This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1987 Cricket World Cup in India and Pakistan which took place from 9 October 1987 to 8 November 1987. The oldest player at the 1987 Cricket World Cup was John Traicos (40) of Zimbabwe while the youngest player was Ijaz Ahmed (19) of Pakistan.

Australia Coach: Bob Simpson PlayerDate of birthMatchesBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team Allan Border (c) 27 July 1955 153 Left hand Left arm orthodox spin David Boon29 December 1960 40Right handRight hand off-spin Greg Dyer (wk)16 March 1959 4Right handWicket-keeper Dean Jones 24 March 1961 45Right handRight arm off spin Geoff Marsh 31 December 1958 37 Right hand Right arm off-spin Tim May 26 January 1962 0Right handRight-arm offbreak Craig McDermott14 April 1965 39Right handRight-arm fast Tom Moody2 October 1965 0Right handRight-arm medium Simon O'Donnell26 January 1963 37Right handRight-arm fast-medium Bruce Reid14 March 1963 33Left handLeft-arm fast-medium Peter Taylor22 August 1956 12Left handRight-arm offbreakMike Veletta30 October 1963 2Right hand- Steve Waugh2 June 1965 39Right handRight-arm medium Andrew Zesers11 March 1967 0 Right hand Right-arm medium-fast

England Coach: Micky Stewart

+PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class teamMike Gatting (c)6 June 1957Right handRight arm medium MiddlesexBill Athey27 September 1957 Right hand Right arm medium GloucestershireChris Broad29 September 1957Left handRight arm medium NottinghamshirePhillip DeFreitas18 February 1966 Right hand Right arm fast-medium LeicestershirePaul Downton (wk)4 April 1957Right hand Wicket-keeper MiddlesexJohn Emburey20 August 1952Right handRight arm off break MiddlesexNeil Foster6 May 1962Right-handRight-arm fast mediumEssexGraham Gooch23 July 1953Right handRight arm medium EssexEddie Hemmings20 February 1949Right handRight-arm offbreakNottinghamshireAllan Lamb20 June 1954 Right-hand Right-arm mediumNorthamptonshireDerek Pringle18 September 1958Right handRight-arm medium EssexTim Robinson21 November 1958Right handRight-arm medium NottinghamshireGladstone Small18 October 1961Right armRight arm fast-medium Warwickshire

India Manager: PR Man Singh

+PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class teamKapil Dev (c)6 January 1959Right handRight arm fast-medium HaryanaMohammad Azharuddin8 February 1963Right handRight-arm medium HyderabadRoger Binny19 July 1955Right handRight arm fast-medium KarnatakaSunil Gavaskar10 July 1949Right handRight arm medium Right arm offbreak BombayManinder Singh13 June 1965Right handSlow left-arm orthodox DelhiKiran More (wk)4 September 1962Right handRight arm leg spin Wicket-keeper BarodaChandrakant Pandit30 September 1961Right handWicket-keeper BombayManoj Prabhakar15 April 1963Right handRight-arm medium pace DelhiChetan Sharma3 January 1966Right handRight arm fast-medium HaryanaRavi Shastri27 May 1962Right handSlow left-arm orthodox BombayNavjot Singh Sidhu20 October 1963Right handRight-arm medium PunjabLaxman Sivaramakrishnan31 December 1965Right handRight-arm leg break

Right-arm googly Tamil NaduKrishnamachari Srikkanth21 December 1959Right handRight-arm medium Right-arm offbreak Tamil NaduDilip Vengsarkar (vc)6 April 1956Right handRight arm medium Bombay

New Zealand Player Date of birth Batting style Bowling style First class teamJeff Crowe (c)14 September 1958Right-handedRight arm, medium pace AucklandStephen Boock20 September 1951Right-handSlow left-arm orthodox OtagoJohn Bracewell 15 April 1958 Right-handRight arm off break AucklandEwen Chatfield3 July 1950Right handRight arm medium-fast WellingtonMartin Crowe22 September 1962Right-handRight-arm medium Central DistrictsPhil Horne21 January 1960Left-hand– AucklandAndrew Jones9 May 1959Right-handRight-arm off-break WellingtonDanny Morrison3 February 1966Right-handRight-arm fast-medium AucklandDipak Patel25 October 1958Right-handRight-arm off-break AucklandKen Rutherford26 October 1965 Right-handRight arm medium OtagoIan Smith (wk)28 February 1957 Right hand Wicket-keeper AucklandMartin Snedden23 November 1958Left-handRight-arm medium-fast AucklandWillie Watson31 August 1965Right-handRight-arm fast-medium AucklandJohn Wright5 July 1954Left handRight arm medium Northern Districts

