PRELIMINARY SQUADS for 2011 WORLD CUP

[stmookeyj]

It's that time of the World Cup campaign where sides name their 30 players of which half will comprise their World Cup squad in March. All preliminary squads will be named by December 19, with the final 15's named a month later.


SQUADS

AUSTRALIA: Ricky PONTING (c) Michael CLARKE (vc) Doug BOLLINGER, Dan CHRISTIAN, Xavier DOHERTY, Callum FERGUSON, Brad HADDIN, Ryan HARRIS, John HASTINGS, Nathan HAURITZ, Brad HODGE, James HOPES, David HUSSEY, Mike HUSSEY, Mitchell JOHNSON, Brett LEE, Shaun MARSH, Andrew McDONALD, Clint McKAY, Stephen O’KEEFE, Tim PAINE, James PATTINSON, Peter SIDDLE, Steve SMITH, Mitchell STARC, Shaun TAIT, Adam VOGES, David WARNER, Shane WATSON, Cameron WHITE

BANGLADESH: SHAKIB Al-Hasan (C), MASHRAFE Mortaza, TAMIN Iqbal, Mohammad ASHRAFUL, Imrul KAYES, Juanaid SIDDIQUE, ROQIBUL Hasan, MUSHFIQUR Rahim, MAHMUDULLAH, NAZMUL Hossain, NAEEM Islam, RUBEL Hossain, SHAFIUL Islam, Abdur RAZZAK, Suhrawadi SHUVO, SHAHRIAR Nafees, NAZIMUDDIN, SHAMSUR Rahman, JAHIRUL Islam, SAHAGIR Hossain, Syed RASEL, SHAHADAT Hossain, MAHBUBUL Alam, DOLAR Mahmud, MITHUN Ali, NASIR Hossain, SHUVOGOTO Chowdhury, SHABBIR Rahman, Alok KAPALI, ENAMUL Haque JR


CANADA: Wahleed AHMED, Manny AULAKH, Akshay BAGAI, Ashish BAGAI, Harvir BAIDWAN, Trevin BASTIAMPILLAI, Umar BHATTI, Grant BROADHURST, Rizwan CHEEMA, Khurram CHOHAN, John DAVISON, Part DESAI, Jeremy GORDON, Tyson GORDON, Ruvindu GUNUSEKERA, Amabhir HANSRA, Sandeep JYOTI, Nitish KUMAR, Usman LIMBADA, Henry OSINDE, Hiral PATEL, Cecil PERVEZ, Balaji RAO, Manrick SINGH, Junaid SIDDIQUI, Zubin SUKARI, Hamza TARIQ, Karl WHATHAM, Zameer ZAHEER


ENGLAND: Andrew STRAUSS, James ADAMS, James ANDERSON, Ian BELL, Ravi BOPARA, Tim BRESNAN, Stuart BROAD, Paul COLLINGWOOD, Alastair COOK, Steven DAVIES, Jade DERNBACH, Steven FINN, James HILDRETH, Craig KIESWETTER, Michael LUMB, Eoin MORGAN, Samit PATEL, Kevin PIETERSEN, Liam PLUNKETT, Matt PRIOR, Adil RASHID, Ajmal SHEZAD, Darren STEVENS, Graeme SWANN, James TREDWELL, Chris TREMLETT, Jonathan TROTT, Chris WOAKES, Luke WRIGHT, Michael YARDY


INDIA: Mahendra Singh DHONI, Virender SEHWAG, Sachin TENDULKAR, Gautam GAMBHIR, Virat KOHLI, YUVRAJ Singh, Suresh RAINA, HARBHAJAN Singh, Zaheer KHAN, Ashish NEHRA, Shanthakumaran SREESANTH, Munaf PATEL, Ishant SHARMA, Vinay KUMAR, Murali VIJAY, Rohit SHARMA, Ravindra JADEJA, Ajinkya REHANE, Saurabh TIWARY, Yusuf PATHAN, Parthiv PATEL, R ASHWIN, Wriddhiman SAHA, Dinesh KARTHIK, Shikar DHAWAN, Amit MISHRA, Piyush CHAWLA, Chetshwa PUJARA, Pragyan OJHA, Praveen KUMAR


IRELAND: William PORTERFIELD (C), Andre BOTHA, Alex CUSACK, George DOCKRELL, Phil EAGLESTONE, Allan EASTWOOD, James HALL, Trent JOHNSTON, Nigel JONES, Ed JOYCE, Rory McCANN, John MOONEY, Kevin O'BRIEN, Niall O'BRIEN, Andrew POYNTER, Boyd RANKIN, Paul STIRLING, Albert VAN DER MERWE, Regan WEST, Gary WILSON, Andrew WHITE, Craig YOUNG



