The 2015 Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand; India were the defending champions, having won the tournament in 2011. The 2015 Cricket World Cup Final took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and was won by Australia, who defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets in the final.
The fourteen teams that competed at the 2015 World Cup were all required to submit a final 15-man squad to the ICC headquarters in Dubai on or before 7 January 2015, although the squads did not have to be publicly that date. In order to assist this process, many teams chose to name larger probable squads in November or December, with the understanding that the final squad would be picked from within these players. Changes to the squad were allowed after this deadline at the discretion of the ICC's Technical Committee in necessary cases, such as due to player injury, and so some teams also chose to name standby players alongside their 15-man squad.
Sri Lanka chose to name veteran players Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in their squad- they were the two most experienced ODI players at the tournament, as Jayawardene has played over 400 ODIs for Sri Lanka, and Sangakkara played his 400th ODI during the tournament. Jayawardene was also the most experienced World Cup player at the tournament, with 33 previous appearances. UAE's Khurram Khan was the oldest player at the tournament, whilst fellow Emirati Mohammad Tauqir became the oldest ever World Cup captain; both players were 43 years old. Afghanistan's Usman Ghani was the youngest player at the tournament, at the age of 18.
Below is a list of the squads chosen for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
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SymbolMeaning No. Squad number Player Player name, as used on their own Wikipedia articles. Also shows if they are team's designated captain or vice-captain.Date of birth Date of birth, and age as of 14 February 2015. ODIs The number of One Day Internationals played as of 14 February 2015. Batting Hand they bat with Bowling style Type(s) of bowling bowled List A or Domestic Team Either List A team, or domestic one-day team if the country's one-day matches do not have List A status. CWC15 Number of appearances at the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Refs References
Group A
Afghanistan Afghanistan named their 15-man squad on 29 December 2014. In addition to the 15-man squad presented, Afghanistan also named four standby players: Shafiqullah, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Hashmatullah Shaidi.
Coach: Andy Moles
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleList A or Domestic teamCWC 15Refs 7 (c) 45 Right Right-arm off break Band-e-Amir Dragons 6 23 (vc) 19 Right Right-arm off break Amo Sharks 6 55 8 Right Right-arm medium-fast Speen Ghar Tigers 1 16 1 (withdrawn) 28 Right Right-arm fast-medium Amo Sharks 2 87 12 Right None Amo Sharks 2 66 24 Right Right-arm fast Speen Ghar Tigers 6 33 4 Right Right-arm leg break googly Boost Defenders 1 48 34 Right Right-arm off break Mis Ainak Knights 6 11 14 Right Right-arm medium-fast Mis Ainak Knights 1 28 Shafiqullah (wk)1 11 Right None Speen Ghar Tigers 1 45 44 Right Right-arm leg break Amo Sharks 6 44 38 Right Right-arm medium-fast Band-e-Amir Dragons 5 10 24 Right Right-arm fast-medium Mis Ainak Knights 5 1 10 Left Right-arm off break Boost Defenders 6 20 30 Left Left-arm fast-medium Boost Defenders 6 78 (wk) 8 Right None Mis Ainak Knights 6 1 On 25 February, Mirwais Ashraf was ruled out of the World Cup, and replaced by Shafiqullah.
Australia
Australia announced their 15-man squad publicly on 11 January 2015. Michael Clarke's selection was provisional on his fitness, but on 18 February, Clarke was declared fit to play against Bangladesh. As this match was abandoned without a ball being bowled, Clarke's first game of the World Cup was against co-hosts New Zealand on 28 February. George Bailey captained the side in their opening game against England, but was then dropped from the team when Clarke returned.
