2011_Cricket_World_Cup_squads

2011 Cricket World Cup squads

2011 Cricket World Cup squads

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This is a list of the squads picked for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The oldest player at the 2011 World Cup was John Davison (40) of Canada while the youngest was Nitish Kumar (16) also of Canada.

Group A

Australia

Coach: Australia Tim Nielsen

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1,2 Callum Ferguson and Jason Krezja replaced Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz respectively, who were included in the original squad but pulled out due to injury.
3Michael Hussey later returned to the squad, replacing Doug Bollinger, who was ruled out with injury midway through the initial group stage.[2]

Canada

Coach: Canada Pubudu Dassanayake

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Kenya

Coach: Cricket West Indies Eldine Baptiste

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New Zealand

Coach: New Zealand John Wright

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Pakistan

Coach: Pakistan Waqar Younis

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1 Junaid Khan replaced Sohail Tanvir, who was originally selected before pulling out due to injury.

Sri Lanka

Coach: Australia Trevor Bayliss

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Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews have forced the Sri Lankan team to call up Chaminda Vaas and Suraj Randiv respectively, as standbys ahead of the World Cup final against India[3]

Zimbabwe

Coach: England Alan Butcher

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1 Terry Duffin, 2 Tinashe Panyangara & 3Vusi Sibanda replaced Tino Mawoyo, Ed Rainsford & Sean Williams, who were included in the original squad but pulled out due to injury.

Group B

Bangladesh

Coach: Australia Jamie Siddons

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England

Coach: Zimbabwe Andy Flower

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1 Ravi Bopara replaced Eoin Morgan, who was originally selected before pulling out due to injury.
2 Eoin Morgan later rejoined the squad, replacing Kevin Pietersen, who was ruled out with a hernia midway through the initial group stage.[4]
3 Chris Tremlett replaced Stuart Broad, who was ruled out with a side injury midway through the initial group stage.[5]
4 Jade Dernbach replaced Ajmal Shahzad, who was ruled out with a hamstring strain midway through the initial group stage.[6]
5 Adil Rashid replaced Michael Yardy who was ruled out before England's quarter-final match with Sri Lanka after suffering from depression.[7]

India

Coach: South Africa Gary Kirsten

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1 S. Sreesanth replaced Praveen Kumar, who was originally selected before pulling out due to injury.

Ireland

Coach: Cricket West Indies Phil Simmons

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Netherlands

Coach: Australia Peter Drinnen

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South Africa

Coach: South Africa Corrie van Zyl

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West Indies

Coach: Cricket West Indies Ottis Gibson

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1,2,3 Devon Thomas, Kirk Edwards and Devendra Bishoo replaced Carlton Baugh, Adrian Barath and Dwayne Bravo respectively, who were included in the original squad but pulled out due to injury.


References and notes

  1. Number of ODIs played up until the start of the World Cup on (2011-02-19)19 February 2011 (aged 0). 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.
  2. "Michael Hussey joined world cup squad". CricketArchive.
  3. "Vaas, Randiv called up as injury cover for final". ESPNcricinfo. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. "Cricket World Cup: Kevin Pietersen flying home for op". BBC Sport. 2011-03-07. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  5. "Cricket World Cup: Injury ends Stuart Broad's campaign". BBC Sport. 2011-03-08. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-10.

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