This is a list of the squads picked for the
2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May ...
. All 10 teams were required to submit a 15-member squad by 23 April, with changes to the squad allowed to be made up to 22 May.
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
were the first team to name their squad, naming their team on 3 April 2019. The
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ...
were the last team to name their squad, announcing their team on 24 April 2019, one day after the initial deadline set by the
International Cricket Council
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(ICC).
Two cricketers, New Zealand's
Tom Blundell
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and Bangladesh's
Abu Jayed
Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi ( bn, আবু জায়েদ চৌধুরী রাহী; born 2 August 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for Sylhet Division. His ability to swing the ball is regarded as the best in Bangladesh. He mad ...
, had not played in a
One Day International (ODI) prior to being named in their team's squad. On 13 May 2019, Jayed made his ODI debut for Bangladesh, against the
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ...
, in the fifth match of the
tri-series in Ireland. Three captains, England's
Eoin Morgan, the West Indies'
Jason Holder
Jason Omar Holder (born 5 November 1991) is a Barbadian cricketer and the former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is a right arm fast bowling all-rounder. Holder made his One Day International (ODI) debut in January 2013 and Test de ...
and Bangladesh's
Mashrafe Mortaza
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ( bn, মাশরাফি বিন মর্তুজা ; born 5 October 1983), Popularly known as the 'Narail Express', is a Bangladeshi international cricketer and politician who is the former captain in all three form ...
, had led their respective teams in the
previous tournament.
Key
Afghanistan
Afghanistan announced their 15-man squad on 22 April. Following Afghanistan's second match,
Mohammad Shahzad
Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi ( ps, ; born 10 January 1988) is an Afghan cricketer. He a right-handed opening batsman who also plays as a wicketkeeper. He made his international debut for Afghanistan in August 2009.
Shahzad was one of the elev ...
was ruled out of the tournament due to injury. He was replaced by
Ikram Alikhil
Ikram Alikhil ( ps, ; born 29 September 2000) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2019.
Domestic and U19 career
He made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the 2017 Shpagee ...
. On 27 June 2019,
Aftab Alam was ruled out of the tournament due to "exceptional circumstances" and was replaced by
Sayed Shirzad
Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. Shirzad is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm at a medium pace.
Domestic career
Shirzad represented Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. ...
.
Coach:
Phil Simmons
Philip Verant Simmons (born 18 April 1963) is a Trinidadian cricket coach and former cricketer who was an all-rounder played as an opening batsman, a medium-fast bowler and a slip fielder. He is the current coach of the West Indies cricket ...
Australia
Australia announced their 15-man squad on 15 April.
Jhye Richardson was originally included in the squad but on 8 May 2019, he was ruled out of the tournament with a dislocated shoulder and replaced by
Kane Richardson
Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Melbourne Renegades.
Since 2013, Richardson has played international cricket for Australia in both One Day Internatio ...
.
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Crick ...
named
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell Ross Marsh (born 20 October 1991) is an Australian international cricketer. Marsh has represented Australia in all three forms of cricket, making his debut during the 2011–12 season.
Personal life
Marsh is the second son of Geoff Ma ...
as cover for
Marcus Stoinis
Marcus Peter Stoinis (born 16 August 1989) is an Australian cricketer who plays limited overs cricket for the Australian national team. He is contracted to Western Australia and Melbourne Stars domestically, and has previously also played for P ...
, ahead of Australia's match against
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
on 12 June 2019. Stoinis was ruled out of the fixture due to an injury, with Cricket Australia waiting to see if he's ruled out of the rest of the tournament. Ahead of Australia's final group-stage match,
Shaun Marsh
Shaun Edward Marsh (born 9 July 1983) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Australia cricket team in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australia in all three formats. Nicknamed SOS ("Son of Swampy"), he is a left-h ...
was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a fractured forearm.
Peter Handscomb
Peter Stephen Patrick Handscomb (born 26 April 1991) is an Australian cricketer who is the current captain for the Victoria cricket team.
He plays as a middle-order batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. Handscomb has played for Australia in Te ...
was named as his replacement.