Coach: Darren Lehmann
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleList A or Domestic teamCWC 15Refs 23 (c) 238 Right Slow left-arm orthodox New South Wales 7 2 (vc) 56 Right Right-arm medium Tasmania 1 30 10 Right Right-arm fast New South Wales 2 3 59 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Tasmania 1 44 38 Right Left-arm medium-fast Tasmania 6 16 41 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Victoria 8 57 (wk) 118 Right None New South Wales 8 38 8Left Right-arm fast-medium New South Wales 5 25 145 Left Left-arm fast Western Australia 8 8 14 Right Right-arm fast-medium Western Australia 3 32 41 Right Right-arm Off-break Victoria 8 49 50 Right Right-arm Leg-break Googly New South Wales 8 56 33Left Left-arm fast New South Wales 8 31 54Left Right-arm Leg-break New South Wales 8 33 180Right Right-arm fast-medium New South Wales 7
Bangladesh Bangladesh announced their 15-member squad on 4 January 2015. The squad was initially scheduled to be announced at 1300 local time (UTC+06:00). However, it was delayed by two hours as a result of a last minute discussion between the selection committee, the board of directors of the BCB, and BCB President Nazmul Hassan. Two standby players were also announced, with Shafiul Islam, Abul Hasan named. After receiving a 40% match fee fine and a warning for slow over rate, captain Mashrafe Mortaza sat out of the last Group Stage match against New Zealand, to avoid being suspended for their quarter-final with India; Shakib Al Hasan captained the team for this match.
Coach: Chandika Hathurusingha
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleList A or Domestic teamCWC 15Refs 2 (c) 144 Right Right-arm fast-medium Mohammedan Sporting Club 5 75 (vc) 141 Left Left-arm orthodox Legends of Rupganj 6 3 3 Left Right-arm fast-medium Prime Bank Cricket Club 6 66 (wk)2 (withdrawn) 27 Right None Kalabagan Cricket Academy 3 68 24 Left Left-arm orthodox Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club 2 4 1 (withdrawn) 11 Right Right-arm medium-fast Abahani Limited 0 69 41 Right Right-arm off break Abahani Limited 3 34 53 Right Right-arm medium-fast Legends of Rupganj 6 29 135 Left Right-arm off break Legends of Rupganj 6 30 1 52 Right Right-arm fast-medium Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club 0 12 1 Left Left-arm orthodox Prime Bank Cricket Club 1 62 2 53 Left None Victoria Sporting Club 3 30 110 Right Right-arm off break Prime Bank Cricket Club 6 15 (wk) 140 Right None Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club 6 1 5 Right Right-arm leg break Kalabagan Cricket Academy 6 11 1 Left Right-arm medium-fast Prime Bank Cricket Club 6 6 8 Left Left-arm orthodox Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club 1 1 On 23 February, Al-Amin Hossain was sent home from the tournament after breaking a team curfew. He was replaced by Shafiul Islam. 2 On 6 March, the injured Anamul Haque was replaced by Imrul Kayes.
England England were the first team to name their 15-man squad, doing so on 20 December 2014. The same 15-man squad was used for the Carlton Mid Triangular Series in Australia in 2014–15, and was captained by Eoin Morgan after Alastair Cook was sacked as ODI captain in December. Shortly before the World Cup, Jos Buttler was named as vice-captain for the tournament.
Coach: Peter Moores
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleList A or Domestic teamCWC 15Refs 16 (c) 135 Left Right-arm medium Middlesex 6 63 (vc & wk) 49 Right None Lancashire 6 18 17 Left Right-arm off break Worcestershire 5 9 188 Left Right-arm fast-medium Lancashire 6 48 12 Left Right-arm leg break Yorkshire 4 7 155 Right Right-arm medium Warwickshire 6 10 119 Right Right-arm medium Essex 1 8 113 Left Right-arm fast-medium Nottinghamshire 6 11 52 Right Right-arm fast Middlesex 4 35 7 Right Right-arm medium Nottinghamshire 2 34 20 Right Right-arm fast-medium Sussex 2 5 48 Right Right-arm off break Yorkshire 6 38 11 Right Right-arm leg break Nottinghamshire 6 53 44 Left Right-arm off break Kent 1 19 29 Right Right-arm fast-medium Warwickshire 5
New Zealand New Zealand released their 15-man squad to the public on 8 January 2015.
