This is a list of the final 14-man squads named for the 1996 Cricket World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which took place from 14 February 1996 to 17 March 1996. The oldest player at the 1996 Cricket World Cup was Nolan Clarke (47) of The Netherlands while the youngest player was Thomas Odoyo (17) of Kenya.
Australia
Coach: Geoff Marsh Oldest Player : Ian Healy (31y 286d) Youngest Player : Ricky Ponting (21y 53d) Average Age : 27 y 209d +PlayerDate of birthAge Matches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamMark Taylor (c)27 October 196431y 106d 89 2Left handRight-arm mediumMichael Bevan8 May 1970 25y 278d 25 -Left hand Slow left-arm wrist spinDamien Fleming24 April 1970 25y 292d 14 -Right handRight-arm fast-mediumIan Healy (wk) (vc)30 April 196431y 286d 139 7Right handWicket-keeperStuart Law 18 October 1968 27y 115d 14 -Right handRight-arm mediumShane Lee8 August 1973 22y 186d 6 -Right handRight–arm mediumCraig McDermott14 April 1965 30y 302d 137 16Right handRight-arm fastGlenn McGrath9 February 1970 26y 1d 44 -Right handRight arm fast-mediumRicky Ponting19 December 1974 21y 53d 16 -Right handRight arm mediumPaul Reiffel19 April 1966 29y 297d 55 -Right handRight-arm fast-mediumMichael Slater 21 February 1970 25y 354d 33 -Right handRight arm mediumShane Warne 13 September 1969 26y 150d 52 -Right handRight-arm leg breakMark Waugh2 June 1965 30y 253d 106 5Right handRight-arm medium Right-arm off-breakSteve Waugh2 June 1965 30y 253d 189 16Right handRight-arm medium
England
Coach: Ray Illingworth Oldest Player : Alec Stewart (32y 308d) Youngest Player: Dominic Cork (24y 187d) Average age : 29y 68d Dermot Reeve was called up for the team as injury replacement for Craig White
+ Player ! Date of birthAge Matches before 1996 WC WC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamMichael Atherton (c)23 March 1968 27y 324d 31 -Right handRight arm leg breakWicket-keeper LancashireDominic Cork7 August 1971 24y 187d 14 -Right handRight-arm fast-medium DerbyshirePhillip DeFreitas18 February 1966 29y 357d 97 18Right handRight arm fast-medium LancashireNeil Fairbrother9 September 1963 32y 154d 51 9Left handLeft-arm medium LancashireDarren Gough18 September 1970 25y 145d 16 -Right handRight-arm fast YorkshireGraeme Hick23 May 1966 29y 263d 54 10Right handRight arm off-break WorcestershirePeter Martin15 November 1968 27y 87d 7 -Right handRight-arm fast-medium LancashireRichard Illingworth23 August 1963 32y 171d 21 -Right handSlow left-arm orthodox WorcestershireJack Russell (wk)15 August 1963 32y 179d31 -Left handRight arm off break GloucestershireNeil Smith27 July 1967 28y 198d 2 -Right handRight-arm off break WarwickshireRobin Smith13 September 1963 32y 150d 69 8Right handRight arm leg-break Hampshire Alec Stewart8 April 1963 32y 308d 68 10Right handRight-arm medium SurreyGraham Thorpe1 August 1969 26y 193d 19 -Left handRight arm medium SurreyCraig White16 December 1969 26y 56d 8 -Right handRight-arm fast-medium YorkshireDermot Reeve2 April 196332y 319d 27 9Right handRight-arm medium Warwickshire
India
Coach/manager: Ajit Wadekar Oldest Player: Mohammad Azharuddin (33y 2d) Youngest Player: Sachin Tendulkar (22y 292d) Average age: 27y 168d
+PlayerDate of birthAge Matches before 1996 WC WC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamMohammad Azharuddin (c)8 February 196333y 2d 200 15Right handRight-arm mediumHyderabadSachin Tendulkar (vc)24 April 197322y 292d 102 8Right handRight-arm medium Right-arm leg break
