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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. The oldest player at the 1987 Cricket World Cup was John Traicos (40) of Zimbabwe while the youngest player was Ijaz Ahmed (19) of Pakistan.
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Australia
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Coach: 
Bob Simpson
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| Player | Date of Birth | Matches | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Border (c) | 27 July 1955 | 153 | Left hand | Left arm orthodox spin |  Queensland |
| David Boon | 29 December 1960 | 40 | Right hand | Right hand off-spin |  Tasmania |
| Greg Dyer (wk) | 16 March 1959 | 4 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper |  New South Wales |
| Dean Jones | 24 March 1961 | 45 | Right hand | Right arm off spin |  Victoria |
| Geoff Marsh | 31 December 1958 | 37 | Right hand | Right arm off-spin |  Western Australia |
| Tim May | 26 January 1962 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak |  South Australia |
| Craig McDermott | 14 April 1965 | 39 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Queensland |
| Tom Moody | 2 October 1965 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Western Australia |
| Simon O'Donnell | 26 January 1963 | 37 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| Bruce Reid | 14 March 1963 | 33 | Left hand | Left-arm fast-medium | Western Australia |
| Peter Taylor | 22 August 1956 | 12 | Left hand | Right-arm offbreak | New South Wales |
| Mike Veletta | 30 October 1963 | 2 | Right hand | - | Western Australia |
| Steve Waugh | 2 June 1965 | 39 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
| Andrew Zesers | 11 March 1967 | 0 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | South Australia |
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England
- Coach:
Micky Stewart
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| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gatting (c) | 6 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium |  Middlesex |
| Bill Athey | 27 September 1957 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Gloucestershire |
| Chris Broad | 29 September 1957 | Left hand | Right arm medium | Nottinghamshire |
| Phillip DeFreitas | 18 February 1966 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Leicestershire |
| Paul Downton (wk) | 4 April 1957 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Middlesex |
| John Emburey | 20 August 1952 | Right hand | Right arm off break | Middlesex |
| Neil Foster | 6 May 1962 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast medium | Essex |
| Graham Gooch | 23 July 1953 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Essex |
| Eddie Hemmings | 20 February 1949 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Nottinghamshire |
| Allan Lamb | 20 June 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Northamptonshire |
| Derek Pringle | 18 September 1958 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Essex |
| Tim Robinson | 21 November 1958 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Nottinghamshire |
| Gladstone Small | 18 October 1961 | Right arm | Right arm fast-medium | Warwickshire |
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India
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- Manager:
PR Man Singh
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| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev (c) | 6 January 1959 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium |  Haryana |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 8 February 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Hyderabad |
| Roger Binny | 19 July 1955 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Karnataka |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 10 July 1949 | Right hand | Right arm medium
Right arm offbreak |
Bombay |
| Maninder Singh | 13 June 1965 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Delhi |
| Kiran More (wk) | 4 September 1962 | Right hand | Right arm leg spin
Wicket-keeper |
Baroda |
| Chandrakant Pandit | 30 September 1961 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Bombay |
| Manoj Prabhakar | 15 April 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium pace | Delhi |
| Chetan Sharma | 3 January 1966 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Haryana |
| Ravi Shastri | 27 May 1962 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Bombay |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu | 20 October 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Punjab |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 31 December 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm leg break
Right-arm googly |
Tamil Nadu |
| Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 21 December 1959 | Right hand | Right-arm medium
Right-arm offbreak |
Tamil Nadu |
| Dilip Vengsarkar (vc) | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Bombay |
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New Zealand
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| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Crowe (c) | 14 September 1958 | Right-handed | Right arm, medium pace |  Auckland |
| Stephen Boock | 20 September 1951 | Right-hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Canterbury |
| John Bracewell | 15 April 1958 | Right-hand | Right arm off break | Auckland |
| Ewen Chatfield | 3 July 1950 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Wellington |
| Martin Crowe | 22 September 1962 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Central Districts |