KENYA: Ragheb AGA, Duncan ALLEN, Runish GUDKA, Jimmy KAMANDE, Irfan KARIM, Karan KAUL, Peter KITUKU, Alfred LUSENO, Tanmay MISHRA, James NGOCHE, Shem NGOCHE, Alex OBANDA, David OBUYA, Collins OBUYA, Nehemiah ODHIAMBO, Thomas ODOYO, Lucas OLUOCH, Peter ONGONDO, Joseph ONYANGO, Lameck ONYANGO, Elijah OTIENO, Maurice OUMA, Kennedy OWINO, Rakep PATEL, Vinit SHIKOTRA, Steve TIKOLO, Hiren VARAIYA, Seren WALTERS, Dominic WESONGA


NETHERLANDS:

NEW ZEALAND: Brent ARNEL, Hamish BENNETT, Doug BRACEWELL, Doug BROWNLIE, Ian BUTLER, Grant ELLIOTT, Daniel FLYNN, Martin GUPTILL, Jamie HOW, James FRANKLIN, Kyle MILLS, Adam MILNE, Brendon McCULLUM, Nathan McCULLUM, Peter McGLASHAN, Andy McKAY, Rob NICOL, Jacob ORAM, Jeetan PATEL, Jesse RYDER, Tim SOUTHEE, Shanan STEWART, Scott STYRIS, Ross TAYLOR, Daryl TUFFEY, Daniel VETTORI, BJ WATLING, Kane WILLIAMSON, Luke WOODCOCK, Reece YOUNG


PAKISTAN:

SOUTH AFRICA: Graeme SMITH (C), Hashim AMLA, Jacques KALLIS, Abraham Benjamin (AB) DE VILLIERS, Alviro PETERSEN, Loots BOSMAN, Jacques RUDOLPH, Morne VAN WYK, Jonathan VANDIAR, Jean-Paul (JP) DUMINY, David MILLER, Colin INGRAM, Albie MORKEL, Robin PETERSON, Mark BOUCHER, Thami TSOLEKILE, Faf DU PLESSIS, Dean ELGAR, Heino KUHN, Morne MORKEL, Dale STEYN, Wayne PARNELL, Lowando TSOTSOBE, Johan BOTHA, Ryan McLAREN, Charl LANGEVELDT, Rusty THERON, Ethy MBHALATI, Roelef VAN DER MERWE, Johan VAN DER WATH


SRI LANKA: Kumar SANGAKKARA (C), Tillakaratne DILSHAN, Upul THARANGA, Dinesh CHANDIMAL, Tharanga PARANAVITANA, Lahiru THIRIMANNE, Sanath JAYASURIYA, Mahela JAYAWARDENE, Thilan SAMARAWEERA, Thilina KANDAMBY, Chamara SILVA, Chamara KAPUGEDERA, Angelo MATHEWS, Thisara PERERA, Farveez MAHAROOF, Jeevan MENDIS, Muttiah MURALITHARAN, Suraj RANDIV, Rangana HERATH, Malinga BANDARA, Lasith MALINGA, Ajantha MENDIS, Nuwan KULASEKERA, Dilhara FERNANDO, Suranga LAKMAL, Dammika PRASAD, Chaminda VAAS, Chanaka WELEGEDERA, Nuwan PRADEEP, Thilan THUSHARA


WEST INDIES: Lionel BAKER, Adrian BARATH, Carlton BAUGH, Sulieman BENN, Dave BERNARD, Tino BEST, Davindra BISHOO, Darren BRAVO, Dwayne BRAVO, Jonathan CARTER, Shivnarine CHANDERPAUL, Kirk EDWARDS, Chris GAYLE, Ryan HINDS, Jason HOLDER, Anthony MARTIN, Nikita MILLER, Nelon PASCAL, Kieron POLLARD, Kieran POWELL, Denesh RAMDIN, Ravi RAMPAUL, Kemar ROACH, Andre RUSSELL, Darren SAMMY, Ramnaresh SARWAN, Shane SHILLINGFORD, Devon SMITH, Gavin TONGE, Devon THOMAS



ZIMBABWE: Elton CHIGUMBURA (C), Regis CHAKABVA, Chamu CHIBHABHA, Charles COVENTRY, Graeme CREMER, Keith DABENGWA, Terry DUFFIN, Craig ERVINE, Sean ERVINE, Greg LAMB, Timycen MARUMA, Timo MAWOYO, Hamilton MASAKADZA, Shingirai MASAKADZA, Keegan METH, Chris MPOFU, Tawanda MUPARIWA, Nutsai MUSHANGWE, Forster MUTIZWA, Njabulo NCUBE, Ian NICOLSON, Tinashe PANYANGARA, Ray PRICE, Ed RAINSFORD, Vusi SIBANDA, Tatenda TAIBU, Brendan TAYLOR, Prosper UTSEYA, Malcolm WALLER, Sean WILLIAMS

 

[stmookeyj]

Added Bangladesh squad, expect a flood of announcements in the coming days particularly in Australia just to take attention of the events in the Tests.

