ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Team Introductions
The 12th edition of ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted by England and Wales Cricket Board. The marquee tournament is set to kick off on May 30 onwards.
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CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019
An introduction to participating teams
1 Trophy
Non-stop Action
10 Teams
Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (vc), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Liam Dawson, James Vince, Chris Woakes, and Mark Wood
Squad:
England
Quick Stat
England is the only team to go with 14-man squad in the World Cup 2019 after Alex Hales drug scandal.
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SF 2nd SF 2nd 2nd QF GS GS 5th QF GS
Journey so far..
Average Player Age:
29.139 years
India
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GS GS 1st SF 7th SF 6th 6th SF GS 1st SF
Journey so far..
Quick Stat
In 2011, India became the first host nation to lift the World Cup Trophy.
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, and Vijay Shankar
Squad:
Average Player Age:
29.69 years
Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (vc & wk), Hashim Amla, Jean-Paul Duminy, Imran Tahir, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, and Rassie van der Dussen
Squad:
South Africa
Quick Stat
The oldest club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843.
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N/A N/A N/A N/A SF QF SF GS SF QF SF
Journey so far..
Average Player Age:
30.189 years
New Zealand
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SF SF GS GS SF QF SF 5th SF SF 2nd
Journey so far..
Quick Stat
New Zealand have appeared in most semi-finals than any other team in the World Cup.
Kane Williamson (c), Tom Latham (vc & wk), Trent Boult, Tom Blundell, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, and Ross Taylor
Squad:
Average Player Age:
29.221 years
Aaron Finch (c), Jason Beherendorff, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, and Adam Zampa
Squad:
Australia
Quick Stat
Australia have made a record seven World Cup Final appearances and have won the Trophy for record five times.
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2nd GS GS 1st 5th 2nd 1st 1st 1st QF 1st
Journey so far..
Average Player Age:
29.95 years
Pakistan
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GS SF SF SF 1st QF 2nd GS GS SF QF
Journey so far..
Quick Stat
The only time Pakistan won against India in an ICC event was the Champions Trophy 2017 Final.
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Babar Azam (vc), Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Hassan Ali, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, and Shoaib Malik
Squad:
Average Player Age:
27.63 years
Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Abu Jayed, Liton Das (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, and Tamim Iqbal
Squad:
Bangladesh
Quick Stat
When compared with Test matches, Bangladesh is more successful in ODIs; have won 122 from 362 matches.
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A GS GS 7th GS QF
Journey so far..
Average Player Age:
27.54 years
West Indies
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1st 1st 2nd GS 6th SF GS GS 6th QF QF
Journey so far..
Quick Stat
West Indies was the first team to appear in three consecutive World Cup Finals.
Jason Holder (c), Chris Gayle (vc), Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Shannon Gabriel, Shimron Heymyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, and Oshane Thomas
Squad:
Average Player Age:
28.10 years
Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Nuwan Pradeep, Avishka Fernando, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Milinda Siriwardana, Lahiru Thirimanne, Isuru Udana, and Jeffrey Vandersay
Squad:
Sri Lanka
Quick Stat
Sri Lanka is the oldest team for this World Cup considering average player age (30.241 years).
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GS GS GS GS 8th 1st GS SF 2nd 2nd QF
Journey so far..
Average Player Age:
30.241 years
AFGHANISTAN
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A GS
Journey so far..
Quick Stat
Afghanistan is the youngest team for this World Cup considering average player age (27.44 years).
Gulbadin Naib (c), Rashid Khan (vc), Aftab Alam, Asghar Afghan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zardan, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shinwari
Squad:
Average Player Age:
27.44 years
Notes:
1. Cricket Boards' logos are sourced from ICC' Official website and Wikipedia.
2. Data sourced from Wikipedia, ESPN Cricinfo and ICC Cricket.
3. Infographic last updated on May 22, 2019 to reflect changes in England squad for the World Cup.
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