| Phil Horne | 21 January 1960 | Left-hand | – | Auckland |
| Andrew Jones | 9 May 1959 | Right-hand | Right-arm off-break | Wellington |
| Danny Morrison | 3 February 1966 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Auckland |
| Dipak Patel | 25 October 1958 | Right-hand | Right-arm off-break | Auckland |
| Ken Rutherford | 26 October 1965 | Right-hand | Right arm medium | Otago |
| Ian Smith (wk) | 28 February 1957 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Auckland |
| Martin Snedden | 23 November 1958 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Auckland |
| Willie Watson | 31 August 1965 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Auckland |
| John Wright | 5 July 1954 | Left hand | Right arm medium | Northern Districts |
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Pakistan
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| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Khan (c) | 5 October 1952 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Sussex |
| Abdul Qadir | 15 September 1955 | Right-hand | Right-arm leg spin |  Habib Bank |
| Ijaz Ahmed | 20 September 1968 | Right-hand | Left-arm medium | Habib Bank |
| Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | Right hand | Right arm legbreak | Habib Bank |
| Mansoor Akhtar | 6 September 1962 | Right-hand | Right-arm offspin | PAC |
| Manzoor Elahi | 15 April 1963 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Multan |
| Mudassar Nazar | 6 April 1956 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Lahore |
| Rameez Raja | 14 August 1962 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | Lahore |
| Saleem Jaffar | 19 November 1962 | Right-hand | Left-arm fast-medium | Karachi |
| Saleem Malik | 16 April 1963 | Right-hand | Right arm off break / slow-medium | Lahore |
| Saleem Yousuf (wk) | 7 December 1959 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Karachi |
| Shoaib Mohammad | 8 January 1961 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Karachi |
| Tauseef Ahmed | 10 May 1958 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Karachi |
| Wasim Akram | 3 June 1966 | Left hand | Left-arm fast | Lahore |
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Sri Lanka
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| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duleep Mendis (c) | 25 August 1952 | Right hand | – |  Sinhalese SC |
| Don Anurasiri | 25 February 1966 | Right-hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Panadura SC |
| Ashantha de Mel | 9 May 1959 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | – |
| Aravinda de Silva | 17 October 1965 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Nondescripts |
| Roy Dias | 18 October 1952 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Colombo CC |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 16 September 1966 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | Nondescripts |
| Sridharan Jeganathan | 11 July 1951 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Nondescripts |
| Vinothen John | 27 May 1960 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Moratuwa CC |
| Brendon Kuruppu (wk) | 5 January 1962 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Burgher RC |
| Ranjan Madugalle | 22 April 1959 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Nondescripts |
| Roshan Mahanama | 31 May 1966 | Right-hand | - | Colombo CC |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1 December 1963 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | Sinhalese CC |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 2 January 1964 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | Nondescripts |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 2 May 1960 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | Colombo CC |
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West Indies
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| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viv Richards (c) | 7 March 1952 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium/offbreak |  Leeward Islands |
| Eldine Baptiste | 12 March 1960 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Leeward Islands |
| Winston Benjamin | 31 December 1964 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Leeward Islands |
| Carlisle Best | 14 May 1959 | Right hand | Right-arm off break/medium pace |  Barbados |
| Jeff Dujon (wk) | 28 May 1956 | Right-hand | Wicket-keeper |  Jamaica |
| Roger Harper | 17 March 1963 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak |  Guyana |
| Desmond Haynes | 15 February 1956 | Right hand | Right-arm legbreak/medium pace | Barbados |
| Carl Hooper | 15 December 1966 | Right hand | Right arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Gus Logie | 28 September 1960 | Right-hand | Right-arm off break |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Patrick Patterson | 15 September 1961 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Jamaica |
| Richie Richardson | 12 January 1962 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium pace | Leeward Islands |
| Phil Simmons | 18 April 1963 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Courtney Walsh | 30 October 1962 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Jamaica |
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Zimbabwe
More information Player, Date of Birth ...
| 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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See also
External links
- 1987 Cricket World Cup. ESPNcricinfo.
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