 

[J Selwood14]

anyone want to have a guess at the Australian 30?

 

[BarneyBent]

I'll have a stab at our 30:

Ponting, Clarke, Watson, Warner, Haddin, Paine, White, Mussey, Dussey, S.Marsh, Ferguson, Smith, Christian, Hopes, Doherty, Keith, Klinger, Harris, Lee, McKay, Johnson, Starc, Hazlewood, J.Pattinson, Hastings, Khawaja, Maddinson, Butterworth, Quiney, Ronchi.

It was just a quick go, so have I missed anybody obvious? Keith and Maddinson are included more as tips of the hat rather than serious consideration, and is based on their selection in the PM's XI. The selectors may not go down that road though.

 

[NAUGHT5]

I would be surprised if Hodge isn't in..
Obviously this conversation has been done to death but he's our best OD batsman and heading in to a World Cup you throw the future out the door and pick ya best side.

 

[HSSB]

If we want to even have a chance at winning the World Cup we need to include Hodge in the squad, Inside Cricket mentioned the other day that Hodge had averaged something like 100 before he was out early against SA.

But we obviously won't win, to be honest, if we have Ponting and his mates in the team, we will struggle to beat Bangladesh.

 

[mayhem20202]

Travis Birt would be in, in front of Khawaja, Keath, Klinger, Quiney, Ronchi, as would George Bailey. They were the stars of the A team tri series at the start of the season that the players listed above did not even play in.

 

[Drummond]

Here's my 30, in bold the final 15 (think the finalised squad is 15...)

1. Ponting
2. Clarke
3. M.Hussey
4. D.Hussey
5. Marsh
6. Watson
7. Warner
8. Haddin
9. Paine
10. White
11. Birt
12. Maddinson
13. Christian
14. Ferguson
15. Smith
16. Bailey
17. Butterworth
18. Harris
19. Doherty
20. Hauritz
21. Lee
22. Johnson
23. Starc
24. Hazlewood
25. McKay
26. Siddle
27. Pattinson
28. Bollinger
29. Hastings
30. Tait

So...

1. Watson
2. Haddin
3. Ponting
4. White
5. Clarke
6. Hussey
7. Christian
8. Doherty
9. Harris
10. McKay
11. Bollinger

12-15: Ferguson, Smith, Lee, Johnson

 

[BarneyBent]

Travis Birt would be in, in front of Khawaja, Keath, Klinger, Quiney, Ronchi, as would George Bailey. They were the stars of the A team tri series at the start of the season that the players listed above did not even play in.

Bailey and Birt, yep, quite right. For some reason I tend to overlook Tassie players when going off the top of my head. Replace Keath and Maddinson for them.

 

[Smoooothy]

they just announced the squad on ABC - hodge is in

 

[HugeJohnson]

I'll have a stab at our 30:

Ponting, Clarke, Watson, Warner, Haddin, Paine, White, Mussey, Dussey, S.Marsh, Ferguson, Smith, Christian, Hopes, Doherty, Keith, Klinger, Harris, Lee, McKay, Johnson, Starc, Hazlewood, J.Pattinson, Hastings, Khawaja, Maddinson, Butterworth, Quiney, Ronchi.

It was just a quick go, so have I missed anybody obvious? Keith and Maddinson are included more as tips of the hat rather than serious consideration, and is based on their selection in the PM's XI. The selectors may not go down that road though.

Tait??

 

[strauchanie59]

James Faulkner is a darkhorse for the 30 man sqaud IMO

 

[TassieSaint]

they just announced the squad on ABC - hodge is in

Turned up online yet? Can't find it anywhere.

 

[HSSB]

From the Vics FB

Stop it! Eight Victorians name in the Aussie's initial squad of 30 for the ICC Cricket World Cup - Congrats HODGEY, Huss, Hasto, Ronnie, J-Patto, Sids, McKay & Whitey!

 

[TheGreatBambino]

Sanath Jayasuria (41) and Chaminda Vass (37) both in. Sri Lanka going for youth?

