2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads

These were the 10 squads picked to take part in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, the fourth instalment of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament. The tournament was held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. Teams could name a preliminary squad of 30, but only 14-man squads were permitted for the actual tournament, and these had to be submitted by 7 September,[1] one month before the start of the tournament.

Australian bowler Glenn McGrath, one of the players on Australia's winning team.

Several of the squads were changed during or before the tournament due to injuries or suspensions; Pakistan changed their captains three times before the tournament had begun, and also sent home two players due to doping allegations. Both India and Zimbabwe had to replace a player during the tournament, which required the permission of the International Cricket Council's Technical Committee.[2]

Australia

Australia picked a preliminary squad of 30 players,[3] before cutting it down to 14 on 4 September.[4] Stuart Clark suffered a thigh injury and missed the tournament. Dan Cullen was called up as a replacement on 5 October.[5]

Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team[7]
Ricky Ponting (c)19 December 1974250RightRight arm mediumTasmanian Tigers
Nathan Bracken12 September 197741RightLeft arm fast mediumNew South Wales Blues
Michael Clarke2 April 198186RightSlow left arm orthodoxNew South Wales Blues
Dan Cullen10 April 19845RightRight arm off-breakSouthern Redbacks
Adam Gilchrist14 November 1971241LeftWicket-keeperWestern Warriors
Brad Hogg6 February 197187LeftSlow left-arm wrist-spinWestern Warriors
Michael Hussey27 May 197543LeftRight arm mediumWestern Warriors
Mitchell Johnson2 November 19817LeftLeft arm fast mediumQueensland Bulls
Simon Katich21 August 197545LeftSlow left-arm wrist-spinNew South Wales Blues
Brett Lee8 November 1976138RightRight arm fastNew South Wales Blues
Glenn McGrath9 February 1970224RightRight arm medium fastNew South Wales Blues
Damien Martyn21 October 1971203RightRight arm mediumWestern Warriors
Andrew Symonds9 June 1975149RightRight arm off breakQueensland Bulls
Shane Watson17 June 198147RightRight arm fast mediumQueensland Bulls

Bangladesh

Bangladesh selected their squad of 14 on 7 September.[8]

Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Habibul Bashar (c)17 August 197284RightRight arm off breakKhulna
Abdur Razzak15 June 198222RightSlow left arm orthodoxKhulna
Aftab Ahmed10 November 198539RightRight arm mediumChittagong
Farhad Reza16 June 19867RightRight arm fast mediumRajshahi
Khaled Mashud8 February 1976120RightWicket-keeperRajshahi
Mashrafe Mortaza5 October 198341RightRight arm fast mediumKhulna
Mehrab Hossain junior8 July 19870LeftSlow left armDhaka
Mohammad Ashraful9 September 198476RightRight arm leg breakDhaka
Mohammad Rafique5 September 1970100LeftSlow left arm orthodoxDhaka
Rajin Saleh20 November 198342RightRight arm off breakSylhet
Shakib Al Hasan24 March 19874LeftSlow left armKhulna
Shahadat Hossain7 August 198610RightRight arm fast mediumDhaka
Shahriar Nafees25 January 198625Leftn/aBarisal
Syed Rasel3 July 198416LeftLeft arm medium fastKhulna

England

England announced a squad of 14 on 12 September, after picking their preliminary squad of 30. Andrew Flintoff, who had not played cricket since July, was named captain.[9]

Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Andrew Flintoff (c)6 December 1977102RightRight arm fastLancashire Lightning
James Anderson30 July 198250LeftRight arm fast mediumLancashire Lightning
Ian Bell11 April 198223RightRight arm mediumWarwickshire Bears
Rikki Clarke29 September 198120RightRight arm fast mediumSurrey Lions
Paul Collingwood26 May 1976100RightRight arm medium fastDurham Dynamos
Jamie Dalrymple21 January 198111RightRight arm off breakMiddlesex Crusaders
Steve Harmison23 October 197844RightRight arm fastDurham Dynamos
Ed Joyce22 September 19783LeftRight arm mediumMiddlesex Crusaders
Jon Lewis26 August 19757RightRight arm medium fastGloucestershire Gladiators
Sajid Mahmood21 December 198112RightRight arm fastLancashire Lightning
Kevin Pietersen27 June 198036RightRight arm off breakHampshire Hawks
Chris Read10 August 197833RightWicket-keeperNottinghamshire Outlaws
Andrew Strauss2 March 197761LeftLeft arm mediumMiddlesex Crusaders
Michael Yardy27 November 19802LeftRight arm off breakSussex Sharks

