | Right arm Offbreak | Swamibapa, Nairobi |

## Netherlands

| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Steven Lubbers (c) | 24 March 1953 | Right hand | Right-arm off-break | Hermes DVS |
| Flavian Aponso | 28 October 1952 | Left hand | Right-arm offbreak | Sebastianites CAC |
| Paul-Jan Bakker | 19 September 1957 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Quick Den Haag |
| Peter Cantrell | 28 October 1962 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | SV Kampong |
| Nolan Clarke | 22 June 1948 | Right hand | Legbreak googly | Sparta 1888 |
| Eric Gouka | 29 January 1970 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Excelsior'20 |
| Floris Jansen | 10 June 1962 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | SV Kampong |
| Tim de Leede | 25 January 1968 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Voorburg |
| Roland Lefebvre | 7 February 1963 | Right arm | Right–arm medium | Glamorgan |
| Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk | 10 July 1970 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | VOC |
| Robert van Oosterom | 16 October 1968 | Right hand | - | HBS |
| Marcel Schewe (wk) | 10 March 1969 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Excelsior'20 |
| Reinout Scholte (wk) | 10 August 1967 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | HBS |
| Bas Zuiderent | 3 March 1977 | Right hand | Right arm medium | VOC |

## New Zealand

Coach: Glenn Turner
* Oldest Player: Dipak Patel (37y 108d)
* Youngest Player : Stephen Fleming (22y 315d)
* Average age : 27y 14d
| Player | Date of birth | Age | Matches before 1996 WC | WC Matches before 1996 WC | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Lee Germon (c/wk) | 4 November 1968 | 27y 98d | 13 | 0 | Right hand | Right arm leg break Wicket-keeper | Canterbury |
| Nathan Astle | 15 September 1971 | 24y 148d | 17 | 0 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Canterbury |
| Chris Cairns | 13 June 1970 | 25y 242d | 38 | 5 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Canterbury |
| Stephen Fleming | 1 April 1973 | 22y 315d | 37 | 0 | Left hand | Right arm offbreak | Canterbury |
| Chris Harris | 20 November 1969 | 26y 82d | 58 | 9 | Left hand | Right arm medium | Canterbury |
| Robert Kennedy | 3 June 1972 | 23y 52d | 2 | 0 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Otago |
| Gavin Larsen | 27 September 1962 | 33y 136d | 76 | 9 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Wellington |
| Danny Morrison | 3 February 1966 | 30y 7d | 86 | 6 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Auckland |
| Dion Nash | 20 November 1971 | 24y 82d | 22 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm fast medium | Northern Districts |
| Adam Parore | 23 January 1971 | 25y 18d | 45 | 0 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Auckland |
| Dipak Patel | 25 October 1958 | 37y 108d | 56 | 15 | Right-hand | Right arm off-break | Auckland |
| Craig Spearman | 4 July 1972 | 23y 221d | 7 | 0 | Right-hand | – | Central Districts |
| Shane Thomson | 27 January 1969 | 27y 14d | 48 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm off-break Right-arm fast-medium | Northern Districts |
| Roger Twose | 17 April 1968 | 27y 299d | 12 | 0 | Left hand | Right-arm medium pace | Wellington |

