2003 Cricket World Cup squads
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This is a list of squads named for the seventh edition of Cricket World Cup (
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), held in
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between 9 February and 23 March 2003. The tournament saw 14 teams selected and placed in two groups. Each country was required to submit a final list of 15 players by 31 December 2002. An injured player could be replaced at any time up until the end of the tournament. Replacement players who were not in the original 15-man squad are indicated in italics. The oldest player at the 2003 Cricket World Cup was Lennie Louw (43) of Namibia while the youngest was
Talha Jubair Talha Jubair ( bn, তালহা জুবায়ের) (born 10 December 1985) is a Bangladeshi cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with ...
(17) of Bangladesh.


Group A


Australia

Australia announced its squad for the 2003 World Cup on 31 December 2002. Australia made three replacements in the squad – Ian Harvey replacing Shane Watson on 25 January 2003, Nathan Hauritz replacing Shane Warne on 24 February 2003, and Nathan Bracken replacing Jason Gillespie on 5 March 2003.
Coach: John Buchanan


England

The English squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup was announced on 31 December 2002.
Coach:
Duncan Fletcher Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher (born 27 September 1948) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer, who has coached the England and Indian national teams. He was England coach between 1999 and 2007, and is credited with the resurgence ...


India

The India squad for the tournament was announced on 30 December 2002.
Coach: John Wright


Namibia

Coach: Dougie Brown * Johannes van der Merwe replaced Riaan Walters on 28 February 2003


Netherlands

Coach: Emmerson Trotman * Ruud Nijman replaced Victor Grandia on 21 January 2003


Pakistan

Coach:
Richard Pybus Richard Alexander Pybus (born 5 July 1964), is an English-born cricket coach. He coached the Pakistan and Bangladesh national teams, and currently serves as the Director of Cricket for the West Indies Cricket Board. He has held this post sinc ...


Zimbabwe

Coach:
Geoff Marsh Geoffrey Robert Marsh (born 31 December 1958) is a former Australian cricketer, coach and selector. He played 50 Test matches and 117 One Day Internationals for Australia as an opening batsman. As the coach of Australia he was in charge w ...
* Alistair Campbell replaced Mark Vermeulen on 10 March 2003 * Stuart Matsikenyeri replaced Brian Murphy on 10 March 2003


Group B


Bangladesh

Coach:
Mohsin Kamal Mohsin Kamal (born June 16, 1963 in lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each c ...
* Akram Khan replaced Mashrafe Mortaza on 19 February 2003


Canada

Coach:
Gus Logie Augustine Lawrence Logie (born 28 September 1960), commonly known as Gus Logie, is a former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach. Logie played in the dominant West Indies team of the 1980 ...


Kenya

Coach:
Sandeep Patil Sandeep Patil ( ; born 18 August 1956) is a former Indian cricketer, Indian national age group cricket manager and former Kenya national team coach, who guided the underdogs to the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup. He was a hard-hitting midd ...


New Zealand

Coach:
John Bracewell John Garry Bracewell (born 15 April 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team. He played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He was the second N ...


South Africa

Coach: Eric Simons * Graeme Smith replaced Jonty Rhodes on 13 February 2003


Sri Lanka

Coach:
Dav Whatmore Davenell Frederick Whatmore (born 16 March 1954) is a Sri Lanka born Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. A right-handed batsman, Whatmore played seven Test matches for Australia in 1979, and one One Day International in 1980. At ...


West Indies

Coach:
Roger Harper Roger Andrew Harper (born 17 March 1963) is a Guyanese former cricketer turned coach, who played both Test and One Day International cricket for the West Indies cricket team. His international career lasted 13 years, from 1983 to 1996, and he ...
* Marlon Samuels was replaced by
Ryan Hinds Ryan O'Neal Hinds (born 17 February 1981) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Hinds was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy The 2004 ICC Champions Tr ...
on 29 January 2003, but was reinstated on 8 February 2003


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