This page lists the squads picked for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. This is the first World Twenty20 tournament which had been organised by the ICC. The championship was run from 11 to 24 September 2007 in South Africa. 12 teams took part in the championship, and the teams were sorted by their groups in the preliminary group stage. The first-class team listed for each player is the domestic team he plays for in his home country and any English county he has played for in the 2007 season, which was running concurrently to the World Twenty20 tournament. The winner of the Final was India. Second place went to Pakistan.
Bangladesh announced their squad on 9 August 2007.[1]
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s[2] | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Mohammad Ashraful (c) | 9 September 1984 | 2 | Right | Dhaka Division | ||||||||
| 2 | Mashrafe Mortaza (vc) | 5 October 1983 | 3 | Right | Khulna Division | ||||||||
| 41 | 15 June 1982 | 3 | Right | Khulna Division | |||||||||
| 97 | 10 November 1985 | 3 | Right | Chittagong Division | |||||||||
| 14 | 1 January 1984 | 2 | Right | Sylhet Division | |||||||||
| 76 | 16 June 1986 | 3 | Right | Rajshahi Division | |||||||||
| 31 | 30 October 1987 | 0 | Left | Rajshahi Division | |||||||||
| 30 | 4 February 1986 | 2 | Right | Dhaka Division | |||||||||
| 15 | 1 September 1988 | 3 | Right | Rajshahi Division | |||||||||
| 83 | 21 April 1987 | 1 | Right | Barisal Division | |||||||||
| 40 | 1 October 1985 | 2 | Right | Chittagong Division | |||||||||
| 75 | 24 March 1987 | 1 | Left | Khulna Division | |||||||||
| 47 | 3 July 1984 | 2 | Left | Khulna Division | |||||||||
| 29 | 20 March 1989 | 2 | Left | Chittagong Division | |||||||||
| 50 | 2 December 1986 | 0 | Right | Khulna Division |
South Africa announced their squad on 11 August 2007.[3] Loots Bosman was ruled out of the competition with a lower back injury.[4]
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Graeme Smith (c) | 1 February 1981 | 5 | Left | Cape Cobras | ||||||||
| 9 | 3 December 1976 | 2 | Right | Cape Cobras | |||||||||
| 17 | 17 February 1984 | 3 | Right | Nashua Titans | |||||||||
| 7 | 16 July 1973 | 4 | Right | Nashua Dolphins | |||||||||
| 16 | 6 July 1977 | 2 | Right | Right-arm fast | Fidentia Warriors | ||||||||
| 89 | 15 July 1977 | 1 | Right | Nashua Titans | |||||||||
| 0 | 19 November 1984 | 0 | Right | Gestetner Diamond-Eagles | |||||||||
| 65 | 6 October 1984 | 0 | Left | Nashua Titans | |||||||||
| 81 | 10 June 1981 | 0 | Left | Nashua Titans | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 October 1977 | 3 | Right | Cape Cobras Kent Spitfires | |||||||||
| 29 | 10 January 1978 | 3 | Right | Gestetner Diamond-Eagles Northamptonshire Steelbacks | |||||||||
| 24 | 24 June 1985 | 0 | Right | Cape Cobras | |||||||||
| 07 | 23 February 1974 | 4 | Right | Cape Cobras | |||||||||
| 21 | 14 April 1984 | 0 | Left | Cape Cobras | |||||||||
| 69 | 4 January 1979 | 0 | Left | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | Nashua Titans |
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 23 June 1980 | 0 | Right | ||||||||||
| 47 | 7 October 1983 | 3 | Right | ||||||||||
| 6 | 18 August 1974 | 2 | Left | Durham Dynamos | |||||||||
| 17 | 12 August 1976 | 0 | Right | ||||||||||
| 66 | 16 August 1983 | 0 | Left | ||||||||||
| 20 | 6 February 1982 | 0 | Right | ||||||||||
| 45 | 21 September 1979 | 3 | Left | ||||||||||
| 37 | 22 July 1978 | 3 | Right | Leeward Islands | |||||||||
| 39 | 15 April 1978 | 2 | Right | Hampshire Hawks | |||||||||
| 80 | 13 March 1985 | 3 | Right | ||||||||||
| 14 | 15 October 1984 | 2 | Left | ||||||||||
| 88 | 20 December 1983 | 2 | Right | Windward Islands | |||||||||
| 52 | 5 February 1981 | 2 | Right | ||||||||||
| 28 | 21 October 1981 | 1 | Left | Windward Islands | |||||||||
| 50 | 12 April 1983 | 3 | Right |
Australia's T20 squad was announced on 20 July 2007.[5] Shaun Tait was named in the original squad but was later ruled out after elbow surgery; he was replaced by Ben Hilfenhaus.[6] The squad was generally the same as that which won the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier in the year.
