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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]] in [[England]] which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979.
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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]] in [[England]] which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was [[Garnet Brisbane]] (40) of Canada while the youngest player was [[Sudath Pasqual]] (17) of Sri Lanka.
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=={{cr|Australia}}==
=={{cr|Australia}}==

{{Cricket Player List
{| class="wikitable"
| p1 = Kim Hughes | p1captain = true
|-
| p2 = Allan Border
! width="25%" |Player
| p3 = Gary Cosier
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
| p4 = Rick Darling
!width="12%"|Batting style
| p5 = Geoff Dymock
!width="20%"|Bowling style
| p6 = Andrew Hilditch
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
| p7 = Rodney Hogg
|-
| p8 = Alan Hurst (cricketer)
| [[Kim Hughes]]  [[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| p9 = Trevor Laughlin
| 26 January 1954
| p10 = Jeff Moss (cricketer)
| Right hand
| p11 = Graeme Porter
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| p12 = Kevin Wright | p12keeper = true
| {{Cr-Aus|WA}}
| p13 = Graham Yallop
|-
<!-- Other parameters -->
| [[Allan Border]]
| dob = true | bat = true | bowl = true | 1stclass = true
| 27 July 1955
| source = [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=2;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Australia]
| Left hand
}}
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{Cr-Aus|QLD}}
|-
| [[Gary Cosier]]
| 25 April 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Rick Darling]]
| 1 May 1957
| Right hand
| –
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Geoff Dymock]]
| 21 July 1945
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|QLD}}
|-
| [[Andrew Hilditch]]
| 20 May 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Rodney Hogg]]
| 5 March 1951
| Right hand
| Right hand [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Alan Hurst (cricketer)|Alan Hurst]]
| 15 July 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Trevor Laughlin]]
| 30 January 1951
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Jeff Moss (cricketer)|Jeff Moss]]
| 29 June 1947
| Left hand
| –
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Graeme Porter]]
| 18 March 1955
| Right hand
| Right hand [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|WA}}
|-
| [[Kevin Wright (cricketer)|Kevin Wright]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 27 December 1953
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{Cr-Aus|WA}}
|-
| [[Graham Yallop]]
| 7 October 1952
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Dav Whatmore]]
| 16 March 1954
| Right hand
| -
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=2;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Australia]</small>


=={{cr|Canada}}==
=={{cr|Canada}}==

{{Cricket Player List
{| class="wikitable"
| p1 = Bryan Mauricette | p1captain=true | p1keeper=true
|-
| p2 = Charles Baksh
! width="25%" |Player
| p3 = Robert Callender
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
| p4 = Christopher Chappell
!width="12%"|Batting style
| p5 = Franklyn Dennis
!width="20%"|Bowling style
| p6 = Cornelius Henry
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
| p7 = Tariq Javed
|-
| p8 = Cecil Marshall
| [[Bryan Mauricette]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| p9 = Jitendra Patel
| 4 September 1946
| p10 = Glenroy Sealy
| Right hand
| p11 = Martin Stead
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| p12 = John Valentine (cricket)
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto<br />{{flagicon|West Indies}} [[Windward Islands cricket team|Windward Islands]]
| p13 = John Vaughan (cricketer)
|-
<!-- Other parameters -->
| [[Charles Baksh]]
| dob = true | bat = true | bowl = true | 1stclass = true
| 15 March 1940
| source = [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=17;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Canada]
| Right hand
}}
| –
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Winnipeg
|-
| [[Robert Callender]]
| 2 November 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Montreal
|-
| [[Christopher Chappell]]
| 17 July 1955
| Right hand
| –
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto
|-
| [[Franklyn Dennis]]
| 26 September 1947
| Right hand
| –
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto
|-
| [[Cornelius Henry]]
| 16 September 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[Tariq Javed]]
| 12 June 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[leg-break]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa<br />{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Cecil Marshall]]
| 13 September 1939
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[Jitendra Patel]]
| 26 November 1945
| Left hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} London (Ontario)<br />{{flagicon|India}} [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[Glenroy Sealy]]
| 11 June 1940
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto<br />{{flagicon|Barbados}} [[Barbados cricket team|Barbados]]
|-
| [[Martin Stead]]
| 1 June 1958
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Vancouver
|-
| [[John Valentine (cricket)|John Valentine]]
| 20 September 1954
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[John Vaughan (cricketer)|John Vaughan]]
| 8 June 1945
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[Garnet Brisbane]]
| 31 December 1938
| Right hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Quebec
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=17;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Canada]</small>


