2007 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of the squads picked for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. This was the ninth Cricket World Cup tournament and was held between 14 March and 28 April 2007. The sixteen teams asked to announce their final squads by 13 February 2007. Changes were allowed after this deadline at the discretion of the ICCs Technical Committee in necessary cases, such as due to player injury. In order to aid the teams to select the final 15, teams were given the option to announce a 30-man squad by mid-January, with the understanding that the final squad would be picked from these 30 players.[1] However, this was not strictly adhered to – several of England's final 15 came from outside the initial 30, for example. The oldest player at the 2007 Cricket World Cup was Desmond Chumney (39) of Canada while the youngest was Alexei Kervezee of the Netherlands.

Group A
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Australia named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.[2] On 23 February 2007, Brett Lee was removed from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Stuart Clark.[3]
Coach: John Buchanan
Netherlands

The KNCB named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.[5] The squad was unchanged from that which was named for the World Cricket League Division One event in January 2007.[6]
Coach: Peter Cantrell
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Scotland

Scotland named their squad in August 2006, to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules.[7] However, Glenn Rogers later came in for Omer Hussain.[8] Of the Scotland 15, Gavin Hamilton and John Blain have previous World Cup experience.
Coach: Peter Drinnen
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South Africa

South Africa named their 15-man squad on 15 February.[10]
Coach: Mickey Arthur
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Group B
Bangladesh

Bangladesh named their 15-man squad on 13 February.[12] Farhad Reza brought in for Tapash Baisya, 7 April.[13]
Coach: Dav Whatmore
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Bermuda

Bermuda announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.[14]
Coach: Gus Logie
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India

India announced their final 15-man squad on 12 February 2007.[15]
Coach: Greg Chappell
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Group C
Canada
Canada named their 15-man squad on 14 February 2007.[17]
Coach: Andy Pick
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England
England announced their final 15-man squad at The Oval on 14 February 2007.[19] Jon Lewis was replaced by Stuart Broad on 4 April 2007 to allow him to return home to his wife as she was experiencing complications in the latter stages of her pregnancy).[20]
Coach: Duncan Fletcher
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Kenya
Kenya named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.[21]
Coach: Roger Harper
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New Zealand
New Zealand announced a preliminary squad on 14 January 2007, BLACKCAPS squad named for World Cup, and announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.[22]
Daryl Tuffey was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Chris Martin on 25 March.[23]
Lou Vincent was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Hamish Marshall on 26 March.[24]
Coach: John Bracewell
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Group D
Ireland
Ireland named their squad in August 2006, the first country to do so, in order to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules.[25] Irish player Ed Joyce, who turned out for Ireland in qualifying matches, was in England's squad.
Coach: Adrian Birrell
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Pakistan
Pakistan announced a preliminary squad on 10 January 2007,[26] and the final 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.[27] Both Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were included, despite their ongoing doping case, where the Pakistan Cricket Board had first banned them before a tribunal reprieved the two. In a twist of fate, both players were replaced by Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat on 1 March due to knee and elbow injuries respectively.[28]
Pakistan had already made one change due to injury: Azhar Mahmood joined the squad in place of Abdul Razzaq, who suffered a knee injury during a practice session on 26 February.[29]
Coach: Bob Woolmer (died during tournament) and Mushtaq Ahmed (acting coach)[30]
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West Indies
West Indies named their squad on 15 February 2007.[31]
Coach: Bennett King
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's 15-man squad was announced on 14 February; only one player remains from the 2003 squad.[32]
Coach: Kevin Curran
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References
- "Mills and Oram in World Cup preliminary squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Tait and Haddin in World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Lee out of World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- Number of ODIs played up until the start of the World Cup on 13 March 2007. Numbers only include appearances for the player's national side. Appearances for ACA African XI, ACC Asian XI, ICC World XI or for a previous national team are not counted here.
- "Netherlands named unchanged squad". Cricinfo. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2006.
- Dutch name squad for Nairobi Archived 12 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Rod Lyall, CricketEurope, 19 December 2006
- "Scotland name experienced World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Scotland stick with winning squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- Brown also played 9 ODIs for England.
- "South Africa stick with winning 15". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Collingwood's rare honour, and 551 and losing". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Mashud left out of Bangladesh squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Baisya ruled out of World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Few surprises in Bermuda squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Sehwag and Pathan included in squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Vaas and Murali return for World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Canada call up Billcliff and Barnett". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- Cummins also played 63 ODIs for the West Indies.
- "Vaughan captains World Cup squad". 14 February 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Broad called up for Lewis". Cricinfo. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
- "Kenya stick with winning side". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Tuffey brought in from the cold". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "ICC approve Martin as Tuffey's replacement". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Vincent to miss rest of World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Ireland name World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Pakistan include Shoaib and Asif". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Shoaib, Asif and Gul in World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Shoaib and Asif to miss World Cup". 1 March 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Knee injury forces Razzaq out of World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Woolmer: Inzamam and Mushtaq grilled". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Samuels makes West Indies squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Kasteni included by Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.