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Ricky Ponting (c) | 19 December 1974 | 5 | Right |  Tasmanian Tigers | ||||||||
| 18 | Adam Gilchrist (vc) | 14 November 1971 | 4 | Left | Western Warriors | ||||||||
| 59 | 12 September 1977 | 3 | Right | New South Wales Blues | |||||||||
| 8 | 28 September 1975 | 2 | Right | New South Wales Blues Hampshire County Cricket Club | |||||||||
| 23 | 2 April 1981 | 5 | Right | New South Wales Blues | |||||||||
| 57 | 23 October 1977 | 1 | Right | New South Wales Blues | |||||||||
| 28 | 29 October 1971 | 2 | Left | Queensland Bulls | |||||||||
| 29 | 15 March 1983 | 1 | Right | Tasmanian Tigers | |||||||||
| 17 | 29 December 1974 | 0 | Right | Victorian Bushrangers Lancashire Lightning | |||||||||
| 31 | 6 February 1971 | 2 | Left | Western Warriors | |||||||||
| 48 | 27 May 1975 | 4 | Left | Western Warriors | |||||||||
| 25 | 2 November 1981 | 0 | Left | Queensland Bulls | |||||||||
| 58 | 8 November 1976 | 3 | Right | New South Wales Blues | |||||||||
| 63 | 9 June 1975 | 4 | Right | Queensland Bulls | |||||||||
| 33 | 17 June 1981 | 1 | Right | Queensland Bulls |
England announced their squad on 6 August 2007.[7] Ravi Bopara pulled out from the tournament on 4 September, after dislocating his thumb during a bowling spell in the ODI series against India.[8] Three days later, James Anderson was announced to replace him.[9] Ryan Sidebottom also withdrew after failing to recover from a side injury sustained during the third Test against India in early August: Dimitri Mascarenhas was called up as his replacement.[10]
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Paul Collingwood (c) | 26 May 1976 | 6 | Right | Durham Dynamos | ||||||||
| 9 | 30 July 1982 | 3 | Left | Lancashire Lightning | |||||||||
| 39 | 24 June 1986 | 3 | Left | Leicestershire Foxes | |||||||||
| 11 | 6 December 1977 | 2 | Right | Lancashire Lightning | |||||||||
| 16 | 10 January 1975 | 0 | Right | Sussex Sharks | |||||||||
| 6 | 23 May 1974 | 0 | Right | Warwickshire Bears | |||||||||
| 32 | 30 October 1977 | 2 | Right | Hampshire Hawks | |||||||||
| 24 | 27 June 1980 | 6 | Right | ||||||||||
| 13 | 26 February 1982 | 2 | Right | Sussex Sharks | |||||||||
| 28 | 6 October 1978 | 0 | Left | Surrey Brown Caps | |||||||||
| 3 | 22 October 1978 | 2 | Right | Middlesex Crusaders | |||||||||
| 29 | 27 April 1973 | 0 | Right | Leicestershire Foxes | |||||||||
| 38 | 1 April 1976 | 1 | Right | Worcestershire Royals | |||||||||
| 33 | 2 September 1981 | 0 | Right | Hampshire Hawks | |||||||||
| 45 | 7 March 1985 | 0 | Right | Sussex Sharks |
Zimbabwe announced their squad on 14 August 2007.[11] Tatenda Taibu returned to the team for the first time in two years.