=={{cr|England}}==
=={{cr|England}}==

{{Cricket Player List
{| class="wikitable"
| p1 = Mike Brearley | p1captain=true
|-
| p2 = Ian Botham
! width="25%" |Player
| p3 = Geoffrey Boycott
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
| p4 = Phil Edmonds
!width="12%"|Batting style
| p5 = Graham Gooch
!width="20%"|Bowling style
| p6 = David Gower
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
| p7 = Mike Hendrick
|-
| p8 = Wayne Larkins
| [[Mike Brearley]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| p9 = Geoff Miller
| 28 April 1942
| p10 = Chris Old
| Right hand
| p11 = Derek Randall
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| p12 = Bob Taylor (cricketer) | p12keeper=true
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
| p13 = Bob Willis
|-
<!-- Other parameters -->
| [[Ian Botham]]
| dob = true | bat = true | bowl = true | 1stclass = true
| 24 November 1955
| source = [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=1;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England]
| Right hand
}}
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
|-
| [[Geoffrey Boycott]]
| 21 October 1940
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
|-
| [[Phil Edmonds]]
| 8 March 1951
| Right hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|-
| [[Mike Gatting]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154465.html |title=Cricketer of the Year 1984 Mike Gatting |work=espncricinfo.com |accessdate=2013-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218100608/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154465.html |archive-date=18 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 6 June 1957
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|-
| [[Graham Gooch]]
| 23 July 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]
|-
| [[David Gower]]
| 1 April 1957
| Left hand
| Right arm [[off-break]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
|-
| [[Mike Hendrick]]
| 22 October 1948
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
|-
| [[Wayne Larkins]]
| 22 November 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
|-
| [[Geoff Miller]]
| 8 September 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[off-break]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
|-
| [[Chris Old]]
| 22 December 1948
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
|-
| [[Derek Randall]]
| 24 February 1951
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
|-
| [[Bob Taylor (cricketer)|Bob Taylor]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 17 July 1941
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
|-
| [[Bob Willis]]
| 30 May 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [https://archive.today/20130121041504/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=1;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England]</small>


=={{cr|India}}==
=={{cr|India}}==

{{Cricket Player List
{| class="wikitable"
| p1 = Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | p1captain=true
|-
| p2 = Mohinder Amarnath
! width="25%" |Player
| p3 = Bishan Singh Bedi
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
| p4 = Anshuman Gaekwad
!width="12%"|Batting style
| p5 = Sunil Gavaskar
!width="20%"|Bowling style
| p6 = Karsan Ghavri
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
| p7 = Kapil Dev
|-
| p8 = Surinder Khanna | p8keeper=true
| [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| p9 = Brijesh Patel
| 21 April 1945
| p10 = Dilip Vengsarkar
| Right hand
| p11 = Gundappa Viswanath
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
<!-- Other parameters -->
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| dob = true | bat = true | bowl = true | 1stclass = true
|-
| source = [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=6;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for India]
| [[Mohinder Amarnath]]
}}
| 24 September 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[Bishan Singh Bedi]]
| 25 September 1946
| Right hand
| Left arm [[Left-arm orthodox spin|slow orthodox]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[Anshuman Gaekwad]]
| 23 September 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[Sunil Gavaskar]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(vc)]]
| 10 July 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]<br />Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[Karsan Ghavri]]
| 28 February 1951
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[Kapil Dev]]
| 6 January 1959
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
|-
| [[Surinder Khanna]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 3 June 1956
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[Brijesh Patel]]
| 24 November 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[Dilip Vengsarkar]]
| 6 April 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[Gundappa Viswanath]]
| 12 February 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]]
| 12 November 1954
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[Yajurvindra Singh]]
| 1 August 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
|-
| [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]]
| 11 August 1954
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=6;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for India]</small>


