1987 Cricket World Cup squads

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.

Australia Australia

Player Date of Birth Batting Style Bowling Style First class team
Allan Border (c) 27 July 1955 Left hand Left arm orthodox spin Australia Queensland
David Boon 29 December 1960 Right hand Right hand off-spin Australia Tasmania
Greg Dyer (wk) 16 March 1959 Right hand Wicket-keeper Australia New South Wales
Dean Jones 24 March 1961 Right hand Right arm off spin Australia Victoria
Geoff Marsh 31 December 1958 Right hand Right arm off-spin Australia Western Australia
Tim May 26 January 1962 Right hand Right-arm offbreak Australia South Australia
Craig McDermott 14 April 1965 Right hand Right-arm fast Australia Queensland
Tom Moody 2 October 1965 Right hand Right-arm medium Australia Western Australia
Simon O'Donnell 26 January 1963 Right hand Right-arm fast-medium Australia Victoria
Bruce Reid 14 March 1963 Left hand Left-arm fast-medium Australia Western Australia
Peter Taylor 22 August 1956 Left hand Right-arm offbreak Australia New South Wales
Mike Veletta 30 October 1963 Right hand - Australia Western Australia
Steve Waugh 2 June 1965 Right hand Right-arm medium England Somerset
Andrew Zesers 11 March 1967 Right hand Right-arm medium-fast Australia South Australia

England England

Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Mike Gatting (c) 6 June 1957 Right hand Right arm medium England Middlesex
Bill Athey 27 September 1957 Right hand Right arm medium England Gloucestershire
Chris Broad 29 September 1957 Left hand Right arm medium England Nottinghamshire
Phillip DeFreitas 18 February 1966 Right hand Right arm fast-medium England Leicestershire
Paul Downton (wk) 4 April 1957 Right hand Wicket-keeper England Middlesex
John Emburey 20 August 1952 Right hand Right arm off break England Middlesex
Neil Foster 6 May 1962 Right-hand Right-arm fast medium EnglandEssex
Graham Gooch 23 July 1953 Right hand Right arm medium England Essex
Eddie Hemmings 20 February 1949 Right hand Right-arm offbreak EnglandNottinghamshire
Allan Lamb 20 June 1954 Right-hand Right-arm medium EnglandNorthamptonshire
Derek Pringle 18 September 1958 Right hand Right-arm medium England Essex
Tim Robinson 21 November 1958 Right hand Right-arm medium England Nottinghamshire
Gladstone Small 18 October 1961 Right arm Right arm fast-medium EnglandWarwickshire

India India

    Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
    Kapil Dev (c) 6 January 1959 Right hand Right arm fast-medium India Haryana
    Mohammad Azharuddin 8 February 1963 Right hand Right-arm medium India Hyderabad
    Roger Binny 19 July 1955 Right hand Right arm fast-medium India Karnataka
    Sunil Gavaskar 10 July 1949 Right hand Right arm medium

    Right arm offbreak

    		 India Bombay
    Maninder Singh 13 June 1965 Right hand Slow left-arm orthodox India Delhi
    Kiran More (wk) 4 September 1962 Right hand Right arm leg spin

    Wicket-keeper

    		 India Baroda
    Chandrakant Pandit 30 September 1961 Right hand - India Bombay
    Manoj Prabhakar 15 April 1963 Right hand Right-arm medium pace India Delhi
    Chetan Sharma 3 January 1966 Right hand Right arm fast-medium India Haryana
    Ravi Shastri 27 May 1962 Right hand Slow left-arm orthodox India Bombay
    Navjot Singh Sidhu 20 October 1963 Right hand Right-arm medium India Punjab
    Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 31 December 1965 Right hand Right-arm leg break

    Right-arm googly

    		 India Tamil Nadu
    Krishnamachari Srikkanth 21 December 1959 Right hand Right-arm medium

    Right-arm offbreak

    		 India Tamil Nadu
    Dilip Vengsarkar 6 April 1956 Right hand Right arm medium India Bombay

    New Zealand New Zealand

    PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team
    Jeff Crowe (c) 14 September 1958 Right-handed Right arm, medium pace New Zealand Auckland
    Stephen Boock 20 September 1951 Right-hand Slow left-arm orthodox New Zealand Canterbury
    John Bracewell 15 April 1958Right-hand Right arm off break New Zealand Auckland
    Ewen Chatfield 3 July 1950 Right hand Right arm medium-fast New Zealand Wellington
    Martin Crowe 22 September 1962 Right-hand Right-arm medium New Zealand Central Districts
    Phil Horne 21 January 1960 Left-hand – New Zealand Auckland
    Andrew Jones 9 May 1959 Right-hand Right-arm off-break New Zealand Wellington
    Danny Morrison 3 February 1966 Right-hand Right-arm fast-medium New Zealand Auckland
    Dipak Patel 25 October 1958 Right-hand Right-arm off-break New Zealand Auckland
    Ken Rutherford 26 October 1965 Right-hand Right arm medium New Zealand Otago
    Ian Smith (wk) 28 February 1957 Right handWicket-keeperNew Zealand Auckland
    Martin Snedden 23 November 1958 Left-hand Right-arm medium-fast New Zealand Auckland
    Willie Watson 31 August 1965 Right-hand Right-arm fast-medium New Zealand Auckland
    John Wright5 July 1954 Left hand Right arm medium New Zealand Northern Districts