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Prosper Utseya (c) | 26 March 1985 | 1 | Right | Easterns | ||||||||
| 12 | 13 January 1976 | 1 | Right | Southerns | |||||||||
| 33 | 6 September 1986 | 1 | Right | Southerns | |||||||||
| 47 | 14 March 1986 | 1 | Right | Northerns | |||||||||
| 17 | 17 August 1980 | 1 | Left | Westerns | |||||||||
| 65 | 19 April 1988 | 0 | Right | Easterns | |||||||||
| 58 | 1 March 1983 | 0 | Right | Easterns | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 August 1983 | 1 | Right | Easterns | |||||||||
| 45 | 3 May 1983 | 1 | Right | Easterns | |||||||||
| 28 | 27 November 1985 | 0 | Right | ||||||||||
| 53 | 16 April 1985 | 0 | Right | Westerns | |||||||||
| 26 | 10 October 1983 | 0 | Right | Midlands | |||||||||
| 44 | 14 May 1983 | 0 | Right | Mashonaland | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 February 1986 | 1 | Right | Mashonaland | |||||||||
| 14 | 26 September 1986 | 1 | Left | Westerns |
Kenya announced their squad on 14 August 2007.[12]
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | Domestic team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Steve Tikolo (c) | 25 June 1971 | 1 | Right |  Swamibapa | ||||||||
| 07 | 22 November 1984 | 2 | Right | Kanbis | |||||||||
| 11 | 12 December 1978 | 1 | Right | Parklands | |||||||||
| 89 | 22 December 1986 | 2 | Right | Aga Khan | |||||||||
| 91 | 25 December 1987 | 1 | Right | Swamibapa | |||||||||
| 13 | 27 July 1981 | 2 | Right | Stray Lions | |||||||||
| 21 | 14 August 1979 | 2 | Right | Stray Lions | |||||||||
| 35 | 7 August 1983 | 0 | Right | Swamibapa | |||||||||
| 00 | 12 May 1978 | 2 | Right | Kanbis | |||||||||
| 77 | 10 February 1977 | 2 | Right | Swamibapa | |||||||||
| 75 | 22 September 1973 | 2 | Right | Swamibapa | |||||||||
| 3 January 1988 | 0 | Right | Swamibapa | ||||||||||
| 17 | 8 November 1982 | 0 | Right | Swamibapa | |||||||||
| 09 | 5 February 1976 | 1 | Right | Swamibapa | |||||||||
| 84 | 9 April 1984 | 2 | Right | Nairobi Gymkhana |
New Zealand announced their squad on 9 August 2007.[13] Long-time captain Stephen Fleming, who stepped down from the One-day International captaincy after the 2007 World Cup, was not included, and Daniel Vettori was given the captaincy. Scott Styris could be replaced, as he has struggled with injury problems playing for Durham in England in 2007.
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Daniel Vettori (c) | 27 January 1979 | 0 | Left |  Northern Districts Knights | ||||||||
| 27 | 7 June 1975 | 3 | Right | Canterbury Wizards | |||||||||
| 50 | 1 February 1979 | 2 | Right | Canterbury Wizards | |||||||||
| 17 | 17 October 1979 | 2 | Right | Wellington Firebirds | |||||||||
| 24 November 1976 | 0 | Right | Otago Volts | ||||||||||
| 42 | 27 September 1981 | 5 | Right | Canterbury Wizards | |||||||||
| 1 September 1980 | 0 | Right | |||||||||||
| 10 | 13 September 1976 | 2 | Right | Canterbury Wizards | |||||||||
| 32 | 10 December 1979 | 0 | Right | Auckland Aces | |||||||||
| 24 | 28 July 1978 | 1 | Left | Central Districts Stags | |||||||||
| 39 | 7 May 1980 | 4 | Right | Wellington Firebirds | |||||||||
| 16 September 1979 | 0 | Left | |||||||||||
| 56 | 10 July 1975 | 3 | Right | Auckland Aces Durham Dynamos | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 March 1984 | 2 | Right | Central Districts Stags | |||||||||
| 40 | 11 November 1978 | 1 | Right | Auckland Aces |
Muttiah Muralitharan was originally selected in the squad, but was withdrawn on 31 August 2007 after straining a biceps.[14] Dilruwan Perera replaced him.
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mahela Jayawardene (c) | 27 May 1977 | 3 | Right | Sinhalese SC | ||||||||
| 18 | 14 October 1976 | 2 | Right | Bloomfield C&AC | |||||||||
| 26 | 19 July 1979 | 3 | Right | Sinhalese SC | |||||||||
| Hasantha Fernando | 14 October 1979 | 0 | Right | Chilaw Marians CC | |||||||||
| 07 | 30 June 1969 | 2 | Left | Bloomfield C&AC Lancashire Lightning | |||||||||
| 77 | 20 May 1982 | 0 | Right | Sinhalese SC | |||||||||
| 28 | 7 September 1984 | 2 | Right | Bloomfield C&AC | |||||||||
| 99 | 4 September 1983 | 2 | Right | Nondescripts CC Kent Spitfires | |||||||||
| 42 | 10 January 1981 | 0 | Left | Colombo CC | |||||||||
| 22 July 1982 | 0 | Right | Panadura CC | ||||||||||
| 11 | 27 October 1977 | 3 | Left | Nondescripts CC Warwickshire Bears | |||||||||
| 05 | 14 December 1979 | 2 | Right | Sebastianites C&AC | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 February 1985 | 3 | Left | Nondescripts CC | |||||||||
| 22 | 27 January 1974 | 1 | Left | Colts CC Middlesex Crusaders | |||||||||
| 47 | 21 December 1976 | 0 | Left | Chilaw Marians CC |
India's squad was announced on 8 August 2007 after the veterans such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid voluntarily opted to not to participate in this world cup.