Usman Khawaja
Usman Tariq Khawaja ( ur, ; born 18 December 1986) is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia and Queensland. Khawaja made his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in 2008 and played his first international match for Austral ...
picked up a hamstring injury during Australia's final group-stage match, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament.
Matthew Wade
Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987) is an Australian cricketer. He has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper and batsman in all three forms of international cricket. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricke ...
was named as cover for him.
Coach:
Justin Langer
Justin Lee Langer (21 November 1970) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is the former coach of the Australia men's national team, having been appointed to the role in May 2018 and leaving in February 2022. A left-handed ba ...
Bangladesh
Bangladesh announced their 15-man squad on 16 April.
Coach:
Steve Rhodes
England
England announced their 15-man squad on 17 April. It originally included
Alex Hales
Alexander Daniel Hales (born 3 January 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batter who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and the England cricket team in white ball, limited overs formats. He made his One Day Internatio ...
, though he was later withdrawn following a ban for recreational drug use. England announced their final squad on 21 May, with
Jofra Archer
Jofra Chioke Archer (born 1 April 1995) is a Barbadian-born English cricketer representing England and Sussex. He is a right-arm fast bowler. In April 2019, Archer was selected to play for the England team in limited overs fixtures against Irel ...
,
Liam Dawson
Liam Andrew Dawson (born 1 March 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire and for the England cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin. He made his international debut for England in July 201 ...
and
James Vince
James Michael Vince (born 14 March 1991) is an English cricketer who is the captain for Hampshire County Cricket Club and plays for the England cricket team. Vince was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He is a righ ...
replacing
David Willey,
Joe Denly
Joseph Liam Denly (born 16 March 1986) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Denly played age group cricke ...
and Alex Hales.
Coach:
Trevor Bayliss
Trevor Harley Bayliss (born 21 December 1962) is an Australian cricket coach and former first class cricketer. He played for New South Wales between 1985 and 1997 before becoming a coach.
Bayliss was coach of England from 2015 to 2019. He coa ...
India
India announced their 15-man squad on 15 April. They have also named
Ambati Rayudu
Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu (born 23 September 1985) is an Indian cricketer who currently captains the Baroda cricket team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy championship. He played 61 limited overs matches for the India national cricket team between ...
,
Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Rajendra Pant (born 4 October 1997) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a wicket-keeper batter. Having played all formats for India, he is best known for his consistency to score runs in Test ...
,
Axar Patel
Axar Rajeshbhai Patel, also spelled as Akshar Patel, (born 20 January 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game as a bowling All-rounder. He also plays for Gujarat in domestic cr ...
,
Navdeep Saini
Navdeep Amarjeet Saini (born 23 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He has played for Delhi since 2013. He made his international debut for the India cricket team in August 2019.
Early life
Navdeep Saini was born on 23 November 1992 in Karnal ...
and
Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma (; born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall right-arm fast-medium bowler. At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian s ...
as stand-by players for the team, who can be drafted in the event of injuries to any player. Rishabh Pant was called up to India's squad as cover for
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan (born 5 December 1985) is an Indian cricketer. Being a left-handed opening batsman and occasional captain of the India national cricket team, he captains Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League and plays for Delhi in first-cla ...
, after Dhawan suffered a hairline fracture on his left thumb during India's game against Australia. On 19 June 2019, the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
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(BCCI) confirmed that Dhawan had been ruled out for the rest of the tournament, with Pant confirmed as his replacement.
Vijay Shankar was ruled out of India's final two round-robin matches due to an injury, with
Mayank Agarwal
Mayank Anurag Agarwal (born 16 February 1991)
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named as his replacement.
Coach:
Ravi Shastri
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962) is the former head coach of the India national cricket team, a cricket commentator and former captain of Indian Cricket Team. As a player, he played for the India national cricket team between 19 ...
New Zealand
New Zealand announced their 15-man squad on 3 April 2019.
Coach:
Gary Stead
Gary Raymond Stead (born 9 January 1972) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer who is the head coach of the New Zealand cricket team, having been appointed in August 2018.
A top-order batsman, Stead played five Tests in nine month ...
