2007 Cricket World Cup squads

This is a list of the squads picked for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. This was the eighth Cricket World Cup tournament and was held between 14 March and 28 April 2007. The sixteen teams were asked to announce their final squads by 13 February 2007. Changes were allowed after this deadline at the discretion of the ICCs Technical Committee in necessary cases, such as due to player injury. In order to aid the teams to select the final fifteen, teams were given the option to announce a thirty man squad by mid-January, with the understanding that the final squad will be picked from within these thirty players. [ [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/276390.html New Zealand's preliminary sqaud] , from Cricinfo, 14 January 2007] However this was not strictly adhered to — several of England's final fifteen came from outside the initial thirty, for example.

Group A

Australia

Australia named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/280166.html Tait and Haddin in World Cup squad] , from Cricinfo, 13 February 2007] On 23 February 2007, Brett Lee was removed from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Stuart Clark. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/281294.html Lee out of World Cup] , from Cricinfo, 23 February 2007]

Coach: John Buchanan

Netherlands

The KNCB named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. [cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280219.html | title=Netherlands named unchanged squad | publisher=Cricinfo | date=13 February 2007 | accessdate=2006-02-14] The squad was unchanged from that which was named for the World Cricket League Division One event in January 2007. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000035/003523.shtml Dutch name squad for Nairobi] , Rod Lyall, CricketEurope, 19 December 2006]

Coach: Peter Cantrell

cotland

Scotland named their squad in August 2006, to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/258175.html Scotland name experienced World Cup squad] , from Cricinfo, 30 August 2006] However, Glenn Rogers later came in for Omer Hussain. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/280213.html Scotland stick with winning squad] , from Cricinfo, 13 February 2007] Of the Scotland 15, Gavin Hamilton and John Blain have previous World Cup experience.

Coach: Peter Drinnen

outh Africa

South Africa named their 15 man squad on 15 February. [ [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/280464.html South Africa stick with winning 15] 15 February 2007]

Coach: Mickey Arthur

Group B

Bangladesh

Bangladesh named their 15-man squad on 13 February. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/280197.html Mashud left out of Bangladesh squad] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 13 February 2007] Farhad Reza brought in for Tapash Baisya, 7 April. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/289066.html Baisya ruled out of World Cup] , from Cricinfo]

Coach: Dav Whatmore

Bermuda

Bermuda announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280199.html Few surprises in Bermuda squad] , from Cricinfo, 13 February 2007]

Coach: Gus Logie

India

India announced their final 15-man squad on 12 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/280087.html Sehwag and Pathan included in squad] from Cricinfo, 12 February 2007]

Coach: Greg Chappell

ri Lanka

Sri Lanka announced their 15-man squad on 12 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/280104.html Vaas and Murali return for World Cup] from Cricinfo, 12 February 2007]

Coach: Tom Moody

Group C

Canada

Canada named their 15-man squad on 14 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/story/280327.html Canada call up Billcliff and Barnett] , from Cricinfo, 14 February 2007]

Coach: Andy Pick

England

England announced their final 15-man squad at The Oval on 14 February 2007. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6357695.stm Vaughan captains World Cup squad] , from BBC Sport, 14 February 2007] Jon Lewis was replaced by Stuart Broad on 4 April 2007 to enable him to attend to a personal situation (return home to his wife as she was experiencing complications in the latter stages of her pregnancy). [cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/288863.html|title=Broad called up for Lewis|publisher=Cricinfo|date=2007-04-04|accessdate=2007-06-07]

Coach: Duncan Fletcher

Kenya

Kenya named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/280209.html Kenya stick with winning side] , from Cricinfo, 13 February 2007]

Coach: Roger Harper

New Zealand

New Zealand announced a preliminary squad on 14 January 2007 [ [http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/display.aspx?pri=36&sec=68&cid=5757&tpl=0 BLACKCAPS squad named for World Cup] , from the official NZ Cricket site] , and announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/current/story/280144.html Tuffey seals spot as World Cup bolter] , from Cricinfo, 13 February 2007]

Daryl Tuffey was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Chris Martin on 25 March. [ [http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287165.html ICC approve Martin as Tuffey's replacement] , from Cricinfo, 25 March 2007]

Lou Vincent was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Hamish Marshall on 26 March. [ [http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/287216.html Vincent to miss rest of World Cup] , from Cricinfo, 26 March 2007]

Coach: John Bracewell

Group D

Ireland

Ireland named their squad in August 2006, the first country to do so, in order to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/257736.html Ireland name World Cup squad] , from Cricinfo, 25 August 2006] Irish player Ed Joyce, who turned out for Ireland in qualifying matches, was in England's squad.

Coach: Adrian Birrell

Pakistan

Pakistan announced a preliminary squad on 10 January 2007, [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/276038.html Pakistan include Shoaib and Asif] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 11 January 2007] and the final 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/280181.html Shoaib, Asif and Gul in World Cup squad] , from Cricinfo, 13 February 2007] Both Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were included, despite their ongoing doping case, where the Pakistan Cricket Board had first banned them before a tribunal reprieved the two. In a twist of fate, both players were replaced by Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat on 1 March due to knee and elbow injuries respectively. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/6388979.stm Shoaib and Asif to miss World Cup] , from BBC sport online, 1 March 2007 ]

Pakistan had already made one change due to injury: Azhar Mahmood joined the squad in place of Abdul Razzaq, who suffered a knee injury during a practice session on 26 February. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/281742.html Knee injury forces Razzaq out of World Cup] , from Cricinfo, 27 February 2007]

Coach: Bob Woolmer (died during tournament) and Mushtaq Ahmed (acting coach) [ [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/24/cricket.death/index.html Woolmer: Inzamam and Mushtaq grilled] , CNN, retrieved 4 April 2007]

West Indies

West Indies named their squad on 15 February 2007. [ [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/280467.html Samuels makes West Indies squad] Cricinfo 15 February 2007]

Coach: Bennett King

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's 15 man squad was announced on 14 February; only one player remains from the 2003 squad. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/280369.html Kasteni included by Zimbabwe] , Cricinfo, retrieved 13 January 2007]

Coach: Kevin Curran

References and notes

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