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20's | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) | 7 July 1981 | 1 | Right |  Jharkhand | ||||||||
| 12 | Yuvraj Singh (vc) | 12 December 1981 | 0 | Left | Left-arm orthodox spin | Punjab | |||||||
| - | 20 October 1978 | 6 | Right | Delhi | |||||||||
| 68 | 4 December 1977 | 1 | Right | Mumbai | |||||||||
| 5 | 14 October 1981 | 0 | Left | Delhi | |||||||||
| 35 | 3 July 1980 | 1 | Right | Punjab | |||||||||
| 23 | 23 October 1983 | 0 | Right | Haryana | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 June 1985 | 1 | Right | Tamil Nadu | |||||||||
| 63 | 27 October 1984 | 1 | Left | Baroda | |||||||||
| 27 | 17 November 1982 | 0 | Right | Baroda | |||||||||
| 11 | 24 December 1988 | 0 | Left | Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||
| 45 | Rohit Sharma | 30 April 1987 | 0 | Right | Mumbai | ||||||||
| 9 | 6 December 1985 | 0 | Right | Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||
| 36 | 6 February 1983 | 1 | Right | Kerala | |||||||||
| 77 | 11 November 1985 | 0 | Right | Karnataka |
After a dressing room incident on 6 September 2007, in which Shoaib Akhtar was alleged to have hit Mohammad Asif with a bat, Akhtar was handed an indefinite ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board and sent home from the tournament before it even began.[15] Sohail Tanvir, an uncapped allrounder, replaced him. Misbah-ul-haq was a controversial selection ahead of Mohammed Yousuf. Yet Misbah ended up being the 2nd highest run scorer in the competition.
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | First class team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Shoaib Malik (c) | 1 February 1982 | 4 | Right |  PIA/Sialkot Stallions | ||||||||
| 36 | 1 March 1980 | 2 | Left | HBL/Sialkot Stallions | |||||||||
| 25 | 8 October 1985 | 1 | Left | NBP/Karachi Dolphins | |||||||||
| 21 | 1 December 1980 | 1 | Right | ZTBL/Islamabad Leopards | |||||||||
| 23 | 13 January 1982 | 4 | Right | NBP/Lahore Lions | |||||||||
| 22 | 28 May 1974 | 2 | Right | Right arm leg break | SNGPL/Faisalabad Wolves | ||||||||
| 26 | 20 December 1982 | 2 | Left | NBP/Sialkot Stallions | |||||||||
| 88 | 17 October 1980 | 3 | Right | SNGPL/Faisalabad Wolves | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 October 1984 | 2 | Left | NBP/Lahore Eagles | |||||||||
| 10 | 1 March 1980 | 3 | Right | HBL/Karachi Dolphins | |||||||||
| 33 | 12 December 1984 | 0 | Left | Attock/Rawalpindi Rams | |||||||||
| 55 | 14 April 1984 | 1 | Right | HBL/Peshawar Panthers | |||||||||
| 27 | 12 March 1982 | 1 | Right | KRL/Rawalpindi Rams Sussex Sharks | |||||||||
| 75 | 29 November 1977 | 4 | Right | HBL/Peshawar Panthers Yorkshire Phoenix |
| width=5% | No. | width=20% | Player | width=18% | Date of birth | width=6% | T20s | width=6% | Batting | width=20% | Bowling style | width=25% | Domestic team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Ryan Watson (c) | 12 November 1976 | 0 | Right | Forfarshire | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 January 1979 | 0 | Left | Rotherham Town | |||||||||
| 23 | 29 October 1969 | 0 | Right | Warwickshire Bears | |||||||||
| 24 | 21 April 1980 | 0 | Right | Watsonians | |||||||||
| 37 | 16 September 1974 | 0 | Left | East Brierley | |||||||||
| 10 | 11 February 1983 | 0 | Left | Ferguslie | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 December 1984 | 0 | Left | Clydesdale | |||||||||
| 25 | 22 November 1977 | 0 | Right | Grange | |||||||||
| 5 | 22 July 1979 | 0 | Right | Grange | |||||||||
| 17 | 6 June 1980 | 0 | Right | Greenock | |||||||||
| 28 | 11 May 1986 | 0 | Right | Warwickshire Bears | |||||||||
| 22 | 30 October 1984 | 0 | Left | Clydesdale | |||||||||
| 55 | 27 September 1972 | 0 | Right | Aberdeenshire | |||||||||
| 12 | 5 June 1979 | 0 | Right | Greenock | |||||||||
| 99 | 28 April 1974 | 0 | Right | Greenock |