1983 Cricket World Cup squads explained

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.

Australia

Manager: Phil Ridings

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team
Kim Hughes (c) 26 January 1954Right handRight arm medium
27 July 1955Left handLeft arm orthodox spin
12 October 1952Right handRight arm medium
Tom Hogan23 September 1956Right-handSlow left-arm orthodox
Rodney Hogg5 March 1951Right handRight hand fast
David Hookes3 May 1955Left-handed
Geoff Lawson7 December 1957Right-handRight-arm fast
Dennis Lillee18 July 1949Right-hand Right-arm fast
Ken MacLeay2 April 1959Right-hand Right-arm medium
Rod Marsh (wk)4 November 1947Left-handedWicket-keeper
Jeff Thomson16 August 1950Right-handedRight arm fast
Kepler Wessels14 September 1957Left-handedRight arm off break
Graeme Wood6 November 1956 Left-handedRight arm medium
Graham Yallop7 October 1952Left handLeft-arm medium

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.[1] 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.[2] Later in the month Greg Chappell pulled out due to injury and Macleay replaced him.[3]

England

Manager: Doug Insole

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team
Bob Willis (c)30 May 1949Right handRight arm fast Warwickshire
14 September 1956Right handRight arm fast-medium Lancashire
Ian Botham24 November 1955Right handRight arm fast-medium Somerset
Norman Cowans17 April 1961Right-handRight-arm fast
Graham Dilley18 May 1959Left-handedRight-arm fast Kent
Graeme Fowler20 April 1957Left-handedRight-arm medium Lancashire
Mike Gatting6 June 1957Right handRight arm medium Middlesex
Ian Gould (wk)19 August 1957Left handWicket-keeper Sussex
1 April 1957Left handRight arm off-break Leicestershire
Trevor Jesty2 June 1948Right-handRight-arm medium Hampshire
Allan Lamb20 June 1954Right-handRight-arm medium
Vic Marks25 June 1955Right-handedRight-arm off break
Derek Randall24 February 1951Right handRight arm medium Nottinghamshire
Chris Tavaré27 October 1954Right-handRight arm off break

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.

India

Manager: P. R. Man Singh

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst Class team
Kapil Dev (c)6 January 1959 (Age 24)Right handRight arm fast-medium Haryana
Mohinder Amarnath (vc)24 September 1950 (Age 33)Right handRight arm medium Delhi
Kirti Azad2 January 1959 (Age 24)Right-handRight-arm off-spinner Delhi
Roger Binny19 July 1955 (Age 28)Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Karnataka
Sunil Gavaskar10 July 1949 (Age 34)Right handRight arm medium
Right arm offbreak
Mumbai
Syed Kirmani (wk)29 December 1949 (Age 34)Right-handedWicket-keeper Karnataka
Madan Lal20 March 1951 (Age 32)Right-handRight-arm medium Delhi
Sandip Patil18 August 1956 (Age 27)Right-hand Right-arm medium Mumbai
Balwinder Sandhu3 August 1956 (Age 27)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast Mumbai
Yashpal Sharma11 August 1954 (Age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium Punjab
Ravi Shastri27 May 1962 (Age 21)Right-handSlow left-arm orthodox Mumbai
Krishnamachari Srikkanth21 December 1959 (Age 24)Right handRight-arm medium
Right-arm offbreak
Tamil Nadu
Sunil Valson2 October 1958 (Age 25)Right-handLeft-arm medium Delhi
Dilip Vengsarkar6 April 1956 (Age 27)Right handRight 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.[4]

New Zealand

Manager: Allan Wright

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team
Geoff Howarth (c)29 March 1951Right handRight arm offbreak Auckland
John Bracewell15 April 1958Right-handedRight arm off break Auckland
Lance Cairns10 October 1949Right handRight arm medium-fast Otago
Ewen Chatfield3 July 1950Right handRight arm medium-fast Wellington
Jeremy Coney21 June 1952Right handRight arm medium Wellington
Jeff Crowe14 September 1958Right-handedRight arm, medium pace Auckland
Martin Crowe22 September 1962Right-handRight-arm medium Central Districts
Bruce Edgar23 November 1956Left handWicket-keeper Wellington
Richard Hadlee3 July 1951Left handRight arm fast Canterbury
Warren Lees (wk)19 March 1952Right handWicket-keeper Otago
Ian Smith (wk)28 February 1957Right-handedWicket-keeper Central Districts
Martin Snedden23 November 1958Left-handRight-arm medium-fast Auckland
Glenn Turner26 May 1947Right handRight arm offbreak Otago
John Wright5 July 1954Left handRight 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

