1975 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of cricket squads that were selected for the 1975 Cricket World Cup which took place in England between 7 and 21 June 1975. The eight teams competing in the competition were restricted to selecting a 14-member squad before the tournament began.[1]
Australia
Manager: F.W. Bennett
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Chappell (c) | 26 September 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | South Australia |
| Greg Chappell (vc) | 7 August 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Queensland |
| Ross Edwards | 1 December 1942 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Western Australia |
| Gary Gilmour | 26 June 1951 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | New South Wales |
| Alan Hurst | 15 July 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Victoria |
| Bruce Laird | 21 November 1950 | Right-handed | – | Western Australia |
| Dennis Lillee | 18 July 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Western Australia |
| Rick McCosker | 11 December 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | New South Wales |
| Ashley Mallett | 13 July 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | South Australia |
| Rod Marsh (wk) | 4 November 1947 | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper | Western Australia |
| Jeff Thomson | 16 August 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Queensland |
| Alan Turner | 23 July 1950 | Left-handed | – | New South Wales |
| Max Walker | 12 September 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| Doug Walters | 21 December 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
- Sources: The Canberra Times;[1] The Times[2]
East Africa
Manager: Jasmer Singh Grewal
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | National team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harilal Shah (c) | 14 April 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Frasat Ali | 31 July 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Zulfiqar Ali | 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Yunus Badat | 1943 | Right-handed | – | Zambia |
| Hamish McLeod (wk) | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper | Zambia | |
| Praful Mehta (wk) | 1941 | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper | Tanzania |
| John Nagenda | 25 April 1938 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Uganda |
| Parbhu Nana | 17 August 1933 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Zambia |
| Don Pringle | 1 May 1932 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Mehmood Quaraishy | 4 February 1942 | Right-handed | – | Kenya |
| Ramesh Sethi | 4 September 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Kenya |
| Jawahir Shah | 1942 | Right-handed | – | Kenya |
| Shiraz Sumar | 1950 | Right-handed | – | Tanzania |
| Samuel Walusimbi | 1948 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | Uganda |
England
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Denness (c) | 1 December 1940 | Right-handed | – | Kent |
| Dennis Amiss | 7 April 1943 | Right-handed | – | Warwickshire |
| Geoff Arnold | 3 September 1944 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Surrey |
| Keith Fletcher | 20 May 1944 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Essex |
| Tony Greig | 6 October 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Sussex |
| Frank Hayes | 6 December 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Lancashire |
| John Jameson (wk) | 30 June 1941 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Warwickshire |
| Alan Knott (wk) | 9 April 1946 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Kent |
| Peter Lever | 17 September 1940 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lancashire |
| Chris Old | 22 December 1948 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Yorkshire |
| John Snow | 13 October 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Sussex |
| Derek Underwood | 8 June 1945 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm medium |
Kent |
| Barry Wood | 26 December 1942 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Lancashire |
| Bob Woolmer | 14 May 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kent |
India
Manager: Gulabrai Ramchand
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (c) | 21 April 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Tamil Nadu |
| Syed Abid Ali | 9 September 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Hyderabad |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 24 September 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Delhi |
| Bishen Singh Bedi (vc) | 25 September 1946 | Right-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | Delhi |
| Farokh Engineer (wk) | 25 February 1938 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Bombay |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | 23 September 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Baroda |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 10 July 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium Right-arm offbreak |
Bombay |
| Karsan Ghavri | 28 February 1951 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | Bombay |
| Syed Kirmani (wk) | 29 December 1949 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Karnataka |
| Madan Lal | 20 March 1951 | Right-handed | Right-handed medium | Delhi |
| Brijesh Patel | 24 November 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Karnataka |
| Parthasarathy Sharma | 5 January 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Rajasthan |
| Eknath Solkar | 19 March 1948 | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | Bombay |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 12 February 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Karnataka |
New Zealand
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Turner (c) | 26 May 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Otago |