Coach: Mike Hesson
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleList A or Domestic teamCWC 15Refs 42 (c) 240 Right Right-arm medium Otago 9 22 (vc) 65 Right Right-arm off-break Northern Districts 9 78 26 Left Left-arm medium-fast Northern Districts 9 18 16 Right Left-arm fast-medium Northern Districts 9 88 58 Right Right-arm medium-fast Wellington 9 31 99 Right Right-arm off-break Auckland 9 21 1 8 Right Right-arm fast medium Canterbury 2 23 (wk) 26 Left Right-arm medium Canterbury 0 81 34 Left Left-arm fast-medium Auckland 1 15 78 Right Right-arm off-break Otago 0 37 170 Right Right-arm fast-medium Auckland 0 20 1 (withdrawn) 16 Right Right-arm fast Central Districts 6 54 (wk) 40 Right None Wellington 9 38 85 Right Right-arm medium-fast Northern Districts 9 3 150 Right Right-arm off break Central Districts 9 11 286 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Northern Districts 9 1 On 22 March, Adam Milne was ruled out of the World Cup with a heel injury. He was replaced by Matt Henry.
Scotland Scotland released their 15-man squad to the public on 9 January 2015. They had previously released a 24-man provisional squad on 9 December 2014, which included all the players who went on their warm-up tour of Australia and New Zealand in September/October 2014.
Head coach: Grant Bradburn
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleList A or Domestic teamCWC 15Refs 1 (c) 30 Right Right-arm off break Carlton Highlanders 6 15 (vc) 20 Right Right-arm medium-fast Northamptonshire 6 44 39 Right Right-arm medium-fast Clydesdale Reivers 6 6 13 Right Right-arm off break Warwickshire 3 9 (wk) 11 Right None Nottinghamshire 6 38 18 Right Right-arm medium-fast Somerset 6 45 8 Right Right-arm fast-medium Carlton Highlanders 4 48 8 Right None Carlton Highlanders 3 77 1 (withdrawn) 50 Left Right-arm off break Clydesdale Reivers 4 29 8 Right Right-arm off break Northamptonshire 6 14 16 Left Right-arm off break Sussex 6 10 27 Right Right-arm medium-fast Durham 6 50 12 Right Right-arm medium-fast Reivers 0 42 11 Left Left-arm medium Leicestershire 2 8 17 Right Right-arm fast-medium Yorkshire 5
1 On 11 March, Majid Haq was sent home after breaking the team's internal code of conduct.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka named their 15-man squad on 7 January 2015. Lasith Malinga's selection was provisional on his fitness, however he was passed fit prior to Sri Lanka's opening match, and played in every match. However, over the course of the tournament, five other players had to be withdrawn due to injury. Sri Lanka used 19 different players over the course of the World Cup, more than any other team; every squad player except Prasad made an appearance at the World Cup.
Coach: Marvan Atapattu
No.PlayerDate of birthODIsBattingBowling styleList A or Domestic teamCWC 15Refs 69 (c) 149 Right Right-arm fast-medium Colts 7 66 (vc) 87 Left Right-arm medium-fast Ragama 7 16 1 1 Right Right-arm medium-fast Nondescripts 2 36 (wk)4 (withdrawn) 92 Right Right-arm off break Nondescripts 3 23 307 Right Right-arm off break Bloomfield 7 14 5 (withdrawn) 67 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Tamil Union 4 27 441 Right Right-arm medium Sinhalese 7 21 3 (withdrawn) 13 Left Right-arm medium Sinhalese 4 34 5 0 Right Right-arm off break Nondescripts 1 92 165 Right Right-arm fast-medium Colts 3 82 31 Right Right-arm medium-fast Tamil Union 4 99 177 Right Right-arm fast Nondescripts 7 9 2 (withdrawn) 52 Left Right-arm leg break Tamil Union 2 8 4 41 Left None Colts 2 1 98 Left Right-arm medium-fast Sinhalese 6 30 1 (withdrawn) 24 Right Right-arm fast-medium Sinhalese 0 6 3 23 right Right-arm leg break Sri Lanka Army 2 11 (wk) 397 Left Right-arm off break Nondescripts 7 18 44 Right Right-arm off break Sinhalese 1 30 2 171 Left None Nondescripts 1 1 On 7 February, Prasad was ruled out of the World Cup, after fracturing his hand in training. He was replaced by Dushmantha Chameera on 9 February.