 

[NAUGHT5]

Ricky Ponting (c) Michael Clarke (vc) Doug Bollinger, Dan Christian SA, Xavier Doherty, Callum Ferguson, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, Brad Hodge, James Hopes, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Andrew McDonald, Clint McKay, Stephen O’Keefe, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White

 

[reubski23]

From the Vics FB

Ronnie = Andy McDonald??

 

[Covvy]

This is great for Tasmania as far as the domestic comp goes. Only Paine and Doherty selected. Bit weird how there was no Birt or Bailey or even Hilfy.

 

[Drummond]

Here's my 30, in bold the final 15 (think the finalised squad is 15...)

1. Ponting
2. Clarke
3. M.Hussey
4. D.Hussey
5. Marsh
6. Watson
7. Warner
8. Haddin
9. Paine
10. White
11. Birt > HODGE
12. Maddinson > VOGES
13. Christian
14. Ferguson
15. Smith
16. Bailey > HOPES
17. Butterworth > MCDONALD
18. Harris
19. Doherty
20. Hauritz
21. Lee
22. Johnson
23. Starc
24. Hazlewood > O'KEEFE
25. McKay
26. Siddle
27. Pattinson
28. Bollinger
29. Hastings
30. Tait

So I was 25/30, not bad.

Not unhappy with Hodge, the guy's clearly a gun. O'Keefe as a third spinner seems a bit overkill to me, would rather give Haze the boost. I understand Hopes, been a solid contributor for Aus over the years, but to me he's done. I would've preferred Buttsy to McDonald, but I can understand it. The only selection I just CANNOT UNDERSTAND is Adam Voges. Why? I know he's not going to make the final squad, but seriously, WHY??? Why do we have an obsession with this spud?

 

[TassieSaint]

This is great for Tasmania as far as the domestic comp goes. Only Paine and Doherty selected. Bit weird how there was no Birt or Bailey or even Hilfy.

Thats good from a Tigers fan's perspective but we have been dominating the domestic competition in recent years, would have expected at least one or two more in the top 30 players in the country. Would only have Punter and X in Australia's best XI though so I won't complain

Ricky Ponting (c) Michael Clarke (vc) Doug Bollinger, Dan Christian SA, Xavier Doherty, Callum Ferguson, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, Brad Hodge, James Hopes, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Andrew McDonald, Clint McKay, Stephen O’Keefe, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White

That'd be my 15 to tour with based on the squad.

 

[Cousin Jed]

So I was 25/30, not bad.

Not unhappy with Hodge, the guy's clearly a gun. O'Keefe as a third spinner seems a bit overkill to me, would rather give Haze the boost. I understand Hopes, been a solid contributor for Aus over the years, but to me he's done. I would've preferred Buttsy to McDonald, but I can understand it. The only selection I just CANNOT UNDERSTAND is Adam Voges. Why? I know he's not going to make the final squad, but seriously, WHY??? Why do we have an obsession with this spud?

Got to justify the CA contract.

Beer was picked for the Perth Test "With the world cup in mind" and didn't even make the squad...

 

[Drummond]

Got to justify the CA contract.

Oh and it seems my initial reaction on Butterworth/McDonald was correct.

Look at their averages:

Butterworth: Batting 27, Bowling 26
McDonald: Batting 31, Bowling 40

I know who I'd rather. McDonald is a fine cricketer, but not sure he's a limited overs cricketer. It's all pointles really as neither would have/will make the squad, but still.

 

[stmookeyj]

England has been added, although I believe there should be another 4 names on that list which Cricinfo supplied. (I had to go to the ECB site to add Prior, Shezad, Stevens and Rashid)

 

[stmookeyj]

India have just announced their 30, only surprise to some is the omissions of Irfan Pathan and Robin Uthappa.

 

[Mr P@H]

ENGLAND: Andrew STRAUSS, James ADAMS, James ANDERSON, Ian BELL, Ravi BOPARA, Tim BRESNAN, Stuart BROAD, Paul COLLINGWOOD, Alastair COOK, Steven DAVIES, Jade DERNBACH, Steven FINN, James HILDRETH, Craig KIESWETTER, Michael LUMB, Eoin MORGAN, Samit PATEL, Kevin PIETERSEN, Liam PLUNKETT, Matt PRIOR, Adil RASHID, Ajmal SHEZAD, Darren STEVENS, Graeme SWANN, James TREDWELL, Chris TREMLETT, Jonathan TROTT, Chris WOAKES, Luke WRIGHT, Michael YARDY

My picks in bold