2011 Cricket World Cup squads explained

This is a list of the squads picked for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The oldest player at the 2011 World Cup was John Davison (40) of Canada while the youngest was Nitish Kumar (16) also of Canada.

Group A

Australia

Coach: Tim Nielsen

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs^[1] width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 14 Ricky Ponting (c) February 19, 2011 352 Right 4 Doug Bollinger^3 (withdrawn) February 19, 2011 27 Left 23 Michael Clarke (vc) February 19, 2011 183 Right 12 Callum Ferguson^1 February 19, 2011 28 Right 57 Brad Haddin (wk) February 19, 2011 70 Right None 41 February 19, 2011 2 Right 31 February 19, 2011 24 Right 48 Michael Hussey^3 February 19, 2011 151 Left 25 February 19, 2011 86 Left 18 Jason Krejza^2 February 19, 2011 1 Right 58 February 19, 2011 187 Right 36 Tim Paine (wk) February 19, 2011 24 Right 49 February 19, 2011 10 Right 32 February 19, 2011 25 Right 33 February 19, 2011 118 Right 7 February 19, 2011 73 Right

^1,2 Callum Ferguson and Jason Krezja replaced Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz respectively, who were included in the original squad but pulled out due to injury.
³Michael Hussey later returned to the squad, replacing Doug Bollinger, who was ruled out with injury midway through the initial group stage.^[2]

Canada

Coach: Pubudu Dassanayake

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% Domestic team 10 Ashish Bagai (c) (wk) February 19, 2011 54 Right None Ontario 99 Rizwan Cheema (vc) February 19, 2011 21 Right Ontario 7 February 19, 2011 19 Right Ontario 34 February 19, 2011 4 Left Ontario 9 February 19, 2011 27 Right Toronto 90 February 19, 2011 9 Right Ontario 60 February 19, 2011 0 Left Alberta 57 February 19, 2011 3 Left Ontario 68 February 19, 2011 7 Right British Columbia 89 February 19, 2011 15 Right Alberta 21 February 19, 2011 5 Right Ontario 17 February 19, 2011 34 Right Ontario 13 February 19, 2011 12 Right Ontario 22 February 19, 2011 15 Right Ontario 5 February 19, 2011 0 Right British Columbia 61 Hamza Tariq (wk) February 19, 2011 0 Right None British Columbia

Kenya

Coach: Eldine Baptiste

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% Domestic team 11 Jimmy Kamande (c) February 19, 2011 81 Right Nairobi Gymkhana 17 Maurice Ouma (wk) February 19, 2011 67 Right None Western Chiefs 89 February 19, 2011 29 Right Nairobi Gymkhana 29 February 19, 2011 9 Right Western Chiefs 99 February 19, 2011 37 Right Eastern Aces 27 February 19, 2011 86 Right Western Chiefs 21 David Obuya (wk) February 19, 2011 67 Right None Northern Nomads 35 February 19, 2011 53 Right Southern Stars 5 February 19, 2011 129 Right Southern Rocks 77 February 19, 2011 77 Right Western Chiefs 39 February 19, 2011 16 Right Eastern Aces 52 February 19, 2011 23 Right Northern Nomads 25 February 19, 2011 129 Right Southern Rocks 4 February 19, 2011 14 Right Surrey 66 February 19, 2011 5 Right Northern Nomads

New Zealand

Coach: John Wright

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 11 Daniel Vettori (c) February 19, 2011 263 Left Northern Districts 42 Brendon McCullum (wk) February 19, 2011 178 Right Otago 52 February 19, 2011 2 Left Canterbury 70 February 19, 2011 78 Left Wellington 31 February 19, 2011 38 Right Auckland 16 February 19, 2011 35 Right Central Districts 15 February 19, 2011 15 Right Otago 37 February 19, 2011 123 Right Auckland 24 February 19, 2011 141 Left Central Districts 77 February 19, 2011 24 Left Wellington 38 February 19, 2011 38 Right Northern Districts 56 February 19, 2011 174 Right Northern Districts 3 February 19, 2011 93 Right Central Districts 22 February 19, 2011 9 Right Northern Districts 58 February 19, 2011 1 Left Wellington

