These were the nine squads (all Test nations) picked to take part in the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the first installment of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament. The tournament was held in Bangladesh from 24 October to 2 November 1998 Teams could name a preliminary squad of 30, but only 14-man squads were permitted for the actual tournament, one month before the start of the tournament. In the knockout tournament, New Zealand and Zimbabwe were the only teams to play a pre-quarter final match. New Zealand won the match and qualified for the quarter-final where they faced Sri Lanka. South Africa won the inaugural edition of the ICC KnockOut Trophy by defeating West Indies in the final by four wickets.
Mike Rindel, Herschelle Gibbs and Andrew Hudson were not selected initially in the South African squad. But later, Rindel was recalled in place of injured Gary Kirsten, and Daryll Cullinan was selected as Rindel's opening partner. Arshad Khan, Shoaib Akhtar and Wasim Akram replaced Mushtaq Ahmed, Mohammad Zahid and Abdul Razzaq in the Pakistani squad. Waqar Younis who had not recovered from his elbow injury was left out, whereas Aaqib Javed was recalled into the 14-men squad. Saeed Anwar and Inzamam-ul-Haq were dropped from the initial Pakistani squad due to their withdrawal following injuries, and were replaced by Saleem Elahi and Akhtar Sarfraz. Many New Zealand key players—Dion Nash, Chris Cairns, Llorne Howell and Gavin Larsen—were unavailable for the tournament due to different kind of injuries. Fast bowler, Simon Doull was back into the squad replacing Chris Drum who was also injured.
Squads Australia No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 90 Steve Waugh (captain) 2 June 1965 Right-handed Right-arm medium New South Wales 105 Mark Waugh (vice-captain) 2 June 1965 Right-handed Right-arm mediumRight-arm off break New South Wales 116 Michael Bevan 8 May 1970 Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin New South Wales 115 Damien Fleming 24 April 1970 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Victoria 129 Adam Gilchrist (wicket-keeper) 14 November 1971 Left-handed Wicket-keeper Western Australia 112 Brendon Julian 10 August 1970 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Western Australia 125 Michael Kasprowicz 10 February 1972 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Queensland 128 Darren Lehmann 5 February 1970 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin South Australia 109 Damien Martyn 21 October 1971 Right-handed Right-arm medium Western Australia 113 Glenn McGrath 9 February 1970 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium New South Wales 123 Ricky Ponting 19 December 1974 Right-handed Right-arm medium Tasmania 119 Gavin Robertson 28 May 1966 Right-handed Right-arm off break New South Wales 139 Andrew Symonds 9 June 1975 Right-handed Right-arm mediumRight-arm off break Queensland 138 Brad Young 23 February 1973 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin South Australia Source: CricInfo
England No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 143 Adam Hollioake (captain) 5 September 1971 Right-handed Right-arm medium Surrey 151 Ian Austin 30 May 1966 Left-handed Right-arm medium Lancashire 135 Ali Brown 11 February 1970 Right-handed Right-arm off break Surrey 147 Dougie Brown 29 October 1969 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Warwickshire 136 Mark Ealham 27 August 1969 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Kent 94 Neil Fairbrother 9 September 1963 Left-handed Left-arm medium Lancashire 148 Matthew Fleming 12 December 1964 Right-handed Right-arm medium Kent 145 Ashley Giles 19 March 1973 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Warwickshire 112 Graeme Hick 23 May 1966 Right-handed Right-arm off break Worcestershire 140 Nick Knight 28 November 1969 Left-handed Right-arm medium Warwickshire 141 Graham Lloyd 1 July 1969 Right-handed Right-arm medium Lancashire 131 Peter Martin 15 November 1968 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Lancashire 96 Jack Russell (wicket-keeper) 15 August 1963 Left-handed Wicket-keeper Gloucestershire 144 Chris Silverwood 5 March 1975 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Yorkshire Source: CricInfo
India No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 51 Mohammad Azharuddin (captain) 8 February 1963 Right-handed Right-arm medium Hyderabad 111 Ajit Agarkar 4 December 1977 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bombay 95 Rahul Dravid 11 January 1973 Right-handed Right-arm off break Karnataka 84 Sourav Ganguly 8 July 1972 Left-handed Right-arm medium Bengal 85 Ajay Jadeja 1 February 1971 Right-handed Right-arm medium Haryana 98 Sunil Joshi 6 June 1970 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Karnataka 78 Anil Kumble 17 October 1970 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Googly Karnataka 112 V. V. S. Laxman 1 November 1974 Right-handed Right-arm off break Hyderabad 88 Nayan Mongia (wicket-keeper) 19 December 1969 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Baroda 89 Venkatesh Prasad 5 August 1969 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Karnataka 71 Robin Singh 14 September 1963 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Tamil Nadu 81 Javagal Srinath 31 August 1969 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Karnataka 74 Sachin Tendulkar 24 April 1973 Right-handed Right-arm spin Bombay Source: CricInfo