## Pakistan

* Oldest Player : Javed Miandad (38y 243d)
* Youngest Player : Saqlain Mushtaq (19y 43d)
* Average age: 27y 197d
| Player | Date of Birth | Age | Matches before 1996 WC | WC Matches before 1996 WC | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Wasim Akram (c) | 3 June 1966 | 29y 252d | 193 | 17 | Left hand | Left-arm fast | PIA |
| Aamer Sohail(vc) | 14 September 1966 | 29y 149d | 85 | 10 | Left hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Allied Bank Limited |
| Aaqib Javed | 5 August 1972 | 23y 189d | 121 | 10 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Allied Bank Limited |
| Ata-ur-Rehman | 28 March 1975 | 20y 319d | 25 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Allied Bank Limited |
| Ijaz Ahmed | 20 September 1968 | 27y 143d | 121 | 14 | Right hand | Left-arm medium | Habib Bank |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 3 March 1970 | 25y 344d | 96 | 10 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Faisalabad |
| Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | 38y 243d | 228 | 28 | Right hand | Right-arm legbreak | Habib Bank |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 28 June 1970 | 25y 227 | 90 | 9 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | Multan |
| Rameez Raja | 14 August 1962 | 33y 180d | 170 | 15 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | Lahore |
| Rashid Latif (wk) | 14 October 1968 | 27y 119d | 70 | 0 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper Right hand leg break | Karachi |
| Saeed Anwar | 6 September 1968 | 27y 158d | 82 | 0 | Left-hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | National Bank |
| Saleem Malik | 16 April 1963 | 32y 300d | 214 | 17 | Right hand | Right arm off-break Slow right-arm medium | Lahore |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 29 December 1976 | 19y 43d | 5 | 0 | Right hand | Right arm off break | Pakistan Intl. Airlines |
| Waqar Younis | 16 November 1971 | 24y 86d | 112 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | United Bank Limited |

## South Africa

Coach: Bob Woolmer
| Player | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Hansie Cronje (c) | 25 September 1969 | 77 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Free State |
| Paul Adams | 20 January 1977 | 3 | Right hand | Left-arm wrist spin | Western Province |
| Daryl Cullinan | 4 March 1967 | 41 | Right hand | Right arm off break | Transvaal |
| Fanie de Villiers | 13 October 1964 | 62 | Right hand | Right-arm fast medium | Northern Transvaal |
| Allan Donald | 20 October 1966 | 57 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Warwickshire |
| Andrew Hudson | 17 March 1965 | 60 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Jacques Kallis | 16 October 1975 | 7 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Western Province |
| Gary Kirsten | 23 November 1967 | 35 | Left hand | Right arm off break | Western Province |
| Craig Matthews | 15 February 1965 | 43 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Western Province |
| Brian McMillan | 22 December 1963 | 48 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Western Province |
| Steve Palframan (wk) | 12 May 1970 | 1 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Boland |
| Shaun Pollock | 16 July 1973 | 7 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Warwickshire |
| Jonty Rhodes | 27 July 1969 | 76 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Pat Symcox | 14 April 1960 | 19 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | KwaZulu-Natal |

## Sri Lanka

Coach: Dav Whatmore
| Player ! | Date of birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Arjuna Ranatunga (c) | 1 December 1963 | 178 | Left-hand | Right-hand medium | Sinhalese SC |
| Aravinda de Silva (vc) | 17 October 1965 | 175 | Right hand | Right-arm off-break | Nondescripts |
| Upul Chandana | 7 May 1972 | 5 | Right hand | Right-arm leg-break | Tamil Union C&AC |
| Marvan Atapattu | 22 November 1970 | 7 | Right hand | Right arm leg spin | Sinhalese SC |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 24 April 1971 | 27 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Bloomfield |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 16 September 1966 | 128 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | Nondescripts |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) | 24 November 1969 | 40 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper Right-arm medium | Sebastianites |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 30 June 1969 | 99 | Left hand | Slow left arm orthodox | Bloomfield |
| Roshan Mahanama | 31 May 1966 | 136 | Right-hand | - | Bloomfield |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 April 1972 | 35 | Right hand | Right-arm off break | Tamil Union |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 21 July 1975 | 18 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Colts CC |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 14 July 1967 | 123 | Left hand | - | Nondescripts |
| Chaminda Vaas | 27 January 1974 | 41 | Left Hand | Left arm fast medium | Colts CC |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 14 August 1971 | 76 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Burgher RC |