Pakistan

Coach: Waqar Younis

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 10 Shahid Afridi(c) February 19, 2011 306 Right Karachi 22 Misbah-ul-Haq (vc) February 19, 2011 58 Right Faisalabad 23 Kamran Akmal (wk) February 19, 2011 123 Right None Lahore 12 February 19, 2011 248 Right Lahore 36 February 19, 2011 14 Left Sialkot 19 February 19, 2011 4 Right Lahore 81 February 19, 2011 10 Right Karachi 8 February 19, 2011 58 Right Faisalabad 50 February 19, 2011 35 Right Faisalabad 14 February 19, 2011 157 Right Islamabad 96 February 19, 2011 24 Right None Lahore 55 February 19, 2011 75 Right Peshawar 47 February 19, 2011 9 Right Lahore 75 February 19, 2011 207 Right Peshawar

¹ Junaid Khan replaced Sohail Tanvir, who was originally selected before pulling out due to injury.

Sri Lanka

Coach: Trevor Bayliss

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 11 Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (c) February 19, 2011 282 Left Kandurata 27 February 19, 2011 332 Right Wayamba 23 Tillakaratne Dilshan (vc) February 19, 2011 194 Right Basnahira 26 February 19, 2011 141 Right Kandurata 14 February 19, 2011 11 Left Wayamba 24 February 19, 2011 85 Right Kandurata 92 February 19, 2011 83 Right Kandurata 99 February 19, 2011 77 Right Basnahira 69 February 19, 2011 35 Right Basnahira 40 February 19, 2011 46 Right Wayamba 08 February 19, 2011 341 Right Kandurata 01 February 19, 2011 16 Left Basnahira 03 February 19, 2011 44 Right Wayamba 05 February 19, 2011 64 Right Ruhuna 44 February 19, 2011 112 Left None Ruhuna

Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews have forced the Sri Lankan team to call up Chaminda Vaas and Suraj Randiv respectively, as standbys ahead of the World Cup final against India^[3]

Zimbabwe

Coach: Alan Butcher

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 47 Elton Chigumbura (c) February 19, 2011 122 Right Southern Rocks 91 February 19, 2011 5 Right Mashonaland Eagles 74 Charles Coventry (wk) February 19, 2011 34 Right Matabeleland Tuskers 30 February 19, 2011 37 Right Mid West Rhinos February 19, 2011 14 Left Southern Rocks Terry Duffin^1 February 19, 2011 23 Left Matabeleland Tuskers February 19, 2011 9 Right Mashonaland Eagles February 19, 2011 6 Right Mountaineers 28 February 19, 2011 49 Right Matabeleland Tuskers 7 February 19, 2011 83 Right Mashonaland Eagles 23 Tinashe Panyangara^2 February 19, 2011 23 Right Mountaineers 44 Tatenda Taibu (wk) February 19, 2011 130 Right Southern Rocks 1 Brendan Taylor (wk) February 19, 2011 112 Right Mid West Rhinos 52 February 19, 2011 121 Right Mountaineers 14 Vusi Sibanda^3 February 19, 2011 85 Right Mid West Rhinos

¹ Terry Duffin, ² Tinashe Panyangara & ³Vusi Sibanda replaced Tino Mawoyo, Ed Rainsford & Sean Williams, who were included in the original squad but pulled out due to injury.

Group B

Bangladesh

Coach: Jamie Siddons

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 75 Shakib Al Hasan (c) February 19, 2011 102 Left Khulna Division 9 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) February 19, 2011 80 Right None Rajshahi Division 29 Tamim Iqbal (vc) February 19, 2011 76 Left Chittagong Division 62 February 19, 2011 30 Left Khulna Division 31 February 19, 2011 46 Left Rajshahi Division 42 February 19, 2011 64 Left Barisal Division 98 February 19, 2011 164 Right Dhaka Division 71 February 19, 2011 49 Right Barisal Division 30 February 19, 2011 61 Right Dhaka Division 77 February 19, 2011 40 Right Rajshahi Division 13 February 19, 2011 23 Right Rajshahi Division 34 February 19, 2011 21 Right Chittagong Division 41 February 19, 2011 111 Left Khulna Division 46 February 19, 2011 11 Left Rajshahi Division 90 February 19, 2011 34 Right Khulna Division

