Squads 1979 Cricket World Cup
Australia 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
Kimberley John Hughes (C)
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium pace
|
Batsman
|
Kim Hughes
|
|
2
|
Allan Robert Border
|
Left-arm
|
Slow left arm orthodox
|
Batsman
|
Allan Border
|
|
3
|
Gary John Cosier
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Gary Cosier
|
|
4
|
Warwick Maxwell (Rick) Darling
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Batsman
|
Rick Darling
|
|
5
|
Geoffrey Dymock
|
Left-hand
|
Left-arm fast-medium
|
Bowler
|
Geoff Dymock
|
|
6
|
Andrew Mark Jefferson Hilditch
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Andrew Hilditch
|
|
7
|
Rodney Malcolm Hogg
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
Bowler
|
Rodney Hogg
|
|
8
|
Alan George Hurst
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
Bowler
|
Alan Hurst
|
|
9
|
Trevor John Laughlin
|
Left-hand
|
Right-arm medium pace
|
All-rounder
|
Trevor Laughlin
|
|
10
|
Jeffery Kenneth Moss
|
Left-hand
|
-
|
Batsman
|
Jeff Moss
|
|
11
|
Greame David Porter
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Bowler
|
Greame Porter
|
|
12
|
Kevin John Wright (WC)
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Wicket-Keeper, Batsman
|
Kevin Wright
|
|
13
|
Graham Neil Yallop
|
Left-hand
|
Left-arm medium pace
|
Batsman
|
Graham Yallop
|
Canada 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
Bryan Michael Mauricette (C/WC)
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Bryan Mauricette
|
|
2
|
Showkat Baksh
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Batsman
|
Charles Baksh
|
|
3
|
Robert Grantley Callender
|
Right-hand
|
Right-hand medium-fast
|
Bowler
|
Robert Callender
|
|
4
|
Christopher James David Chappell
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Batsman
|
Christopher Chappell
|
|
5
|
Franklyn Anthony Dennis
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Batsman
|
Franklyn Dennis
|
|
6
|
Cornelius Cyprian Henry
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Bowler
|
Cornelius Henry
|
|
7
|
Tariq Javed
|
Right-hand
|
Leg break googly
|
Batsman
|
Tariq Javed
|
|
8
|
Cecil Alphonso Marshall
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Cecil Marshall
|
|
9
|
Jitendra Motibhai Patel
|
Left-hand
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
Bowler
|
Jitendra Patel
|
|
10
|
Glenroy Ricardo Sealy
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Glenroy Sealy
|
|
11
|
Martin Peter Stead
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
All-rounder
|
Martin Stead
|
|
12
|
John Nugent Valentine
|
Left-hand
|
Left-arm medium
|
Bowler
|
John Valentine
|
|
13
|
John Cecil Beaumont Vaughan
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium fast
|
All-rounder
|
John Vaughan
|
England 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
John Michael Brearley (C)
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Mike Brearley
|
|
2
|
Sir Ian Terence Botham
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast medium
|
All-rounder
|
Ian Botham
|
|
3
|
Geoffrey Boycott
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Geoffrey Boycott
|
|
4
|
Philippe-Henri Edmonds
|
Right-hand
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
Bowler
|
Phil Edmonds
|
|
5
|
Graham Alan Gooch
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Graham Gooch
|
|
6
|
David Ivon Gower
|
Left-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
David Gower
|
|
7
|
Michael Hendrick
|
Right-hand
|
Right-hand fast medium
|
Bowler
|
Mike Hendrick
|
|
8
|
Wayne Larkins
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Wayne Larkins
|
|
9
|
Geoffrey Miller
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
All-rounder
|
Geoff Miller
|
|
10
|
Christopher Middleton Old
|
Left-hand
|
Right-arm fast-medium
|
Bowler
|
Chris Old
|
|
11
|
Derek William Randall
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Derek Randall
|
|
12
|
Robert William Taylor (WC)
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Bob Taylor
|
|
13
|
Robert George Dylan Williams
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
Bowler
|
Bob Williams
|
India 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (C)
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Bowler
|
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
|
|
2
|
Sunil Manohar “Sunny” Gavaskar
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Sunil Gavaskar
|
|
3
|
Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
All-rounder
|
Mohinder Amarnath
|
|
4
|
Gundappa Ranghnath Vishwanath
|
Right-hand
|
Legbreak
|
Bastsman
|
Gundappa Vishwanath
|
|
5
|
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Dilip Vengsarkar
|
|
6
|
Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm offbreak
|
Batsman
|
Anshuman Gaekwad
|
|
7
|
Karsan Devjibhai Gharvri
|
Left-hand
|
Left-arm medium
|
All rounder
|
Karsan Gharvi
|
|
8
|
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj
|
Right-hand
|
Righ-arm fast medium
|
All-rounder
|
Kapil Dev
|
|
9
|
Brijesh Patel
|
Right-hand
|
Right-ram off break
|
Batsman
|
Brijesh Patel
|
|
10
|
Surinder Khanna (WC)
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Surinder Khanna
|
|
11
|
Bishen Singh Bedi
|
Right-hand
|
Slow Left-arm orthodox
|
Bowler
|
Bishen Singh Bedi
|
|
12
|
Bharath Reddy
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Bharath Reddy
|
|
13
|
Yashpal Sharma
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Yashpal Sharma
|
New Zealand 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