New Zealand No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 88 Stephen Fleming (captain) 1 April 1973 Left-handed Right-arm medium Canterbury 98 Geoff Allott 24 December 1971 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Canterbury 93 Nathan Astle 15 September 1971 Right-handed Right-arm medium Canterbury 106 Mark Bailey 26 November 1970 Right-handed Right-arm medium Northern Districts 107 Matthew Bell 25 February 1977 Right-handed Right-arm off break Wellington 78 Simon Doull 6 August 1969 Right-handed Right-arm medium Northern Districts 72 Chris Harris 20 November 1969 Left-handed Right-arm medium Canterbury 99 Matt Horne 5 December 1970 Right-handed Right-arm medium Otago 102 Craig McMillan 13 September 1976 Right-handed Right-arm medium Canterbury 103 Shayne O'Connor 15 November 1973 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Otago 80 Adam Parore (wicket-keeper) 23 January 1971 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Auckland 108 Alex Tait 13 June 1972 Right-handed Right-arm medium Northern Districts 100 Daniel Vettori 27 January 1979 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Northern Districts 105 Paul Wiseman 4 May 1970 Right-handed Right-arm off break Otago Source: CricInfo
Pakistan No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 80 Aamer Sohail (captain) 14 September 1966 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Lahore 109 Shahid Afridi 1 March 1980 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Karachi 60 Ijaz Ahmed 20 September 1968 Right-handed Left-arm medium Islamabad 123 Shoaib Akhtar 13 August 1975 Right-handed Right-arm fast Rawalpindi 53 Wasim Akram 3 June 1966 Left-handed Left-arm fast Lahore 102 Saleem Elahi 21 November 1976 Right-handed Right-arm off break Lahore 67 Aaqib Javed 5 August 1972 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Islamabad 87 Arshad Khan 22 March 1971 Right-handed Right-arm off break Peshawar 79 Moin Khan (wicket-keeper) 23 September 1971 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Karachi 108 Azhar Mahmood 28 February 1975 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Islamabad 38 Saleem Malik 16 April 1963 Right-handed Right-arm medium Lahore 103 Saqlain Mushtaq 29 December 1976 Right-handed Right-arm off break Islamabad 119 Akhtar Sarfraz 20 February 1976 Left-handed Right-arm off break Peshawar 122 Yousuf Youhana 27 August 1974 Right-handed Right-arm off break Lahore Source: CricInfo
South Africa No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 15 Hansie Cronje (captain) 25 September 1969 Right-handed Right-arm medium Free State 51 Dale Benkenstein 9 June 1974 Right-handed Right-arm mediumRight-arm off break KwaZulu-Natal 34 Nicky Boje 20 March 1973 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Free State 46 Mark Boucher (wicket-keeper) 3 December 1976 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Border 31 Derek Crookes 5 March 1969 Right-handed Right-arm off break Gauteng 25 Daryll Cullinan 4 March 1967 Right-handed Right-arm off break Gauteng 52 Alan Dawson 27 November 1969 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Western Province 48 Steve Elworthy 23 February 1965 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Northerns 38 Jacques Kallis 16 October 1975 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Western Province 28 Gary Kirsten 23 November 1967 Left-handed Right-arm off break Western Province 47 Makhaya Ntini 6 July 1977 Right-handed Right-arm fast Border 39 Shaun Pollock 16 July 1973 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium KwaZulu-Natal 17 Jonty Rhodes 27 July 1969 Right-handed Right-arm medium KwaZulu-Natal 27 Pat Symcox 14 April 1960 Right-handed Right-arm off break Griqualand West Source: CricInfo
Sri Lanka No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 24 Arjuna Ranatunga (captain) 1 December 1963 Left-handed Right-arm medium Sinhalese SC 37 Aravinda de Silva (vice-captain) 17 October 1965 Right-handed Right-arm off break Nondescripts CC 59 Marvan Atapattu 22 November 1970 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Sinhalese SC 78 Upul Chandana 7 May 1972 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Nondescripts CC 82 Kumar Dharmasena 24 April 1971 Right-handed Right-arm off break Bloomfield 93 Avishka Gunawardene 26 May 1977 Left-handed – Sinhalese SC 58 Sanath Jayasuriya 30 June 1969 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Bloomfield 61 Romesh Kaluwitharana (wicket-keeper) 24 November 1969 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Sebastianites 45 Roshan Mahanama 31 May 1966 Right-handed – Colombo CC 70 Muttiah Muralitharan 17 April 1972 Right-handed Right-arm off break Tamil Union 51 Hashan Tillakaratne 14 July 1967 Left-handed Right-arm off break Nondescripts CC 75 Chaminda Vaas 27 January 1974 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Colts CC 64 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 14 August 1971 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Sinhalese SC 89 Nuwan Zoysa 13 May 1978 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Sinhalese SC Source: CricInfo
West Indies No. PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleList A team 59 Brian Lara (captain) 2 May 1969 Left-handed Right-arm leg break Googly Trinidad and Tobago 55 Keith Arthurton 21 February 1965 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Leeward Islands 66 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 16 August 1974 Left-handed Right-arm leg break Guyana 86 Mervyn Dillon 5 June 1974 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Trinidad and Tobago 50 Carl Hooper 15 December 1966 Right-handed Right-arm off break Guyana 76 Ridley Jacobs (wicket-keeper) 26 November 1967 Left-handed Wicket-keeper Leeward Islands 89 Reon King 6 October 1975 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Guyana 58 Clayton Lambert 10 February 1962 Left-handed Right-arm off break Guyana 85 Rawl Lewis 5 September 1974 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Googly Windward Islands 78 Nixon McLean 20 July 1973 Left-handed Right-arm fast Windward Islands 87 Neil McGarrell 12 July 1972 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Guyana 51 Phil Simmons 18 April 1963 Right-handed Right-arm medium Trinidad and Tobago 61 Philo Wallace 2 August 1970 Right-handed Right-arm medium Barbados 68 Stuart Williams 12 August 1969 Right-handed Right-arm medium Leeward Islands Source: CricInfo
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