England

Coach: Andy Flower

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 14 Andrew Strauss (c) February 19, 2011 114 Left Middlesex 9 February 19, 2011 133 Left Lancashire 7 February 19, 2011 84 Right Warwickshire 42 Ravi Bopara^1 February 19, 2011 54 Right Essex 20 February 19, 2011 34 Right Yorkshire 8 Stuart Broad^3 (withdrawn) February 19, 2011 73 Left Nottinghamshire 5 February 19, 2011 189 Right Durham 46 Jade Dernbach^4 April 3, 2011 0 Right Surrey 16 Eoin Morgan^2 February 19, 2011 61 Left Middlesex 24 Kevin Pietersen^2 (withdrawn) February 19, 2011 103 Right Surrey 23 Matt Prior (wk) February 19, 2011 55 Right None Sussex 95 Adil Rashid^5 February 19, 2011 5 Right Yorkshire 13 Ajmal Shahzad^4 (withdrawn) February 19, 2011 5 Right Yorkshire 66 February 19, 2011 44 Right Nottinghamshire 53 February 19, 2011 2 Left Kent 35 Chris Tremlett^3 February 19, 2011 13 Right Surrey 4 February 19, 2011 12 Right Warwickshire 6 February 19, 2011 42 Right Sussex 40 Michael Yardy^5 (withdrawn) February 19, 2011 20 Left Sussex

¹ Ravi Bopara replaced Eoin Morgan, who was originally selected before pulling out due to injury.
² Eoin Morgan later rejoined the squad, replacing Kevin Pietersen, who was ruled out with a hernia midway through the initial group stage.^[4]
3 Chris Tremlett replaced Stuart Broad, who was ruled out with a side injury midway through the initial group stage.^[5]
4 Jade Dernbach replaced Ajmal Shahzad, who was ruled out with a hamstring strain midway through the initial group stage.^[6]
5 Adil Rashid replaced Michael Yardy who was ruled out before England's quarter-final match with Sri Lanka after suffering from depression.^[7]

India

Coach: Gary Kirsten

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C & wk) February 19, 2011 177 Right Jharkhand 44 Virender Sehwag (vc) February 19, 2011 228 Right Delhi 5 February 19, 2011 105 Left Delhi 10 February 19, 2011 444 Right Right arm leg break Mumbai 12 February 19, 2011 265 Left Punjab 48 February 19, 2011 110 Left Uttar Pradesh 18 February 19, 2011 45 Right Delhi 28 February 19, 2011 45 Right Baroda 34 February 19, 2011 182 Right Baroda 3 February 19, 2011 217 Right Punjab 64 February 19, 2011 116 Right Delhi 13 February 19, 2011 71 Right Baroda 36 S. Sreesanth^1 February 19, 2011 51 Right Kerala 11 October 24, 2011 5 Left Uttar Pradesh 99 February 19, 2011 7 Right Tamil Nadu

¹ S. Sreesanth replaced Praveen Kumar, who was originally selected before pulling out due to injury.

Ireland

Coach: Phil Simmons

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% Domestic team William Porterfield (c) February 19, 2011 44 Left Gloucestershire Gary Wilson (wk) February 19, 2011 25 Right None Surrey February 19, 2011 40 Left North County February 19, 2011 31 Right Clontarf February 19, 2011 16 Right Somerset February 19, 2011 47 Right Railway Union February 19, 2011 11 Right Civil Service North February 19, 2011 17 Left Sussex February 19, 2011 29 Left North County February 19, 2011 52 Right Nottinghamshire Niall O'Brien (wk) February 19, 2011 40 Left None Northamptonshire February 19, 2011 23 Left Warwickshire February 19, 2011 23 Right Middlesex February 19, 2011 8 Right The Hills February 19, 2011 49 Right Northamptonshire