Right-arm off-breakMumbaiVinod Kambli18 January 197224y 23d 62 5Left handRight-arm off-breakMumbaiAashish Kapoor25 March 197124y 322d 7 -Right handRight-arm offbreakPunjabAnil Kumble17 October 197025y 116d 72 -Right handRight-arm leg spin KarnatakaSanjay Manjrekar12 July 196530y 213d 59 6Right handRight arm off-spinMumbaiNayan Mongia (wk)19 December 196926y 53d 35 -Right handWicket-keeper BarodaManoj Prabhakar15 April 196332y 301d 126 15Right handRight-arm medium paceDelhiVenkatesh Prasad5 August 196926y 189d 21 -Right hand Right-arm medium-fast KarnatakaNavjot Singh Sidhu20 October 196332y 113d 93 7Right handRight-arm medium PunjabJavagal Srinath31 August 196926y 163d 83 8Right handRight arm fastKarnatakaAjay Jadeja1 February 197125y 9d 42 6Right handRight-arm mediumHaryanaSalil Ankola1 March 196827y 346d 14 -Right handRight-arm fastMumbaiVenkatapathy Raju9 July 196926y 216d42 7Right handSlow left-arm orthodoxHyderabad
Kenya
Coach: Hanumant Singh +PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class team Maurice Odumbe (c)15 June 1969 Right handRight-arm offbreak Aga Khan, Nairobi Rajab Ali19 November 1965Right handRight-arm medium-fastn/a Dipak Chudasama20 May 1963Right hand–n/a Tariq Iqbal3 April 1964Right handWicket-keepern/a Aasif Karim15 September 1963Right handSlow left-arm orthodox Jaffery, Mombasa Hitesh Modi13 October 1971Left handSlow left-arm orthodox Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu Thomas Odoyo12 May 1978Right handRight arm medium-fast Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu Edward Odumbe19 May 1965Right hand Right-arm mediumn/a Lameck Onyango22 September 1973Right handRight arm medium Swamibapa, Nairobi Kennedy Otieno (wk)11 March 1972 Right handWicket-keeper Ruaraka, Nairobi Brijal Patel14 November 1977Right handSlow left-arm Premier, Nairobi Martin Suji2 June 1971Right handRight-arm medium-fast Aga Khan, Nairobi David Tikolo27 December 1964Right handRight-arm medium Steve Tikolo25 June 1971Right handRight arm Offbreak Swamibapa, Nairobi
Netherlands
+ Player Date of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamSteven Lubbers (c)24 March 1953Right handRight-arm off-break Hermes DVSFlavian Aponso28 October 1952 Left handRight-arm offbreak Sebastianites CACPaul-Jan Bakker 19 September 1957Right handRight-arm medium-fast Quick Den HaagPeter Cantrell28 October 1962Right handRight-arm offbreak SV KampongNolan Clarke22 June 1948Right handLegbreak googly Sparta 1888Eric Gouka29 January 1970Right handRight-arm medium Excelsior'20Floris Jansen10 June 1962Right handRight-arm medium SV KampongTim de Leede25 January 1968Right handRight-arm medium VoorburgRoland Lefebvre7 February 1963Right armRight–arm medium GlamorganKlaas-Jan van Noortwijk10 July 1970Right handRight-arm medium VOCRobert van Oosterom16 October 1968Right hand - HBSMarcel Schewe (wk)10 March 1969Right handWicket-keeper Excelsior'20Reinout Scholte (wk)10 August 1967Right handWicket-keeper HBSBas Zuiderent3 March 1977Right handRight arm medium VOC
New Zealand
Coach: Glenn Turner Oldest Player: Dipak Patel (37y 108d) Youngest Player : Stephen Fleming (22y 315d) Average age : 27y 14d +PlayerDate of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamLee Germon (c/wk)4 November 196827y 98d 13 0Right handRight arm leg breakWicket-keeper CanterburyNathan Astle15 September 197124y 148d 170Right handRight arm medium CanterburyChris Cairns13 June 197025y 242d 38 5Right handRight arm fast-medium CanterburyStephen Fleming1 April 197322y 315d 370Left handRight arm offbreak CanterburyChris Harris20 November 196926y 82d 589Left handRight arm medium CanterburyRobert Kennedy 3 June 197223y 52d 20Right handRight arm medium OtagoGavin Larsen27 September 196233y 136d 76 9Right handRight arm medium WellingtonDanny Morrison3 February 1966 30y 7d 86 6Right handRight-arm fast-medium AucklandDion Nash 20 November 1971 24y 82d 22 0Right hand Right-arm fast medium Northern DistrictsAdam Parore23 January 197125y 18d 450Right handWicket-keeper AucklandDipak Patel25 October 195837y 108d 56 15Right-handRight arm off-break AucklandCraig Spearman4 July 197223y 221d 70Right-hand – Central DistrictsShane Thomson 27 January 196927y 14d 480Right handRight-arm off-breakRight-arm fast-medium Northern DistrictsRoger Twose17 April 1968 27y 299d 120Left hand Right-arm medium pace Wellington