=={{cr|New Zealand}}==
=={{cr|New Zealand}}==

{{Cricket Player List
{| class="wikitable"
| p1 = Mark Burgess (cricket player) | p1captain=true
|-
| p2 = Lance Cairns
! width="25%" |Player
| p3 = Ewen Chatfield
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
| p4 = Jeremy Coney
!width="12%"|Batting style
| p5 = Bruce Edgar
!width="20%"|Bowling style
| p6 = Richard Hadlee
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
| p7 = Geoff Howarth
|-
| p8 = Warren Lees | p8keeper=true
| [[Mark Burgess (cricket player)|Mark Burgess]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| p9 = Brian McKechnie (cricketer)
| 17 July 1944
| p10 = John Morrison (cricketer)
| Right hand
| p11 = Warren Stott
| Right arm [[off-break]]
| p12 = Gary Troup
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
| p13 = Glenn Turner
|-
| p14 = John Wright (cricketer)
| [[Lance Cairns]]
<!-- Other parameters -->
| 10 October 1949
| dob = true | bat = true | bowl = true | 1stclass = true
| Right hand
| source = [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=5;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for New Zealand]
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
}}
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[Ewen Chatfield]]
| 3 July 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Jeremy Coney]]
| 21 June 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Bruce Edgar]]
| 23 November 1956
| Left hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Richard Hadlee]]
| 3 July 1951
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]]
|-
| [[Geoff Howarth]]
| 29 March 1951
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|-
| [[Warren Lees]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 19 March 1952
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[Brian McKechnie (cricketer)|Brian McKechnie]]
| 6 November 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[John Morrison (cricketer)|John Morrison]]
| 27 August 1947
| Right hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Warren Stott]]
| 8 December 1946
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|-
| [[Gary Troup]]
| 3 October 1952
| Right hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|-
| [[Glenn Turner]]
| 26 May 1947
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]]
| 5 July 1954
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=5;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for New Zealand]</small>


=={{cr|Pakistan}}==
=={{cr|Pakistan}}==

{{Cricket Player List
{| class="wikitable"
| p1 = Asif Iqbal (cricketer) | p1captain=true
|-
| p2 = Zaheer Abbas
! width="25%" |Player
| p3 = Sikander Bakht (cricketer)
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
| p4 = Wasim Bari | p4keeper=true
!width="12%"|Batting style
| p5 = Imran Khan
!width="20%"|Bowling style
| p6 = Majid Khan (cricketer)
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
| p7 = Javed Miandad
|-
| p8 = Sadiq Mohammad
| [[Asif Iqbal (cricketer, born 1943)|Asif Iqbal]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| p9 = Sarfraz Nawaz
| 6 June 1943
| p10 = Mudassar Nazar
| Right hand
| p11 = Wasim Raja
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| p12 = Haroon Rashid (cricketer)
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
<!-- Other parameters -->
|-
| dob = true | bat = true | bowl = true | 1stclass = true
| [[Zaheer Abbas]]
| source = [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=7;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Pakistan]
| 24 July 1947
}}
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Sikander Bakht (cricketer)|Sikander Bakht]]
| 25 August 1957
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Wasim Bari]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 23 March 1948
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Imran Khan]]
| 25 November 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|PIA]]
|-
| [[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]]
| 28 September 1946
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]<br />Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Rawalpindi cricket team|Rawalpindi]]
|-
| [[Javed Miandad]]
| 12 June 1957
| Right hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Habib Bank Limited cricket team|Habib Bank]]
|-
| [[Sadiq Mohammad]]
| 3 May 1945
| Left hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Sarfraz Nawaz]]
| 1 December 1948
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Lahore cricket teams|Lahore]]
|-
| [[Mudassar Nazar]]
| 6 April 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Lahore cricket teams|Lahore]]
|-
| [[Wasim Raja]]
| 3 July 1952
| Left hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Lahore cricket teams|Lahore]]
|-
| [[Haroon Rashid (cricketer)|Haroon Rashid]]
| 25 March 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Iqbal Qasim]]
| 6 August 1953
| Left hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Hasan Jamil]]
| 25 July 1952
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|PIA]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=7;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Pakistan]</small>


