2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads
This page lists the squads picked for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. This is the first World Twenty20 tournament which had been organised by the ICC. The championship was run from 11 to 24 September 2007 in South Africa. 12 teams took part in the championship, and the teams were sorted by their groups in the preliminary group stage. The first-class team listed for each player is the domestic team he plays for in his home country and any English county he has played for in the 2007 season, which was running concurrently to the World Twenty20 tournament. The winner of the Final was India. Second place went to Pakistan.
Group A
Bangladesh
Bangladesh announced their squad on 9 August 2007.[1]
South Africa
South Africa announced their squad on 11 August 2007.[3] Loots Bosman was ruled out of the competition with a lower back injury.[4]
West Indies
Group B
Australia
Australia's T20 squad was announced on 20 July 2007.[5] Shaun Tait was named in the original squad but was later ruled out after elbow surgery; he was replaced by Ben Hilfenhaus.[6] The squad was generally the same as that which won the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier in the year.
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England
England announced their squad on 6 August 2007.[7] Ravi Bopara pulled out from the tournament on 4 September, after dislocating his thumb during a bowling spell in the ODI series against India.[8] Three days later, James Anderson was announced to replace him.[9] Ryan Sidebottom also withdrew after failing to recover from a side injury sustained during the third Test against India in early August: Dimitri Mascarenhas was called up as his replacement.[10]
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe announced their squad on 14 August 2007.[11] Tatenda Taibu returned to the team for the first time in two years.
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s[2] | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Prosper Utseya (c) | 26 March 1985 | 1 | Right | Right arm off break |  Easterns |
| 12 | Gary Brent | 13 January 1976 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Southerns |
| 33 | Justice Chibhabha | 6 September 1986 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | Southerns |
| 47 | Elton Chigumbura | 14 March 1986 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | Northerns |
| 17 | Keith Dabengwa | 17 August 1980 | 1 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Westerns |
| 65 | Timycen Maruma | 19 April 1988 | 0 | Right | Right arm leg break | Easterns |
| 58 | Johnson Marumisa | 1 March 1983 | 0 | Right | Right arm leg break | Easterns |
| 3 | Hamilton Masakadza | 9 August 1983 | 1 | Right | Right arm leg break | Easterns |
| 45 | Stuart Matsikenyeri | 3 May 1983 | 1 | Right | Right arm off break | Easterns |
| 28 | Christopher Mpofu | 27 November 1985 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium | Westerns |
| 53 | Tawanda Mupariwa | 16 April 1985 | 0 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Westerns |
| 26 | Vusi Sibanda | 10 October 1983 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium | Midlands |
| 44 | Tatenda Taibu | 14 May 1983 | 0 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Mashonaland |
| 1 | Brendan Taylor | 6 February 1986 | 1 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Mashonaland |
| 14 | Sean Williams | 26 September 1986 | 1 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Westerns |
Group C
Kenya
Kenya announced their squad on 14 August 2007.[12]
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s[2] | Batting | Bowling style | Domestic team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Steve Tikolo (c) | 25 June 1971 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium |  Swamibapa |
| 07 | Rajesh Bhudia | 22 November 1984 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Kanbis |
| 11 | Jimmy Kamande | 12 December 1978 | 1 | Right | Right arm off break | Parklands |
| 89 | Tanmay Mishra | 22 December 1986 | 2 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Aga Khan |
| 91 | Alex Obanda | 25 December 1987 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Swamibapa |
| 13 | Collins Obuya | 27 July 1981 | 2 | Right | Right arm leg break | Stray Lions |
| 21 | David Obuya | 14 August 1979 | 2 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Stray Lions |
| 35 | Nehemiah Odhiambo | 7 August 1983 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Swamibapa |
| 00 | Thomas Odoyo | 12 May 1978 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Kanbis |
| 77 | Peter Ongondo | 10 February 1977 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Swamibapa |
| 75 | Lameck Onyango | 22 September 1973 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Swamibapa |
| Elijah Otieno | 3 January 1988 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Swamibapa | |
| 17 | Morris Ouma | 8 November 1982 | 0 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Swamibapa |
| 09 | Tony Suji | 5 February 1976 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | Swamibapa |
| 84 | Hiren Varaiya | 9 April 1984 | 2 | Right | Slow left arm orthodox | Nairobi Gymkhana |
New Zealand
New Zealand announced their squad on 9 August 2007.[13] Long-time captain Stephen Fleming, who stepped down from the One-day International captaincy after the 2007 World Cup, was not included, and Daniel Vettori was given the captaincy. Scott Styris could be replaced, as he has struggled with injury problems playing for Durham in England in 2007.