India

India selected their squad at the same time as announcing their squad for the 2006–07 DLF Cup. Spinner Anil Kumble, with 264 ODIs under his belt, was not selected, which was made headline news by cricket website Cricinfo.[10]

Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Rahul Dravid (c)11 January 1973293RightRight arm off breakKarnataka
Ajit Agarkar[11]4 December 1977169RightRight arm fast mediumMumbai
M. S. Dhoni7 July 198152RightWicket-keeperJharkhand
Harbhajan Singh3 July 1980134RightRight arm off breakPunjab
Mohammad Kaif1 December 1980121RightRight arm off breakUttar Pradesh
Dinesh Mongia17 April 197752LeftSlow left arm orthodoxPunjab, Leicestershire Foxes
Munaf Patel12 July 198310RightRight arm medium fastMaharashtra
Irfan Pathan27 October 198466LeftLeft arm medium fastBaroda
Ramesh Powar20 May 197815RightRight arm off breakMumbai
Suresh Raina27 November 198630LeftRight arm off breakUttar Pradesh
Virender Sehwag20 October 1978150RightRight arm off breakDelhi
R. P. Singh6 December 198519RightLeft arm fast mediumUttar Pradesh
Sachin Tendulkar24 April 1973367RightRight arm leg breakMumbai
Yuvraj Singh12 December 1981157LeftSlow left arm orthodoxPunjab
Replacement player
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth[11]6 February 198319RightRight arm fast mediumKerala

New Zealand

New Zealand selected a preliminary squad of 30,[12] before cutting it down to 14 on 7 September.[13] Scott Styris was included despite missing a county match with Middlesex due to injury; Shane Bond, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori had all recovered from injuries and were included, while Michael Mason was ruled out by an injury. The selection of Wellington seamer Mark Gillespie, described by coach John Bracewell as "the domestic season's outstanding pace bowler",[13] was described by Herald on Sunday writer Dylan Cleaver as a "bolter".[14]

Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Stephen Fleming (c)1 April 1973252LeftRight arm slow mediumWellington Firebirds, Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Nathan Astle15 September 1971212RightRight arm mediumCanterbury Wizards, Lancashire Lightning
Shane Bond7 June 197545RightRight arm fastCanterbury Wizards
James Franklin7 November 198041LeftLeft arm fast mediumWellington Firebirds, Glamorgan Dragons
Peter Fulton1 February 197910RightRight arm mediumCanterbury Wizards
Mark Gillespie17 October 19790RightRight arm fast mediumWellington Firebirds
Brendon McCullum27 September 198184RightWicket-keeperCanterbury Wizards, Glamorgan Dragons
Hamish Marshall15 February 197955RightRight arm mediumNorthern Districts Knights, Gloucestershire Gladiators
Kyle Mills15 March 197960RightRight arm mediumAuckland Aces
Jacob Oram28 July 197883LeftRight arm mediumCentral Districts Stags
Jeetan Patel7 May 19809RightRight arm off breakWellington Firebirds
Scott Styris10 July 1975116RightRight arm fast mediumAuckland Aces, Middlesex Crusaders
Daniel Vettori27 January 1979169LeftSlow left arm orthodoxNorthern Districts Knights, Warwickshire Bears
Lou Vincent11 November 197883RightRight arm mediumAuckland Aces, Worcestershire Royals

Pakistan

Pakistan selected their squad on 6 September.[15] Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq have been suspended for four matches due to "bringing the game into disrepute" during the fourth Test of the 2006 series between England and Pakistan, and was thus withdrawn from the squad,[16] and was unable to take any part in the tournament, as Faisal Iqbal was called up as replacement.[17] Younis Khan was named replacement captain, only to resign two days before the tournament began, leading Shahid Afridi to take over.[18] However, on 7 October, the new Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Naseem Ashraf announced that Younis would captain the side.[19]