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team
Imran Khan (c)25 November 1952Right handRight arm fast PIA
Abdul Qadir15 September 1955Right-handRight-arm leg spin Habib Bank
Ijaz Faqih24 March 1956Right-hand Right-arm offbreak MCB
Mansoor Akhtar6 September 1962 Right-hand Right-arm offspin United Bank
Mohsin Khan15 March 1955Right-handRight-arm medium pace Habib Bank
Mudassar Nazar6 April 1956Right handRight arm medium Lahore
Rashid Khan15 December 1959Right-handRight-arm fast-medium PIA
Sarfraz Nawaz1 December 1948Right handRight arm fast-medium Lahore
Shahid Mahboob25 August 1962Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Karachi
Tahir Naqqash6 June 1959Right-handRight-arm fast-medium Lahore
Wasim Bari  (wk)23 March 1948Right handWicket-keeper Karachi
Wasim Raja3 July 1952Left handRight arm legbreak Lahore
Zaheer Abbas24 July 1947Right handRight arm offbreak Karachi
Javed Miandad12 June 1957Right handRight arm legbreak Habib Bank

Sri Lanka

Manager: Tambyah Murugaser, Coach: Garfield Sobers

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team
Duleep Mendis (c)25 August 1952Right hand SSC
Guy de Alwis (wk)15 February 1959Right-handWicket-keeper SSC
Ashantha de Mel9 May 1959Right-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Somachandra de Silva11 June 1942Right handRight arm legbreak BCAC
Roy Dias18 October 1952Right handRight-arm offbreak CCC
Vinothen John27 May 1960Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast SCC
Brendon Kuruppu5 January 1962 Right-handedWicket-keeper BRC
Ranjan Madugalle22 April 1959Right handRight-arm offbreak NCC
Arjuna Ranatunga1 December 1963Left-handRight-arm medium SCC
Rumesh Ratnayake2 January 1964 Right-hand batRight-arm fast-medium NCC
Athula Samarasekera5 August 1961 Right-hand batRight-arm medium CCC
Sidath Wettimuny12 August 1956Right handRight-arm medium
Susil Fernando19 December 1955Right hand- SLAFSC
Granville de Silva12 March 1955Right-hand batRight-arm medium

West Indies

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team
Clive Lloyd (c)31 August 1944left handRight-arm mediumGuyana
Faoud Bacchus31 January 1954Right-handRight-arm mediumGuyana
Wayne Daniel16 January 1956Right-handRight-arm fastBarbados
Winston Davis18 September 1958Right-handedRight-arm fast Windward Islands
Jeff Dujon (wk)28 May 1956Right-handWicket-keeperJamaica
Joel Garner16 December 1952Right handRight-arm fastBarbados
Larry Gomes13 July 1953Left-handRight-arm offbreakTrinidad and Tobago
Gordon Greenidge1 May 1951Right-handRight-arm medium/offbreakBarbados
Desmond Haynes15 February 1956Right-handRight-arm legbreak/medium paceBarbados
Michael Holding16 February 1954Right-handRight-arm fastJamaica
Gus Logie28 September 1960Right-handRight-arm off breakTrinidad and Tobago
Malcolm Marshall18 April 1958Right-handRight-arm fastBarbados
Viv Richards7 March 1952Right-handRight-arm medium/offbreakLeeward Islands
Andy Roberts29 January 1951Right-handRight-arm fastLeeward Islands

Background

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

Zimbabwe

Manager: David Ellman-Brown[5]

PlayerDate of BirthBatting styleBowling style
Duncan Fletcher (c)27 September 1948Left-hand Right arm fast-medium
Robin Brown11 March 1951Right-handRight-arm medium
Iain Butchart9 May 1960Right-hand Right-arm medium
Kevin Curran7 September 1959Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
Jack Heron8 November 1948Right-handRight-arm medium
Graeme Hick23 May 1966Right handRight arm off break
Vince Hogg3 July 1952Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast
David Houghton (wk)23 June 1957Right-hand Right-arm off break
Grant Paterson9 June 1960Right-handRight-arm off-spin
Gerald Peckover2 June 1955Right-handed
Andrew Pycroft6 June 1956Right-handRight-arm offbreak
Peter Rawson25 May 1957Right-handRight-arm medium-fast
Ali Shah7 August 1959Left-handRight arm medium
John Traicos17 May 1947Right-handRight arm off-spin

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ashes stars face World Cup axe . . 57 . 17,306 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 15 February 1983 . 31 May 2019 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Trevor Chappell only surprise for Cup . . 57 . 17,386 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 6 May 1983 . 31 May 2019 . 22 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: CRICKET Doubt on Chappell's fitness . . 57 . 17,405 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 25 May 1983 . 31 May 2019 . 42 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: One new man for India . . 57 . 17,395 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 15 May 1983 . 31 May 2019 . 4 (SPORT) . National Library of Australia.
  5. Web site: https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/ZIM_AT_WC83.html . 2024-07-21 . i.imgci.com.