=={{cr|Sri Lanka}}==
=={{cr|Sri Lanka}}==
{| class="wikitable"
Work in progress
|-
{{Cricket Player List
! width="25%" |Player
| p1 = Anura Tennekoon | p1captain=true
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
| p2 = Ajit de Silva
!width="12%"|Batting style
| p3 = Somachandra de Silva
!width="20%"|Bowling style
| p4 = Stanley de Silva
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
| p5 = Roy Dias
|-
| p6 = Ranjan Gunatilleke
| [[Anura Tennekoon]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| p7 = Sunil Jayasinghe | p7keeper=true
| 29 October 1946
| p8 = Ranjan Madugalle
| Right hand
| p9 = Duleep Mendis
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| p10 = Tony Opatha
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sinhalese Sports Club|SSC]]
| p11 = Sudath Pasqual
|-
| p12 = Bandula Warnapura
| [[Ajit de Silva]]
| p13 = Sunil Wettimuny
| 12 December 1952
<!-- Other parameters -->
| Left hand
| dob = true | bat = true | bowl = true | 1stclass = true
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| source = [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=8;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Sri Lanka]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]
}}
|-
| [[Somachandra de Silva]]
| 11 June 1942
| Right hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]
|-
| [[Stanley de Silva]]
| 17 November 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} –
|-
| [[Roy Dias]]
| 18 October 1952
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Colombo Cricket Club|CCC]]
|-
| [[Ranjan Gunatilleke]]
| 15 August 1951
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} –
|-
| [[Sunil Jayasinghe]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 15 July 1955
| Right hand
| None
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]
|-
| [[Ranjan Madugalle]]
| 22 April 1959
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Flowery Field Cricket Club|FFCC]]
|-
| [[Duleep Mendis]]
| 25 August 1952
| Right hand
| –
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sinhalese Sports Club|SSC]]
|-
| [[Tony Opatha]]
| 5 August 1947
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Colombo Cricket Club|CCC]]
|-
| [[Sudath Pasqual]]
| 16 October 1961
| Left-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Royal College Colombo|RCC]]
|-
| [[Bandula Warnapura]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captaincy|(vc)]]
| 1 March 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]<br />{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Burgher Recreation Club|BRC]]
|-
| [[Sunil Wettimuny]]
| 2 February 1949
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sinhalese Sports Club|SSC]]
|-
| [[Rohan Jayasekera (cricketer)|Rohan Jayasekara]]
| 7 December 1957
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} -
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=8;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Sri Lanka]</small>

=={{cr|West Indies}}==
Manager: [[Clyde Walcott]]<ref>{{cite web |title=CWI SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO WORLD CUP HEROES OF 1975 AND 1979 |url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/cwi-special-tribute-world-cup-heroes-1975-and-1979/ |website=Windies Cricket |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
|[[Clive Lloyd]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
| 31 August 1944
| left hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Colin Croft]]
| 15 March 1953
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Joel Garner]]
| 16 December 1952
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Gordon Greenidge]]
| 1 May 1951
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]/[[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Desmond Haynes]]
| 15 February 1956
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[legbreak]]/[[medium pace]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Michael Holding]]
| 16 February 1954
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Jamaica}}Jamaica
|-
|[[Alvin Kallicharran]]
| 21 March 1949
| Left-hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Collis King]]
| 11 June 1951
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Deryck Murray]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
| 20 May 1943
| Right-hand
| [[Legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}}Trinidad and Tobago
|-
|[[Viv Richards]]
| 7 March 1952
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]/[[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}}Leeward Islands
|-
|[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]
| 29 January 1951
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}}Leeward Islands
|-
|[[Larry Gomes]]
| 13 July 1953
| Left-hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}}Trinidad and Tobago
|-
|[[Faoud Bacchus]]
| 31 January 1954
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Malcolm Marshall]]
| 18 April 1958
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=4;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for West Indies]</small>


