This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the
1983 Cricket World Cup
The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. En ...
in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
which took place from 9 June 1983 to 25 June 1983. The oldest player at the 1983 Cricket World Cup was
Somachandra De Silva
Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva also known as D. S. de Silva (born 11 June 1942) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test and One Day International cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the first ODI cap for Sri Lanka, second test cap ...
(40/41) while the youngest player was
Rumesh Ratnayake
Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake (born 2 January 1964), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 23 Test matches and 70 One Day Internationals from 1982 to 1993. He is the current interim head coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team.
Ratnayake w ...
(19), both of Sri Lanka. The youngest in a 1983 World Cup squad (who did not play in any match, however) was
Graeme Hick
Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May 1966) is a Zimbabwean-born former England cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He was born in Rhodesia, and as a young man played international cricket for Zimbabwe. H ...
(17) of Zimbabwe.
Australia
Manager:
Phil Ridings
Philip Lovett Ridings (2 October 1917 – 13 September 1998) was an Australian cricketer.
Nicknamed "Pancho", Ridings played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1937 to 1957, scoring nine hundreds. Primarily a batsman, he also took 61 ...
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. The squad was picked in May.
Greg Chappell
Gregory Stephen Chappell (born 7 August 1948) is a former cricketer who represented Australia at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the pre-eminen ...
was originally picked in the squad. Tom Hogan was selected over
Bruce Yardley
Bruce Yardley (5 September 1947 – 27 March 2019) was an Australian cricketer who played in 33 Test matches and seven One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1983, taking 126 Test wickets.
Known to his teammates as 'Roo', Yardley was an off-sp ...
.
Trevor Chappell
Trevor Martin Chappell (born 12 October 1952) is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket. He played 3 tests and 20 One Day Internationals for Australia. He won the Sheffield Shi ...
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. Later in the month Greg Chappell pulled out due to injury and Macleay replaced him.
England
Manager:
Background
Alan Butcher
Alan Raymond Butcher (born 7 January 1954) is a former English cricketer who is part of a family known for its strong cricketing connections. Although only selected to play for England on one occasion, he was lauded for his skills in first-clas ...
,
David Bairstow
David Leslie Bairstow (1 September 1951 – 5 January 1998) was an English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and England as a wicket-keeper. He also played football for his hometown club Bradford City. He is the father of England internation ...
,
Eddie Hemmings,
Phil Edmonds
Philippe-Henri Edmonds (born 8 March 1951) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level and Middlesex at county level. After retiring he became a successful, albeit controversial, corporate executive.
Edmonds played mos ...
,
Bob Taylor,
David Mark Smith,
Bill Athey
Charles William Jeffrey Athey (born 27 September 1957) is a retired English first-class cricketer, who played for England, and first-class cricket for Gloucestershire, Yorkshire and Sussex; he also played a solitary one-day game for Worcesters ...
,
Wilf Slack
Wilfred Norris Slack (12 December 1954 – 15 January 1989) was an English cricketer, who played in three Test matches and two One Day Internationals for England in 1986.
A left-handed opening batsman, Slack was a victim of mysterious blacko ...
,
David Thomas were among the probables for the World Cup.
India
Manager:
P. R. Man Singh
Background
The Indian squad was announced in May 1983. The other probables considered were
Gundappa Viswanath
Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath (born 12 February 1949) is a former Indian cricketer. Vishwanath was rated as one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. Viswanath played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983, making 91 appearances an ...
,
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan ( (informally Venkat, born 21 April 1945) is an Indian former cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team at the first two ICC Cricket World Cups, and later became an umpire on the elite International Cri ...
,
Maninder Singh,
Ashok Malhotra
Ashok Omprakash Malhotra (born 26 January 1957) is a former Indian cricketer who played in seven Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals from 1982 to 1986. He used to be the highest scorer in Ranji Trophy at one time. He was also said to b ...
,
Surinder Amarnath
Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj (born 30 December 1948) is a former Indian cricketer who played international as well as domestic cricket for India. He is the eldest son of Lala Amarnath.
Described as a "schoolboy prodigy" and a "classy left-hander ...
,
Anshuman Gaekwad
Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad (born 23 September 1952) is a former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach. He played in 40 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals. His father Datta Gaekwad also played Test Cricket for Ind ...
,
T. A. Sekhar
Thirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekar ((; born 28 March 1956, in Madras) was a fast bowler who represented India in Test cricket and One Day Internationals.
Sekar was one of the fastest bowlers in India in the early eighties. His two Test matches ...
.
Sunil Valson
Sunil (सुनील) is a first name for males, often found in the South Asian community. The Sanskrit word ' means "dark", "very blue", and is also an epithet of Krishna.
Notable people
* Sunil (actor), Indian Telugu film actor
* Sunil ( ...
was not in the original list of probables.
The selection committee was headed by
Ghulam Ahmed and had
Chandu Borde
Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu" Borde (born 21 July 1934), is a former cricketer who was a member of the Indian team between 1958 and 1970. Following his retirement, Borde became a cricket administrator, serving as the Chairman of national selec ...
,
Chandu Sarwate
Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate (; 22 July 1920 – 23 December 2003) was an Indian cricketer and fingerprint expert. He was an all-rounder who played nine Test matches for India between 1946 and 1951 with no success — his Test batting aver ...
,
Bishan Singh Bedi
Bishan Singh Bedi (; born 25 September 1946) is a former Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979 and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He played a total ...
and
Pankaj Roy
Pankaj Roy (; 31 May 1928 – 4 February 2001) was an Indian cricketer and former national cricket team captain. He was right-handed opening batsman, he is best known for establishing the world record opening partnership of 413 runs, together ...
as the other members.
New Zealand
Manager:
Allan Wright
Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, (12 February 1920 – 16 September 2015) was a Royal Air Force
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Background
Trevor Franklin and
Evan Gray
Evan John Gray (born 18 November 1954) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 10 Tests and 10 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the 1980s.
He was selected as an all rounder, with 17 wickets at a bowling average of 52.11. In 198 ...
travelled with the team, but were not considered for the World Cup.
Pakistan
Manager:
Intikhab Alam
Intikhab Alam Khan (Urdu:) (born 28 December 1941) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 47 Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1959 to 1977. He captained Pakistan in 17 Tests between 1969 and 1975. He a ...
Sri Lanka
Manager:
Tambyah Murugaser, Coach:
Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, ...
West Indies
Background
Milton Pydanna
Milton Robert Pydana (born 27 January 1950) is a cricketer who played three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the West Indies.
A middle or lower-order right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, Pydana played first-class cricket for Guyana for 17 sea ...
was on standby as wicket-keeper in case of any injury to Jeff Dujon.
Zimbabwe
Manager:
David Ellman-Brown
References
External links
1983 Cricket World Cup– Cricinfo.com.
Cricket World Cup squads
1983 Cricket World Cup
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