Netherlands

Coach: Peter Drinnen

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% Domestic team 83 Peter Borren (c) February 19, 2011 39 Right VRA Amsterdam 4 February 19, 2011 19 Right VRA Amsterdam 2 Wesley Barresi (wk) February 19, 2011 9 Right None VRA Amsterdam 7 February 19, 2011 27 Right Amsterdam CC 82 Atse Buurman (wk) February 19, 2011 15 Right None VRA Amsterdam 26 February 19, 2011 10 Right South Australia 99 February 19, 2011 22 Right HCC Den Haag 5 February 19, 2011 30 Right Worcestershire 21 February 19, 2011 4 Right Leeds/Bradford UCCE February 19, 2011 3 Right HCC Den Haag 3 February 19, 2011 21 Right Hermes DVS 13 February 19, 2011 30 Right None VRA Amsterdam 27 February 19, 2011 27 Right Essex February 19, 2011 0 Right HBS Craeyenhout 33 February 19, 2011 53 Right VRA Amsterdam

South Africa

Coach: Corrie van Zyl

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 15 Graeme Smith (c) February 19, 2011 163 Left Cape Cobras 17 AB de Villiers (wk) February 19, 2011 112 Right Titans 1 February 19, 2011 40 Right Dolphins 22 February 19, 2011 67 Right Warriors 21 February 19, 2011 54 Left Cape Cobras 18 February 19, 2011 3 Right Titans 41 February 19, 2011 11 Left None Warriors 3 February 19, 2011 307 Right Warriors 65 February 19, 2011 36 Left Titans 36 February 19, 2011 18 Left Warriors 13 February 19, 2011 38 Left Warriors 8 February 19, 2011 46 Right Titans 99 February 19, 2011 0 Right Dolphins 68 February 19, 2011 17 Right Warriors 44 Morne van Wyk (wk) February 19, 2011 6 Right None Knights

West Indies

Coach: Ottis Gibson

width=5% No. width=20% Player width=18% Date of Birth width=6% ODIs width=6% Batting width=20% Bowling style width=25% List A team 88 Darren Sammy (c) February 19, 2011 43 Right Windward Islands 35 Devon Thomas^1 (wk) February 19, 2011 2 Right None Leeward Islands Kirk Edwards^2 February 19, 2011 0 Right Barbados 62 February 19, 2011 18 Left Barbados Devendra Bishoo^3 February 19, 2011 0 Left Guyana 46 February 19, 2011 10 Left Trinidad and Tobago 6 February 19, 2011 261 Left Guyana 45 February 19, 2011 220 Left Jamaica 33 February 19, 2011 33 Right Jamaica 55 February 19, 2011 30 Right Trinidad and Tobago 14 February 19, 2011 50 Left Trinidad and Tobago 24 February 19, 2011 13 Right Barbados February 19, 2011 0 Right Jamaica 53 February 19, 2011 156 Right Guyana 28 February 19, 2011 32 Left Windward Islands

^1,2,3 Devon Thomas, Kirk Edwards and Devendra Bishoo replaced Carlton Baugh, Adrian Barath and Dwayne Bravo respectively, who were included in the original squad but pulled out due to injury.

External links

• ESPNcricinfo: ICC Cricket World Cup squad listings
• worldcupofcricket: 2011 Cricket World Cup Squads

Notes and References

1. Number of ODIs played up until the start of the World Cup on February 19, 2011. Numbers only include appearances for the player's national side. Appearances for ACA African XI, ACC Asian XI, ICC World XI or for a previous national team are not counted here.
2. Web site: Michael Hussey joined world cup squad. CricketArchive .
3. Web site: Vaas, Randiv called up as injury cover for final. ESPNcricinfo. 31 March 2011. 1 August 2022.
4. News: Cricket World Cup: Kevin Pietersen flying home for op . 2011-03-10. BBC Sport . 2011-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20110308053051/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9415665.stm. 8 March 2011 . live.
5. News: Cricket World Cup: Injury ends Stuart Broad's campaign . 2011-03-10. . 2011-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20110309052702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9417890.stm. 9 March 2011 . live.
6. News: Cricket World Cup: Jade Dernbach replaces Ajmal Shahzad . 2011-03-18. . 2011-03-18.
7. News: Cricket World Cup: England hit by Yardy withdrawal . 2011-03-24. . 2011-03-24.