Pakistan
Oldest Player : Javed Miandad (38y 243d) Youngest Player : Saqlain Mushtaq (19y 43d) Average age: 27y 197d + Player Date of birthAgeMatches before 1996 WCWC Matches before 1996 WCBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamWasim Akram (c)3 June 196629y 252d 193 17 Left hand Left-arm fast PIAAamer Sohail(vc)14 September 196629y 149d 8510Left handSlow left-arm orthodox Allied Bank LimitedAaqib Javed5 August 197223y 189d 12110Right handRight-arm fast-medium Allied Bank LimitedAta-ur-Rehman28 March 197520y 319d 250Right handRight-arm fast-medium Allied Bank LimitedIjaz Ahmed20 September 196827y 143d 12114Right handLeft-arm medium Habib Bank Inzamam-ul-Haq3 March 197025y 344d 96 10Right handSlow left-arm orthodox FaisalabadJaved Miandad12 June 195738y 243d 228 28Right handRight-arm legbreak Habib Bank Mushtaq Ahmed28 June 197025y 227 90 9Right handRight arm leg-break MultanRameez Raja14 August 196233y 180d 170 15Right handRight arm leg-break LahoreRashid Latif (wk)14 October 196827y 119d 70 0Right handWicket-keeperRight hand leg break KarachiSaeed Anwar 6 September 1968 27y 158d 82 0Left-handSlow left-arm orthodox National BankSaleem Malik16 April 196332y 300d 214 17Right handRight arm off-break Slow right-arm medium LahoreSaqlain Mushtaq 29 December 197619y 43d 5 0Right handRight arm off break Pakistan Intl. AirlinesWaqar Younis16 November 1971 24y 86d 112 0Right hand Right-arm fast United Bank Limited
South Africa
Coach: Bob Woolmer +PlayerDate of birth MatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamHansie Cronje (c)25 September 1969 77Right handRight arm medium Free StatePaul Adams20 January 1977 3Right handLeft-arm wrist spin Western ProvinceDaryl Cullinan4 March 1967 41Right handRight arm off break TransvaalFanie de Villiers13 October 1964 62Right handRight-arm fast medium Northern TransvaalAllan Donald20 October 1966 57Right handRight arm fast WarwickshireAndrew Hudson17 March 1965 60Right handRight-arm medium KwaZulu-NatalJacques Kallis16 October 1975 7Right handRight arm fast-medium Western ProvinceGary Kirsten23 November 1967 35Left handRight arm off break Western ProvinceCraig Matthews15 February 1965 43Right handRight-arm fast-medium Western ProvinceBrian McMillan22 December 1963 48Right handRight-arm medium-fast Western ProvinceSteve Palframan (wk)12 May 1970 1Right handWicket-keeper BolandShaun Pollock16 July 1973 7Right handRight arm fast-medium WarwickshireJonty Rhodes27 July 1969 76Right handRight-arm medium KwaZulu-NatalPat Symcox14 April 1960 19Right handRight-arm offbreak KwaZulu-Natal
Sri Lanka
Coach: Dav Whatmore
Oldest Player: Arjuna Ranatunga (32y 79d)
Youngest Player: Ravindra Pushpakumara (20y 204d)
Average player age: 26y 141d
+ Player ! Date of birth MatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst-class teamArjuna Ranatunga (c)1 December 1963 178 Left-hand Right-hand medium Sinhalese SCAravinda de Silva (vc) 17 October 1965 175 Right hand Right-arm off-break NondescriptsUpul Chandana7 May 1972 5Right handRight-arm leg-break Tamil Union C&ACMarvan Atapattu 22 November 1970 7Right handRight arm leg spin Sinhalese SCKumar Dharmasena24 April 1971 27Right handRight-arm offbreak BloomfieldAsanka Gurusinha16 September 1966128Left-hand Right-arm medium NondescriptsRomesh Kaluwitharana (wk) 24 November 1969 40Right handWicket-keeperRight-arm medium SebastianitesSanath Jayasuriya30 June 1969 99 Left hand Slow left arm orthodox BloomfieldRoshan Mahanama 31 May 1966 136 Right-hand - BloomfieldMuttiah Muralitharan17 April 1972 35Right handRight-arm off break Tamil UnionRavindra Pushpakumara21 July 1975 18Right handRight-arm fast-medium Colts CCHashan Tillakaratne14 July 1967 123Left hand - NondescriptsChaminda Vaas27 January 1974 41Left HandLeft arm fast medium Colts CCPramodya Wickramasinghe14 August 1971 76Right handRight-arm fast Burgher RC
United Arab Emirates