==West Indies==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Clive Lloyd]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
{{Portal|Caribbean|Cricket|England|Sports|World}}
*[[Colin Croft]]
*[[Joel Garner]]
*[[Gordon Greenidge]]
*[[Desmond Haynes]]
*[[Michael Holding]]
*[[Alvin Kallicharran]]
*[[Collis King]]
*[[Deryck Murray]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
*[[Viv Richards]]
*[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC79/ 1979 Cricket World Cup]. Cricinfo.com.
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC79/ 1979 Cricket World Cup]. Cricinfo.com.
* [http://www.worldcupofcricket.com/squads-1979-cricket-world-cup.php 1979 Cricket World Cup Squads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113648/http://www.worldcupofcricket.com/squads-1979-cricket-world-cup.php |date=18 July 2011 }}. worldcupofcricket.com.


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[[Category:Cricket World Cup squads]]
[[Category:Cricket World Cup squads]]
[[Category:1979 Cricket World Cup|Squads, 1979 Cricket World Cup]]

Latest revision as of 08:34, 11 October 2024

This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1979 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was Garnet Brisbane (40) of Canada while the youngest player was Sudath Pasqual (17) of Sri Lanka.

 Australia

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Kim Hughes  (c) 26 January 1954 Right hand Right arm medium  Western Australia
Allan Border 27 July 1955 Left hand Left arm orthodox spin  Queensland
Gary Cosier 25 April 1953 Right hand Right arm medium  South Australia
Rick Darling 1 May 1957 Right hand –  South Australia
Geoff Dymock 21 July 1945 Left hand Left arm fast-medium  Queensland
Andrew Hilditch 20 May 1956 Right hand Right arm medium  South Australia
Rodney Hogg 5 March 1951 Right hand Right hand fast  South Australia
Alan Hurst 15 July 1950 Right hand Right arm fast  Victoria
Trevor Laughlin 30 January 1951 Left hand Right arm medium  Victoria
Jeff Moss 29 June 1947 Left hand –  Victoria
Graeme Porter 18 March 1955 Right hand Right hand medium  Western Australia
Kevin Wright  (wk) 27 December 1953 Right hand Wicket-keeper  Western Australia
Graham Yallop 7 October 1952 Left hand Left arm medium  Victoria
Dav Whatmore 16 March 1954 Right hand -  Victoria

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Australia

 Canada

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Bryan Mauricette  (c)  (wk) 4 September 1946 Right hand Wicket-keeper Canada Toronto
Cricket West Indies Windward Islands
Charles Baksh 15 March 1940 Right hand – Canada Winnipeg
Robert Callender 2 November 1950 Right hand Right arm medium-fast Canada Montreal
Christopher Chappell 17 July 1955 Right hand – Canada Toronto
Franklyn Dennis 26 September 1947 Right hand – Canada Toronto
Cornelius Henry 16 September 1956 Right hand Right arm medium Canada Ottawa
Tariq Javed 12 June 1949 Right hand Right arm leg-break Canada Ottawa
Pakistan Karachi
Cecil Marshall 13 September 1939 Right hand Right arm medium Canada Ottawa
Jitendra Patel 26 November 1945 Left hand Left arm orthodox spin Canada London (Ontario)
India Baroda
Glenroy Sealy 11 June 1940 Right hand Right arm medium Canada Toronto
Barbados Barbados
Martin Stead 1 June 1958 Right hand Right arm medium Canada Vancouver
John Valentine 20 September 1954 Left hand Left arm medium Canada Ottawa
John Vaughan 8 June 1945 Right hand Right arm medium-fast Canada Ottawa
Garnet Brisbane 31 December 1938 Right hand Left arm orthodox spin Canada Quebec