    Pakistan Pakistan

    Player Date of Birth Batting Style Bowling Style First class team
    Imran Khan (c) 25 November 1952 Right hand Right arm fast England Sussex
    Abdul Qadir 15 September 1955 Right-hand Right-arm leg spin Pakistan Habib Bank
    Ijaz Ahmed 20 September 1968 Right-hand Left-arm medium Pakistan Habib Bank
    Javed Miandad 12 June 1957 Right hand Right arm legbreak Pakistan Habib Bank
    Mansoor Akhtar 6 September 1962 Right-hand Right-arm offspin PakistanPAC
    Manzoor Elahi 15 April 1963 Right-hand Right-arm fast-medium Pakistan Multan
    Mudassar Nazar 6 April 1956 Right hand Right arm medium PakistanLahore
    Rameez Raja 14 August 1962 Right hand Right arm leg-break Pakistan Lahore
    Saleem Jaffar 19 November 1962 Right-hand Left-arm fast-medium Pakistan Karachi
    Saleem Malik 16 April 1963 Right-hand Right arm off break / slow-medium PakistanLahore
    Saleem Yousuf (wk) 7 December 1959 Right hand Wicket-keeper PakistanKarachi
    Shoaib Mohammad 8 January 1961 Right hand Right arm offbreak PakistanKarachi
    Tauseef Ahmed 10 May 1958 Right hand Right arm offbreak PakistanKarachi
    Wasim Akram 3 June 1966 Left hand Left-arm fast PakistanLahore

    Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

    Player Date of Birth Batting Style Bowling Style First class team
    Duleep Mendis (c) 25 August 1952 Right hand – Sri Lanka Sinhalese SC
    Don Anurasiri 25 February 1966 Right-hand Slow left-arm orthodox Sri Lanka Panadura SC
    Ashantha de Mel 9 May 1959 Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast Sri Lanka –
    Aravinda de Silva 17 October 1965 Right hand Right arm offbreak Sri Lanka Nondescripts
    Roy Dias 18 October 1952 Right hand Right-arm offbreak Sri Lanka Colombo CC
    Asanka Gurusinha 16 September 1966 Left-hand Right-arm medium Sri Lanka Nondescripts
    Sridharan Jeganathan 11 July 1951 Right hand Slow left-arm orthodox Sri Lanka Nondescripts
    Vinothen John 27 May 1960 Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast Sri Lanka Moratuwa CC
    Brendon Kuruppu (wk) 5 January 1962 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Sri Lanka Burgher RC
    Ranjan Madugalle 22 April 1959 Right hand Right-arm offbreak Sri Lanka Nondescripts
    Roshan Mahanama 31 May 1966 Right-hand - Sri Lanka Colombo CC
    Arjuna Ranatunga 1 December 1963 Left-hand Right-arm medium Sri Lanka Sinhalese CC
    Rumesh Ratnayake 2 January 1964 Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium Sri Lanka Nondescripts
    Ravi Ratnayeke 2 May 1960 Left-handed Right-arm fast medium Sri Lanka Colombo CC

     West Indies

    Player Date of Birth Batting Style Bowling Style First class team
    Viv Richards (c) 7 March 1952 Right-hand Right-arm medium/offbreak Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands
    Eldine Baptiste 12 March 1960 Right hand Right-arm fast-medium Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands
    Winston Benjamin 31 December 1964 Right hand Right-arm fast Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands
    Carlisle Best 14 May 1959 Right hand Right-arm off break/medium pace BarbadosBarbados
    Jeff Dujon (wk) 28 May 1956 Right-hand Wicket-keeper JamaicaJamaica
    Roger Harper 17 March 1963 Right hande Right arm offbreak GuyanaGuyana
    Desmond Haynes 15 February 1956 Right hand Right-arm legbreak/medium pace BarbadosBarbados
    Carl Hooper 15 December 1966 Right hand Right arm offbreak GuyanaGuyana
    Gus Logie 28 September 1960 Right-hand Right-arm off break Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
    Patrick Patterson 15 September 1961 Right hand Right arm fast JamaicaJamaica
    Richie Richardson 12 January 1962 Right-hand Right-arm medium pace Antigua and BarbudaLeeward Islands
    Phil Simmons 18 April 1963 Right-hand Right-arm medium Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
    Courtney Walsh 30 October 1962 Right hand Right-arm medium fast JamaicaJamaica

     Zimbabwe

    Player Date of Birth Batting Style Bowling Style
    John Traicos (c) 17 May 1947 Right-hand Right arm off-spin
    Kevin Arnott 8 March 1961 Right-hand -
    Eddo Brandes 5 March 1963 Right-hand Right arm fast
    Robin Brown 11 March 1951 Right-hand Right-arm medium
    Iain Butchart 9 May 1960 Right-hand Right-arm medium
    Kevin Curran 7 September 1959 Right-handed Right-arm fast medium
    David Houghton (wk) 23 June 1957 Right-hand Right-arm off break
    Malcolm Jarvis 6 December 1955 Right hand Left-arm medium fast
    Babu 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 medium
    Andy Waller 25 September 1959 Right hand Right-arm medium
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