## United Arab Emirates

| Players | Date of Birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style |
| Sultan Zarawani (c) | 24 January 1961 | 2 | Right hand | Right arm leg spin |
| Arshad Laeeq | 28 November 1970 | 2 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Azhar Saeed | 25 December 1970 | 2 | Left hand | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Imtiaz Abbasi (wk) | 9 June 1968 | 2 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper |
| Mazhar Hussain | 25 October 1967 | 2 | Right hand | Right-arm leg break |
| Mohammad Aslam | 7 September 1961 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm fast |
| Mohammad Ishaq | 7 March 1963 | 2 | Right hand | Right-arm medium |
| Vijay Mehra | 17 October 1963 | 2 | Right hand | - |
| Ganesh Mylvaganam | 1 August 1966 | 0 | Right hand | - |
| Saeed-Al-Saffar | 31 July 1968 | 0 | Left hand | Left-arm fast-medium |
| Saleem Raza | 5 July 1964 | 2 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak |
| Johanne Samarasekera | 22 February 1968 | 2 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Shaukat Dukanwala | 21 January 1957 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm Offbreak |
| Shehzad Altaf | 6 October 1957 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm medium |

## West Indies

Coach: Andy Roberts
| Player | Date of Birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Richie Richardson (c) | 12 January 1962 | 218 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-pace | Northern Transvaal |
| Jimmy Adams | 9 January 1968 | 50 | Left hand | Slow left arm orthodox | Jamaica |
| Curtly Ambrose | 21 September 1963 | 122 | Left hand | Right-arm fast | Leeward Islands |
| Keith Arthurton | 21 February 1965 | 81 | Left hand | Slow left-arm orthodox leg break | Leeward Islands |
| Ian Bishop | 24 October 1967 | 66 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Courtney Browne (wk) | 7 December 1970 | 13 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Barbados |
| Sherwin Campbell | 1 January 1970 | 22 | Right hand | Right-arm medium pace | Barbados |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 16 August 1974 | 18 | Left hand | Right-arm leg break | Guyana |
| Cameron Cuffy | 8 February 1970 | 9 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Windward Islands |
| Ottis Gibson | 16 March 1969 | 10 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Barbados |
| Roger Harper | 17 March 1963 | 93 | Right hand | Right-arm off break | Guyana |
| Roland Holder | 22 December 1967 | 18 | Right hand | Right-arm medium pace | Barbados |
| Brian Lara | 2 May 1969 | 92 | Left hand | Right-arm leg break | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Courtney Walsh | 30 October 1962 | 150 | Right hand | Right-arm medium fast | Jamaica |
| Phil Simmons | 18 April 1963 | 111 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Trinidad and Tobago |

## Zimbabwe

| Player | Date of Birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Andy Flower (c/wk) | 28 April 1968 | 39 | Left-hand | Wicket-keeper Right-arm off break | Mashonaland |
| Eddo Brandes | 5 March 1963 | 27 | Right-hand | Right arm fast | Mashonaland |
| Alistair Campbell | 23 September 1972 | 31 | Left hand | Right-arm off break | Manicaland |
| Sean Davies | 15 October 1973 | 3 | Left hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Mashonaland |
| Craig Evans | 29 November 1969 | 7 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Matabeleland |
| Grant Flower | 20 December 1970 | 29 | Right hand | Slow left arm orthodox | Mashonaland |
| Charlie Lock | 10 September 1962 | 2 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Mashonaland |
| Henry Olonga | 3 July 1976 | 2 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Matabeleland |
| Stephen Peall | 2 September 1969 | 16 | Left hand | Right-arm offbreak | Mashonaland |
| Bryan Strang | 9 June 1972 | 6 | Right hand | Left-arm medium | Mashonaland |
| Paul Strang | 28 July 1970 | 12 | Right hand | Right-arm leg break | Mashonaland |
| Heath Streak | 16 March 1974 | 21 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Matabeleland |
| Andy Waller | 25 September 1959 | 24 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Mashonaland |
| Guy Whittall | 5 September 1972 | 20 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Mashonaland |