With the 2015 World Cup fast approaching, all the teams are busy in preparing the right combinations ahead of the extravaganza. January 14 is the last date for the teams to announce their fifteen member squad and December 7 is the deadline for all the teams to give their provisional squad to the ICC. Here are the provisional squads for all the 14 teams of the World Cup.
Jonathan Trott absent from England’s 30 men probables
Alastair Cook (c), Moeen Ali, , Joe Root, Jonathan Bairstow, Luke Wright Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Jack Brooks, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Jos Buttler, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Stephen Parry, Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, James Anderson, Boyd Rankin, Adil Rashid Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, James Tredwell, James Vince and Chris Woakes.
Sohag Gazi omitted from Bangladesh’s 30 men probables
Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Marshall Ayub, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Naeem Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Ziaur Rahman, Muktar Ali, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Litton Das, Mashrafe Mortaza, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Abul Hasan, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Mohammad Shahid, Elias Sunny, Arafat Sunny, Taijul Islam, Abdur Razzak and Jubair Hossain
Banned Spinner Saeed Ajmal Included in Pakistan’s 30 men Probables
Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Sharjeel Khan, Sami Aslam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Sohaib Maqsood, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Bilawal Bhatti, Sarfraz Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Talha, Anwar Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Raza Hasan and Yasir Shah.
Senior Players including Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Harbhajan and Zaheer ommitted from 30 men Indian provisional squad
Squad: MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha, Sanju Samson, R Ashwin, Parvez Rasool, Karn Sharma, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami, Umesh Yadav, V Aaron, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Mohit Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Kuldeep Yadav and Murali Vijay.
The 30 men South African provisional squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup has been announced.
Squad: AB de Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla, Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Marchant de Lange, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Rory Kleinveldt, Ryan Mclaren, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Aaron Phangiso, Vernon Philander, Andrew Puttick, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Mthokozisi Shezi, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van Wyk, David Wiese.
Suspended spinner Sachitra Senanayake included in Sri Lanka’s 30 men probable squad
Squad: Angelo Mathews (Captain), T M Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanna, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Kusal Janith, Upul Tharanga, Dimuth Karunarathna, Dinesh Chandimal, Ashan Priyanjana, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Niroshan Dickwella, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ajantha Mendis, Sachithra Senanayake, P H D Kaushal, Jeevan Mendis, Ramith Rambukwella, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dhammika Prasad, Shaminda Eranga, Thisara Perera, F. Maharoof, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Gamage, Lakshan Sandakan
Controversial batsmen Jesse Ryder dropped from New Zealand’s 30 men probable squad
Squad: Martin Guptill, Anton Devcich, Tom Latham, Hamish Rutherford, Rob Nicol, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, BJ Watling, Corey Anderson, James Neesham, Daniel Vettori, Colin de Grandhomme, Andrew Ellis, James Franklin, Grant Elliot, Ronnie Hira, Nathan McCullum, Hamish Bennett, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Matt Henry, Mitchell McClenaghan, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Tim Southee
Ravi Rampaul dropped from West Indies 30 men probable squad
Squad: Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Miguel Cummins, Narsingh Deonarine, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Imran Khan, Leon Johnson, Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Marquino Mindley, Sunil Narine, Ashley Nurse, Kenroy Peters, Versammy Permaul, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Devon Smith, Jerome Taylor
Zimbabwe’s 30 men probable squad
Elton Chigumbura, Sikandar Raza Butt, Regis Chakabva, Brian Chari, Tendai Chatara, Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Luke Jongwe, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Neville Madziva, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Shingirai Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Tinotenda Mawoyo, Solomon Mire, Peter Moore, Tawanda Mupariwa, Natsai M’shangwe, Cuthbert Musoko, Richmond Mutumbami, John Nyumbu, Tinashe Panyangara, Vusimuzi Sibanda, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Brian Vitori, Malcolm Waller, Sean Williams and Cephas Zhuwao
Afghanistan’s 30 men probable squad
Squad: Afsar Zazai, Aftab Alam, Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Zadran, Farid Malik, Fazal Naizi, Gulbodin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Hamza Hotak, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Izatullah, Javed Ahmadi, Karim Sadiq, Mirwais Ashraf, Mohammad Mujtaba, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Najib Tarakai, Najibullah Zadran, Nasir Jamal, Nawroz Mangal, Noor Ali, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shenwari, Shabir Noori, Shafiqullah, Shapoor Zadran, Sharifuddin Ashraf, Usman Ghani, Yamin Ahmadzai
Scotland’s probable squad (24 men)
Squad: Preston Mommsen (captain), Kyle Coetzer (vice-captain), Richie Berrington, Frederick Coleman, Matthew Cross, Joshua Davey, Alasdair Evans, Hamish Gardiner, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Moneeb Iqbal, Michael Leask, Matt Machan, Calum MacLeod, Gavin Main, George Munsey, David Murphy, Safyaan Sharif, Ruaidhri Smith, Robert Taylor, Andrew Umeed, Craig Wallace, Iain Wardlaw, Mark Watt
UAE’s 30 men probable squad
Squad: Mohamed Tauqir, Salman Farooq, Fahad Alhasimi, Ahmed Raza, Amjad Javed, Andri Raffaelo, Rohit Singh, Yodhin Punja, Amjad Ali, Faizan Asif, Fayyaz Ahmed, Khurram Khan, Manjula Guruge, Muhammad Naveed, Nasir Aziz, Roshan Mustafa, Shaiman Anwar, Saqib Ali, Swapnil Patil, Chirag Suri, Ahsan Suri, Irfan Sajid, Noor ul Amin, Asadullah Shareef, Usman Mustaq, Muhammad Shahzad, Saqlain Haider, Kamran Shahzad, K Karate, Umair Ali
Squads of the remaining teams will be updated once they are announced.