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Canada

 England

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Mike Brearley  (c) 28 April 1942 Right hand Wicket-keeper England Middlesex
Ian Botham 24 November 1955 Right hand Right arm fast-medium England Somerset
Geoffrey Boycott 21 October 1940 Right hand Right arm medium England Yorkshire
Phil Edmonds 8 March 1951 Right hand Left arm orthodox spin England Middlesex
Mike Gatting[1] 6 June 1957 Right hand Right arm medium England Middlesex
Graham Gooch 23 July 1953 Right hand Right arm medium England Essex
David Gower 1 April 1957 Left hand Right arm off-break England Leicestershire
Mike Hendrick 22 October 1948 Right hand Right arm fast-medium England Derbyshire
Wayne Larkins 22 November 1953 Right hand Right arm medium England Northamptonshire
Geoff Miller 8 September 1952 Right hand Right arm off-break England Derbyshire
Chris Old 22 December 1948 Left hand Right arm fast-medium England Yorkshire
Derek Randall 24 February 1951 Right hand Right arm medium England Nottinghamshire
Bob Taylor  (wk) 17 July 1941 Right hand Wicket-keeper England Derbyshire
Bob Willis 30 May 1949 Right hand Right arm fast England Warwickshire

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England

 India

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan  (c) 21 April 1945 Right hand Right arm offbreak India Tamil Nadu
Mohinder Amarnath 24 September 1950 Right hand Right arm medium India Delhi
Bishan Singh Bedi 25 September 1946 Right hand Left arm slow orthodox India Delhi
Anshuman Gaekwad 23 September 1952 Right hand Right arm offbreak India Baroda
Sunil Gavaskar  (vc) 10 July 1949 Right hand Right arm medium
Right arm offbreak 		India Bombay
Karsan Ghavri 28 February 1951 Left hand Left arm medium India Bombay
Kapil Dev 6 January 1959 Right hand Right arm fast-medium India Haryana
Surinder Khanna  (wk) 3 June 1956 Right hand Wicket-keeper India Delhi
Brijesh Patel 24 November 1952 Right hand Right arm offbreak India Karnataka
Dilip Vengsarkar 6 April 1956 Right hand Right arm medium India Bombay
Gundappa Viswanath 12 February 1949 Right hand Right arm legbreak India Karnataka
Bharath Reddy 12 November 1954 Right hand Wicket-keeper India Tamil Nadu
Yajurvindra Singh 1 August 1952 Right hand Right arm medium India Maharashtra
Yashpal Sharma 11 August 1954 Right hand Right arm medium India Punjab

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for India

 New Zealand

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Mark Burgess  (c) 17 July 1944 Right hand Right arm off-break New Zealand Auckland
Lance Cairns 10 October 1949 Right hand Right arm medium-fast New Zealand Otago
Ewen Chatfield 3 July 1950 Right hand Right arm medium-fast New Zealand Wellington
Jeremy Coney 21 June 1952 Right hand Right arm medium New Zealand Wellington
Bruce Edgar 23 November 1956 Left hand Wicket-keeper New Zealand Wellington
Richard Hadlee 3 July 1951 Left hand Right arm fast New Zealand Canterbury
Geoff Howarth 29 March 1951 Right hand Right arm offbreak New Zealand Auckland
Warren Lees  (wk) 19 March 1952 Right hand Wicket-keeper New Zealand Otago
Brian McKechnie 6 November 1953 Right hand Right arm fast-medium New Zealand Otago
John Morrison 27 August 1947 Right hand Left arm orthodox spin New Zealand Wellington
Warren Stott 8 December 1946 Right hand Right arm medium New Zealand Auckland
Gary Troup 3 October 1952 Right hand Left arm fast-medium New Zealand Auckland
Glenn Turner 26 May 1947 Right hand Right arm offbreak New Zealand Otago
John Wright 5 July 1954 Left hand Right arm medium New Zealand Northern Districts