Pakistan
Pakistan announced their initial World Cup squad on 18 April. They announced their final squad on 20 May, with Junaid Khan, Faheem Ashraf and Abid Ali replaced by
Wahab Riaz
Wahab Riaz (Urdu, pa, ; born 28 June 1985) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman. He frequently bowls at speeds of around 90 mph (144.8 km/h) and has reached . His all round performance in ...
,
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Amir ( ur, ; born 13 April 1992) is a Pakistani cricketer and bowler for the Pakistan national cricket team. He is playing as a left-arm fast-medium bowler and uses his left hand when batting.
Amir made his first-class debut in N ...
and
Asif Ali.
Coach:
Mickey Arthur
John Michael Arthur (born 17 May 1968) is a South African-Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Cri ...
South Africa
South Africa announced their World Cup squad on 18 April.
Anrich Nortje
Anrich Arno Nortje (born 16 November 1993) is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in March 2019. In July 2020, Nortje was named the newcomer of the year at Cricket South Afric ...
was originally included in the squad but on 7 May 2019, he was ruled out of the tournament with a hand injury and replaced by
Chris Morris.
Dale Steyn
Dale Willem Steyn (; born 27 June 1983) is a South African former professional cricketer who played for the South African Cricket Team. He is often regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time and the best Test bowler of his generat ...
was ruled out of the tournament due to an ongoing shoulder injury, and was replaced by
Beuran Hendricks
Beuran Eric Hendricks (born 8 June 1990) is a South African cricketer who plays as a left-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batter for Western Province. He made his international debut for South Africa in March 2014.
Domestic career
Follo ...
.
Coach:
Ottis Gibson
Ottis Delroy Gibson (born 16 March 1969) is a Barbadian cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. From 2010 to 2014, Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies. He has been appointed as Bangladesh bowling ...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka announced their World Cup squad on 18 April.
Nuwan Pradeep
Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando ( si, නුවන් ප්රදීප්; born 19 October 1986), commonly known as Nuwan Pradeep, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. Despite being a national cricketer, he had never actually p ...
was ruled out of Sri Lanka's last two matches of the tournament, after contracting
chickenpox. He was replaced by
Kasun Rajitha
Chandrasekara Arachchilage Kasun Rajitha (born 1 June 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all formats of the game in international level for Sri Lanka. He is an old boy of St. Servatius' College, Matara.
Early and domestic ...
.
Coach:
Chandika Hathurusingha
Upul Chandika Hathurusingha ( si, උපුල් චන්දික හතුරුසිංහ; born 13 September 1968) is a former cricketer. He was also the former head coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. Hathurusingha also worke ...
West Indies
West Indies announced their World Cup squad on 24 April. On 19 May 2019,
Sunil Ambris,
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a Trinidadian cricketer and a former captain of the West Indies cricket team. A genuine right arm seam bowling all-rounder, Bravo is well known for his aggressive lower-order batting and for his bowl ...
,
John Campbell,
Jonathan Carter,
Roston Chase
Roston Lamar Chase (born 22 March 1992) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies and Barbados. A batting allrounder, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler. In July 2017, he was named Cricketer of the Year and ...
,
Shane Dowrich
Shane Omari Dowrich (born 30 October 1991) is a Barbadian international cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper. He has featured for the West Indies, Barbados along with CPL teams St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Barbados Tridents in his cricketi ...
,
Keemo Paul
Keemo Mandela Angus Paul (born 21 February 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He made his international debut for the team in 2018. In August 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as the T20 Player of the Year ...
,
Khary Pierre,
Raymon Reifer and
Kieron Pollard
Kieron Adrian Pollard (born 12 May 1987) is a Trinidadian who is a former West Indies cricketer. He has captained the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe as an all-roun ...
were all named as reserve players by
Cricket West Indies
Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Indies). It was originally ...
. On 24 June 2019,
Andre Russell
Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) is a Jamaican who has played international cricket for West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe. Russell was part of ...
was ruled out of the rest of the tournament, due to a knee injury, and was replaced by Sunil Ambris.
Coach:
Floyd Reifer
Floyd Lamonte Reifer (born 23 July 1972) is a Barbadian cricketer and politician. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
Reifer has played six Tests and eight One Day Internationals for the West Indies ...
Statistics
ODI caps
Age
Notes
References
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