| Lance Cairns | 10 October 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Otago |
| Richard Collinge | 2 April 1946 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Wellington |
| Barry Hadlee | 14 December 1941 | Right-handed | – | Canterbury |
| Dayle Hadlee | 6 January 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Canterbury |
| Richard Hadlee | 3 July 1951 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Canterbury |
| Brian Hastings | 23 March 1940 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak googly | Canterbury |
| Geoff Howarth | 29 March 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Northern Districts |
| Hedley Howarth | 25 December 1943 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Auckland |
| Brian McKechnie | 6 November 1953 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Otago |
| John Morrison | 27 August 1947 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Wellington |
| David O'Sullivan | 21 February 1951 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Central Districts |
| John Parker | 21 February 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Northern Districts |
| Ken Wadsworth (wk) | 30 November 1946 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Central Districts |
Pakistan
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asif Iqbal (c) | 6 July 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Karachi |
| Asif Masood | 23 January 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | PIA |
| Imran Khan | 5 October 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | PIA |
| Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Habib Bank |
| Majid Khan (vc) | 28 September 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium Right-arm offbreak |
Rawalpindi |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | 22 November 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Karachi |
| Naseer Malik | 1 February 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karachi |
| Pervez Mir | 24 September 1953 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Lahore |
| Sadiq Mohammad | 3 May 1945 | Left-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Karachi |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 1 December 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lahore |
| Shafiq Ahmed | 28 March 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lahore |
| Wasim Bari (wk) | 23 March 1948 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Karachi |
| Wasim Raja | 3 July 1952 | Left-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Lahore |
| Zaheer Abbas | 24 July 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Karachi |
Sri Lanka
Manager: K.M.T.Perera
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anura Tennekoon (c) | 29 October 1946 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Dennis Chanmugam | 13 August 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Ajit de Silva | 12 December 1952 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Bloomfield |
| Somachandra de Silva | 11 June 1942 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Bloomfield |
| Ranjit Fernando (wk) | 22 February 1944 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Nondescripts |
| David Heyn | 26 June 1945 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Nondescripts |
| Lalith Kaluperuma | 25 June 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Bloomfield |
| Duleep Mendis | 25 August 1952 | Right-handed | – | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Tony Opatha | 5 August 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Colombo Cricket Club |
| Mevan Pieris | 16 February 1946 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Anura Ranasinghe | 13 October 1956 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Burgher |
| Michael Tissera | 23 March 1939 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Colombo Cricket Club |
| Bandula Warnapura | 1 March 1953 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Bloomfield |
| Sunil Wettimuny | 2 February 1949 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Sinhalese Sports Club |
West Indies
Manager: Clyde Walcott
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Lloyd (c) | 31 August 1944 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Guyana |
| Keith Boyce | 11 October 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Barbados |
| Maurice Foster | 9 May 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Jamaica |
| Roy Fredericks | 11 November 1942 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | Guyana |
| Lance Gibbs | 29 September 1934 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Gordon Greenidge | 1 May 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| Vanburn Holder | 10 October 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Barbados |
| Bernard Julien | 13 March 1950 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 21 March 1949 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Rohan Kanhai | 26 December 1935 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Guyana |
| Collis King | 11 June 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Badbados |
| Deryck Murray (wk) | 20 May 1943 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Viv Richards | 7 March 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Leeward Islands |
| Andy Roberts | 29 January 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Leeward Islands |
References
- ^ a b Robinson, Higgs dropped for World Cup, The Canberra Times, 6 June 1975. (Available online at Trove. Retrieved 2023-11-21.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Woodcock J (1975) The great, unthinkable World Cup, The Times, 7 June 1975, p. 20. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2023-11-21.)
- ^ Woodcock J (1975) Cricket, The Times, 2 June 1975, p. 8. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2023-11-21.)
External links
- 1975 Cricket World Cup. Cricinfo.com.