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for New Zealand

 Pakistan

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Asif Iqbal  (c) 6 June 1943 Right hand Right arm medium Pakistan Karachi
Zaheer Abbas 24 July 1947 Right hand Right arm offbreak Pakistan Karachi
Sikander Bakht 25 August 1957 Right hand Right arm medium-fast Pakistan Karachi
Wasim Bari  (wk) 23 March 1948 Right hand Wicket-keeper Pakistan Karachi
Imran Khan 25 November 1952 Right hand Right arm fast Pakistan PIA
Majid Khan 28 September 1946 Right hand Right arm medium
Right arm offbreak 		Pakistan Rawalpindi
Javed Miandad 12 June 1957 Right hand Right arm legbreak Pakistan Habib Bank
Sadiq Mohammad 3 May 1945 Left hand Right arm legbreak Pakistan Karachi
Sarfraz Nawaz 1 December 1948 Right hand Right arm fast-medium Pakistan Lahore
Mudassar Nazar 6 April 1956 Right hand Right arm medium Pakistan Lahore
Wasim Raja 3 July 1952 Left hand Right arm legbreak Pakistan Lahore
Haroon Rashid 25 March 1953 Right hand Right arm medium Pakistan Karachi
Iqbal Qasim 6 August 1953 Left hand Left arm orthodox spin Pakistan Karachi
Hasan Jamil 25 July 1952 Left hand Left arm medium Pakistan PIA

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Pakistan

 Sri Lanka

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Anura Tennekoon  (c) 29 October 1946 Right hand Left arm orthodox spin Sri Lanka SSC
Ajit de Silva 12 December 1952 Left hand Left arm orthodox spin Sri Lanka BCAC
Somachandra de Silva 11 June 1942 Right hand Right arm legbreak Sri Lanka BCAC
Stanley de Silva 17 November 1956 Right hand Right arm fast-medium Sri Lanka –
Roy Dias 18 October 1952 Right hand Right-arm offbreak Sri Lanka CCC
Ranjan Gunatilleke 15 August 1951 Right hand Right-arm medium Sri Lanka –
Sunil Jayasinghe  (wk) 15 July 1955 Right hand None Sri Lanka BCAC
Ranjan Madugalle 22 April 1959 Right hand Right-arm offbreak England FFCC
Duleep Mendis 25 August 1952 Right hand – Sri Lanka SSC
Tony Opatha 5 August 1947 Right hand Right arm medium Sri Lanka CCC
Sudath Pasqual 16 October 1961 Left-hand Right-arm medium Sri Lanka RCC
Bandula Warnapura  (vc) 1 March 1953 Right hand Right arm medium Sri Lanka BCAC
Sri Lanka BRC
Sunil Wettimuny 2 February 1949 Right hand Wicket-keeper Sri Lanka SSC
Rohan Jayasekara 7 December 1957 Right hand Wicket-keeper Sri Lanka -

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Sri Lanka

 West Indies

[edit]

Manager: Clyde Walcott[2]

Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Clive Lloyd (c) 31 August 1944 left hand Right-arm medium GuyanaGuyana
Colin Croft 15 March 1953 Right-hand Right-arm fast GuyanaGuyana
Joel Garner 16 December 1952 Right hand Right-arm fast BarbadosBarbados
Gordon Greenidge 1 May 1951 Right-hand Right-arm medium/offbreak BarbadosBarbados
Desmond Haynes 15 February 1956 Right-hand Right-arm legbreak/medium pace BarbadosBarbados
Michael Holding 16 February 1954 Right-hand Right-arm fast JamaicaJamaica
Alvin Kallicharran 21 March 1949 Left-hand Right-arm offbreak GuyanaGuyana
Collis King 11 June 1951 Right-hand Right-arm medium BarbadosBarbados
Deryck Murray (wk) 20 May 1943 Right-hand Legbreak Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
Viv Richards 7 March 1952 Right-hand Right-arm medium/offbreak Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands
Andy Roberts 29 January 1951 Right-hand Right-arm fast Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands
Larry Gomes 13 July 1953 Left-hand Right-arm offbreak Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
Faoud Bacchus 31 January 1954 Right-hand Right-arm medium GuyanaGuyana
Malcolm Marshall 18 April 1958 Right-hand Right-arm fast BarbadosBarbados

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for West Indies

References

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  1. ^ "Cricketer of the Year 1984 Mike Gatting". espncricinfo.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. ^ "CWI SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO WORLD CUP HEROES OF 1975 AND 1979". Windies Cricket. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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