Sri Lanka
Muttiah Muralitharan was originally selected in the squad, but was withdrawn on 31 August 2007 after straining a biceps.[14] Dilruwan Perera replaced him.
Group D
India
India's squad was announced on 8 August 2007
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s[2] | Batting | Bowling style | First class team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) | 7 July 1981 | 1 | Right | Wicket-keeper |  Jharkhand |
| 12 | Yuvraj Singh (vc) | 12 December 1981 | 0 | Left | Left-arm orthodox spin | Punjab |
| 68 | Ajit Agarkar | 4 December 1977 | 1 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Mumbai |
| 5 | Gautam Gambhir | 14 October 1981 | 0 | Left | Right arm leg break | Delhi |
| 35 | Harbhajan Singh | 3 July 1980 | 1 | Right | Right arm off break | Punjab Surrey Brown Caps |
| 23 | Joginder Sharma | 23 October 1983 | 0 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Haryana |
| 1 | Dinesh Karthik | 1 June 1985 | 1 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Tamil Nadu |
| 63 | Irfan Pathan | 27 October 1984 | 1 | Left | Left-arm fast medium | Baroda |
| 27 | Yusuf Pathan | 17 November 1982 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Baroda |
| 11 | Piyush Chawla | 24 December 1988 | 0 | Left | Right arm leg break | Uttar Pradesh |
| – | Virender Sehwag | 20 October 1978 | 1 | Right | Right arm off break | Delhi |
| 45 | Rohit Sharma | 30 April 1987 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Mumbai |
| 9 | R. P. Singh | 6 December 1985 | 0 | Right | Left-arm fast medium | Uttar Pradesh |
| 36 | S. Sreesanth | 6 February 1983 | 1 | Right | Right-arm fast | Kerala |
| 77 | Robin Uthappa | 11 November 1985 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium | Karnataka |
Pakistan
After a dressing room incident on 6 September 2007, in which Shoaib Akhtar was alleged to have hit Mohammad Asif with a bat, Akhtar was handed an indefinite ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board and sent home from the tournament before it even began.[15] Sohail Tanvir, an uncapped allrounder, replaced him. Misbah-ul-haq was a controversial selection ahead of Mohammed Yousuf. Yet Misbah ended up being the 2nd highest run scorer in the competition.
Scotland
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s[2] | Batting | Bowling style | Domestic team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Ryan Watson (c) | 12 November 1976 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast |  Forfarshire |
| 4 | John Blain | 4 January 1979 | 0 | Left | Right-arm fast medium | Rotherham Town |
| 23 | Dougie Brown | 29 October 1969 | 0 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Warwickshire Bears |
| 24 | Gordon Drummond | 21 April 1980 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Watsonians |
| 37 | Gavin Hamilton | 16 September 1974 | 0 | Left | Right-arm medium fast | East Brierley |
| 10 | Majid Haq | 11 February 1983 | 0 | Left | Right arm off break | Ferguslie |
| 8 | Ross Lyons | 8 December 1984 | 0 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Clydesdale |
| 25 | Neil McCallum | 22 November 1977 | 0 | Right | Grange | |
| 5 | Gregor Maiden | 22 July 1979 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Grange |
| 17 | Dewald Nel | 6 June 1980 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Greenock |
| 28 | Navdeep Poonia | 11 May 1986 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Warwickshire Bears |
| 22 | Qasim Sheikh | 30 October 1984 | 0 | Left | Left-arm medium | Clydesdale |
| 55 | Colin Smith | 27 September 1972 | 0 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Aberdeenshire |
| 12 | Fraser Watts | 5 June 1979 | 0 | Right | Greenock | |
| 99 | Craig Wright | 28 April 1974 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium | Greenock |
Notes
- "Bangladesh Squad". Cricinfo. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Number of Twenty20 Internationals played up until the start of the Twenty20 World Championship on 11 September 2007.
- "South Africa Squad". Cricinfo. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- "Bosman to miss ICC World Twenty20". Cricinfo. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
- "Australia Squad". Cricinfo. 20 July 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- "Hilfenhaus wins Twenty20 promotion". 20 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- "England Squad". Cricinfo. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- "Bopara ruled out of Twenty20". Cricinfo. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
- "Anderson replaces Bopara for Twenty20". Cricinfo. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
- "Twenty20 call-up for Mascarenhas". BBC. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
- Taibu comes back in from the cold, from Cricinfo, 14 August 2007
- Kenya rely on the tried and trusted, from Cricinfo, retrieved 1 September 2007
- Vettori handed Twenty20 captaincy, from Cricinfo, retrieved 1 September 2007
- Muralitharan ruled out of Twenty20 Championship, Cricinfo, retrieved 1 September 2007
- Osman Samiuddin (7 September 2007). "Shoaib to be sent home after incident". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.