Mark Gordon Burgess (C)
|
Right-hand
|
Right arm off break
|
Batsman
|
Mark Burgess
|
|
2
|
Bernard Lance Cairns
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium-fast
|
All-rounder
|
Lance Cairns
|
|
3
|
Ewen John Chatfield
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium-fast
|
Bowler
|
Ewen Chatfield
|
|
4
|
Jeremy Vernon Coney
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Jeremy Coney
|
|
5
|
Bruce Adrian Edgar
|
Left-hand
|
Right-arm
|
Batsman
|
Bruce Edgar
|
|
6
|
Sir Richard John Hadlee
|
Left-hand
|
Right arm fast
|
All-rounder
|
Richard Hadlee
|
|
7
|
Geoffrey (Geoff) Philip Howarth
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Batsman
|
Geoff Howarth
|
|
8
|
Warren Kenneth Lees (WC)
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Warren Lees
|
|
9
|
Brian John McKechnie
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast-medium
|
Bowler
|
Brian McKechnie
|
|
10
|
John Francis Maclean Morrison
|
Right-hand
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
All-rounder
|
John Morrison
|
|
11
|
Leslie Warren Stott
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Bowler
|
Warren Stott
|
|
12
|
Gary Bertram Troup
|
Right-hand
|
Left-arm fast-medium
|
Bowler
|
Gary Troup
|
|
13
|
Glenn Maitland Turner
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Batsman
|
Glenn Turner
|
|
14
|
John Geoffrey Wright
|
Left-hand
|
Right—arm medium
|
Batsman
|
John Wright
|
Pakistan 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
Asif Iqbal Razvi (C)
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
All-rounder
|
Asif Iqbal
|
|
2
|
Haroon Rasheed Dar
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Haroon Rasheed
|
|
3
|
Imran Khan Niazi
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
All-rounder
|
Imran Khan
|
|
4
|
Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm leg break
|
Batsman
|
Javed Miandad
|
|
5
|
Majid Jahangir Khan
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break, Right-arm medium pace
|
All-rounder
|
Majid Khan
|
|
6
|
Mudassar Nazar
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
All-rounder
|
Mudassar Nazar
|
|
7
|
Sadiq Mohammad
|
Left-hand
|
Leg break googly
|
All-rounder
|
Sadiq Mohammad
|
|
8
|
Sarfraz Nawaz Malik
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast-medium
|
Bowler
|
Sarfraz Nawaz
|
|
9
|
Sikandar Bakht
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium-fast
|
Bowler
|
Sikandar Bakht
|
|
10
|
Wasim Bari (WK)
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Wasim Bari
|
|
11
|
Wasim Hasan Raja
|
Left-hand
|
Leg spin
|
All-rounder
|
Wasim Raja
|
|
12
|
Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Batsman
|
Zaheer Abbas
|
Sri Lanka 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
Anura Punchi Banda Tennekoon (C)
|
Right-hand
|
Slow left arm
|
Batsman
|
Anura Tennekoon
|
|
2
|
Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva
|
Left-hand
|
Slow left arm
|
Bowler
|
Ajit de Silva
|
|
3
|
Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm leg break googly
|
All-rounder
|
Somachandra de Silva
|
|
4
|
Deva Lokesh Stanley de Silva
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast-medium
|
Bowler
|
Stanley de Silva
|
|
5
|
Roy Luke Dias
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Batsman
|
Roy Dias
|
|
6
|
Frederick Ranjan Manilal de Silva Gunatilleke
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Bowler
|
Ranjan Gunatilleke
|
|
7
|
Sunil Asoka Jaysinghe (WC)
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Sunil Jayasinghe
|
|
8
|
Ranjan Senerath Madugalle
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Batsman
|
Ranjan Madugalle
|
|
9
|
Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium pace
|
Batsman
|
Duleep Mendis
|
|
10
|
Antony Ralph Marinon Opatha
|
Right hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Bowler
|
Tony Opatha
|
|
11
|
Sudath Prajiv Pasqual
|
Left-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Sudath Pasqual
|
|
12
|
Bandula Warnapura
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
All-rounder
|
Bandula Warnapura
|
|
13
|
Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny
|
Right-hand
|
-
|
Wicket-keeper, Batsman
|
Sunil Wettimuny
|
West Indies 1979 world cup squad
|
No
|
Name
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Stye
|
Role
|
Known As
|
|
1
|
Clive Huber Lloyd (C)
|
Left-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
Batsman
|
Clive Lloyd
|
|
2
|
Colin Everton Hunte Croft
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
Bowler
|
Colin Craft
|
|
3
|
Joel Garner
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
Bowler
|
Joel Garner
|
|
4
|
Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium, off break
|
Batsman
|
Gordon Greenidge
|
|
5
|
Desmond Leo Haynes
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm leg break/medium pace
|
Batsman
|
Desmond Haynes
|
|
6
|
Michael Anthony Holding
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
Bowler
|
Michael Holding
|
|
7
|
Alvin Isaac Kallicharran
|
Left-hand
|
Right-arm off break
|
Batsman
|
Alvin Kallicharran
|
|
8
|
Collis Llewellyn King
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium
|
All-rounder
|
Collis King
|
|
9
|
Deryck Lance Murray (WC)
|
Right-hand
|
Leg break
|
Wicket Keeper
|
Deryck Murray
|
|
10
|
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm medium, off break
|
Batsman
|
Viv Richards
|
|
11
|
Anderson Montgomery Everton “Andy” Roberts
|
Right-hand
|
Right-arm fast
|
Bowler
|
Andy Roberts
|
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