On 16 October, before Pakistan had started playing any games in the tournament, it was revealed that two Pakistani players, Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar had failed a drugs test for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Abdur Rehman and Yasir Arafat were called up to replace them.[20]


Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Younis Khan (c)29 November 1977139RightRight arm leg breakHBL, Peshawar
Shahid Afridi (vc)1 March 1980225RightRight arm leg break googlyHBL, Ireland
Abdul Razzaq2 December 1979213RightRight arm fast mediumLahore Ravi
Abdur Rehman1 March 19800LeftSlow left armHBL, Sialkot
Faisal Iqbal[21]30 December 198117RightRight arm mediumPIA, Karachi Harbour
Iftikhar Anjum1 December 198019RightRight arm mediumZTBL, Islamabad
Imran Farhat20 May 198227LeftRight arm leg breakHBL, Lahore Shalimar
Kamran Akmal13 January 198250RightWicket-keeperNBP, Lahore Ravi
Mohammad Hafeez17 October 198035RightRight arm off breakSNGPL, Faisalabad
Mohammad Yousuf27 August 1974219RightWAPDA, Lahore Ravi
Naved-ul-Hasan28 February 197850RightRight arm medium fastSialkot, Sussex Sharks
Shoaib Malik1 February 1982122RightRight arm off breakPIA, Sialkot
Umar Gul14 April 198419RightRight arm fast mediumPIA, Peshawar
Yasir Arafat12 March 19826RightRight arm mediumNBP, Rawalpindi, Sussex Sharks

South Africa

South Africa selected their squad of 14 on 7 September. The omission of spinner Nicky Boje, with 115 ODI caps for South Africa, was described as "interesting" by Cricinfo.[22]

Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Graeme Smith (c)1 February 198190LeftOff breakCape Cobras
Loots Bosman14 April 19773RightRight arm mediumEagles
Mark Boucher3 December 1976218RightWicket-keeperWarriors
A. B. de Villiers17 February 198417RightRight arm medium and wicket-keeperTitans
Boeta Dippenaar14 June 197798RightOff breakEagles
Herschelle Gibbs23 February 1974186RightRight arm mediumCape Cobras
Andrew Hall31 July 197570RightRight arm fast mediumLions, Kent Spitfires
Jacques Kallis16 October 1975229RightRight arm fast mediumCape Cobras
Justin Kemp2 October 197753RightRight arm fast mediumTitans, Kent Spitfires
Charl Langeveldt17 December 197431RightRight arm fast mediumLions
André Nel15 July 197747RightRight arm fast mediumTitans
Makhaya Ntini6 July 1977130RightRight arm fastWarriors
Robin Peterson4 August 197928LeftSlow left arm orthodoxWarriors
Shaun Pollock16 July 1973255RightRight arm fast mediumDolphins

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka picked a 14-man squad on 25 August 2006.[23]


Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Mahela Jayawardene (c)27 May 1977219RightRight arm medium paceSinhalese SC
Marvan Atapattu22 November 1970253RightRight arm leg breakSinhalese SC
Malinga Bandara31 December 197919RightRight arm leg break googlyRagama CC
Tillakaratne Dilshan14 October 197696RightRight arm off breakBloomfield C&AC
Dilhara Fernando19 July 197994RightRight arm fast mediumSinhalese SC
Sanath Jayasuriya30 June 1969363LeftSlow left arm orthodoxBloomfield C&AC
Chamara Kapugedera24 February 198715RightRight arm mediumColombo CC
Farveez Maharoof7 September 198446RightRight arm fast mediumBloomfield C&AC
Lasith Malinga4 September 198315RightRight arm mediumNondescripts CC
Muttiah Muralitharan17 April 1972269RightRight arm off breakTamil Union C&AC
Ruchira Perera6 April 197716LeftLeft arm medium fastColts CC
Kumar Sangakkara27 October 1977167LeftWicket-keeperNondescripts CC
Upul Tharanga2 February 198529LeftNondescripts CC
Chaminda Vaas27 January 1974280LeftLeft arm fast mediumColts CC

West Indies

West Indies went in with the same 14-man squad as in the 2006–07 DLF Cup triangular tournament in Malaysia in September.[24]

Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Brian Lara (c)2 May 1969271LeftRight arm leg break googlyTrinidad and Tobago
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)23 June 1980107RightRight arm leg breakGuyana
Carlton Baugh, Jr.23 June 198217RightWicket-keeperJamaica
Ian Bradshaw9 July 197447LeftLeft arm fast mediumBarbados
Dwayne Bravo7 October 198348RightRight arm medium fastTrinidad and Tobago, Kent Spitfires
Shivnarine Chanderpaul18 August 1974196LeftRight arm leg breakGuyana
Corey Collymore21 December 197770RightRight arm fast mediumBarbados
Fidel Edwards6 February 198221RightRight arm fastBarbados
Chris Gayle21 September 1979140LeftRight arm off breakJamaica
Wavell Hinds7 September 1976110LeftRight arm mediumJamaica
Runako Morton22 July 197822RightRight arm off breakLeeward Islands
Marlon Samuels5 February 198167RightRight arm off breakJamaica
Dwayne Smith12 April 198347RightRight arm mediumBarbados
Jerome Taylor22 June 198416RightRight arm fastJamaica

Zimbabwe

Gary Brent replaced Terry Duffin before the match with Bangladesh on 13 October.


Player Date of Birth ODIs[6] Batting Bowling style First class team
Prosper Utseya (c)26 March 198547RightRight arm off breakManicaland
Chamu Chibhabha6 September 198612RightRight arm mediumMashonaland
Elton Chigumbura14 March 198641RightRight arm mediumManicaland
Terry Duffin20 March 198218LeftRight arm mediumMatabeleland
Anthony Ireland30 August 198416RightRight arm mediumMidlands
Tafadzwa Kamungozi8 June 19871RightRight arm leg breakMasvingo
Hamilton Masakadza9 August 198329RightRight arm leg break googlyManicaland
Stuart Matsikenyeri3 May 198353RightRight arm off breakManicaland
Tawanda Mupariwa16 April 198518RightRight arm fast mediumMatabeleland
Ed Rainsford14 December 198418RightRight arm fast mediumMidlands
Piet Rinke5 November 198116RightRight arm fast mediumManicaland
Vusimuzi Sibanda10 October 198342RightRight arm mediumMidlands
Gregory Strydom26 March 198411RightRight arm mediumMatabeleland
Brendan Taylor6 February 198650RightWicket-keeperMashonaland
Replacement player
Gary Brent13 January 197648RightRight arm medium fastManicaland

References and notes
  1. Champions Trophy: Pakistan names probables, from The Hindu. Retrieved 4 September 2006
  2. Sreesanth replaces injured Agarkar, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2006
  3. Cricinfo – Australia Squad. Retrieved 3 September 2006
  4. McGrath picked for Champions Trophy, by Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2006
  5. Cullen replaces Clark for Trophy, BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2006
  6. The number of ODIs given are those the player has played for his country. Some players have also played for the ICC World XI, an Asian XI or an African XI.
  7. The first class team(s) given are the domestic team(s) the player turned out for in the 2005–06 and 2006 season.
  8. Hossain for Bangladesh one-dayers Archived 28 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, from Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 10 September 2006
  9. Flintoff named skipper for Ashes, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2006
  10. Kumble not in Champions Trophy squad, from Cricinfo, 3 September 2006
  11. Injured before the last match and replaced with Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
  12. Cricinfo – New Zealand Squad. Retrieved 3 September 2006
  13. New Zealand sweat on Styris, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
  14. New squad is big news in New Zealand, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
  15. Inzamam to lead Pakistan in Champions Trophy, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2006
  16. Inzamam cleared of ball tampering, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2006
  17. Technicality rules Inzamam out of tournament, by Anand Vasu. Retrieved 17 October 2006
  18. Mohammad Yousuf to lead Pakistan, Osman Samiuddin, Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2006
  19. Younis Khan reinstated as captain, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2006
  20. Asif and Akhtar to return home, by Osman Samiuddin. Retrieved 17 October 2006
  21. Replacement for the suspended Inzamam. Iqbal to replace Inzamam for Champions Trophy, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2006
  22. Boje left out for Champions Trophy, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2006
  23. Sri Lanka Squad, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2006
  24. Windies to stick with players for Champions Trophy Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, by the CMC, retrieved from the Jamaica Observer on 10 September 2006

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