Pakistan PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class teamImran Khan (c)5 October 1952 Right handRight arm fast SussexAbdul Qadir15 September 1955Right-handRight-arm leg spin Habib BankIjaz Ahmed20 September 1968Right-handLeft-arm medium Habib BankJaved Miandad12 June 1957Right handRight arm legbreak Habib BankMansoor Akhtar6 September 1962Right-handRight-arm offspinPACManzoor Elahi15 April 1963Right-handRight-arm fast-medium MultanMudassar Nazar6 April 1956Right handRight arm medium LahoreRameez Raja14 August 1962Right handRight arm leg-break Lahore Saleem Jaffar19 November 1962Right-handLeft-arm fast-medium KarachiSaleem Malik16 April 1963Right-handRight arm off break / slow-mediumLahoreSaleem Yousuf (wk)7 December 1959 Right handWicket-keeperKarachiShoaib Mohammad8 January 1961Right handRight arm offbreakKarachiTauseef Ahmed10 May 1958Right handRight arm offbreakKarachiWasim Akram3 June 1966Left handLeft-arm fastLahore

Sri Lanka PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team Duleep Mendis (c) 25 August 1952 Right hand – Sinhalese SCDon Anurasiri 25 February 1966 Right-hand Slow left-arm orthodox Panadura SCAshantha de Mel 9 May 1959 Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast –Aravinda de Silva 17 October 1965 Right hand Right arm offbreak Nondescripts Roy Dias 18 October 1952 Right hand Right-arm offbreak Colombo CCAsanka Gurusinha 16 September 1966 Left-hand Right-arm medium NondescriptsSridharan Jeganathan 11 July 1951 Right hand Slow left-arm orthodox NondescriptsVinothen John 27 May 1960 Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast Moratuwa CCBrendon Kuruppu (wk) 5 January 1962 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Burgher RC Ranjan Madugalle 22 April 1959 Right hand Right-arm offbreak NondescriptsRoshan Mahanama 31 May 1966 Right-hand - Colombo CC Arjuna Ranatunga 1 December 1963 Left-hand Right-arm medium Sinhalese CCRumesh Ratnayake 2 January 1964 Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium NondescriptsRavi Ratnayeke 2 May 1960 Left-handed Right-arm fast medium Colombo CC

West Indies PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class teamViv Richards (c) 7 March 1952 Right-hand Right-arm medium/offbreak Leeward IslandsEldine Baptiste 12 March 1960 Right hand Right-arm fast-medium Leeward IslandsWinston Benjamin 31 December 1964 Right hand Right-arm fast Leeward IslandsCarlisle Best 14 May 1959 Right hand Right-arm off break/medium pace Barbados Jeff Dujon (wk) 28 May 1956 Right-hand Wicket-keeper JamaicaRoger Harper 17 March 1963 Right hand Right arm offbreak GuyanaDesmond Haynes 15 February 1956 Right hand Right-arm legbreak/medium pace BarbadosCarl Hooper 15 December 1966 Right hand Right arm offbreak Guyana Gus Logie 28 September 1960 Right-hand Right-arm off break Trinidad and TobagoPatrick Patterson15 September 1961Right handRight arm fastJamaicaRichie Richardson 12 January 1962 Right-hand Right-arm medium pace Leeward IslandsPhil Simmons 18 April 1963 Right-hand Right-arm mediumTrinidad and TobagoCourtney Walsh 30 October 1962 Right handRight-arm fastJamaica

Zimbabwe PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleJohn Traicos (c) 17 May 1947 Right-hand Right arm off-spinKevin Arnott8 March 1961 Right-hand -Eddo Brandes 5 March 1963 Right-hand Right arm fast Robin Brown 11 March 1951 Right-hand Right-arm mediumIain Butchart 9 May 1960 Right-hand Right-arm mediumKevin Curran 7 September 1959 Right-handed Right-arm fast medium David Houghton (wk) 23 June 1957 Right-hand Right-arm off breakMalcolm Jarvis 6 December 1955 Right hand Left-arm medium fastBabu Meman 26 June 1952 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak Grant Paterson 9 June 1960 Right-hand Right-arm off-spin Andrew Pycroft 6 June 1956 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak Peter Rawson 25 May 1957 Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast Ali Shah 7 August 1959 Left-hand Right arm mediumAndy Waller 25 September 1959 Right hand Right-arm medium

See also 1987 Cricket World Cup Final

External links 1987 Cricket World Cup. ESPNcricinfo.