2009 ICC World Twenty20 squads

This is a list of the squads picked for the men's 2009 ICC World Twenty20. This was the second ICC World Twenty20 tournament and was held between 5 and 21 June 2009.

Australia edit

Australia named their 15-man squad on 5 May 2009.[1] On 4 June 2009 Andrew Symonds was dropped from the team[2] and replaced by Cameron White.[3]

Coach: Tim Nielsen

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team
14 Ricky Ponting (c) 19 December 1974 15 Right Right arm medium   Tasmanian Tigers
59 Nathan Bracken 29 December 1977 17 Right Left arm fast medium   New South Wales Blues
23 Michael Clarke 2 April 1981 16 Right Slow left arm orthodox   New South Wales Blues
57 Brad Haddin 23 October 1977 8 Right Wicket-keeper   New South Wales Blues
43 Nathan Hauritz 18 October 1981 1 Right Right arm off break   New South Wales Blues
20 Ben Hilfenhaus 15 March 1983 6 Right Right arm fast-medium   Tasmanian Tigers
39 James Hopes 24 October 1978 10 Right Right arm medium   Queensland Bulls
29 David Hussey 15 July 1977 8 Right Right arm off break   Victorian Bushrangers
48 Michael Hussey 27 May 1975 16 Left Right arm medium   Western Warriors
25 Mitchell Johnson 2 November 1981 9 Left Left arm fast medium   Western Warriors
58 Brett Lee 8 November 1976 14 Right Right arm medium   New South Wales Blues
10 Peter Siddle 25 November 1984 1 Right Right arm medium   Victorian Bushrangers
31 David Warner 27 October 1986 5 Left Left arm leg break   New South Wales Blues
33 Shane Watson 17 June 1981 4 Right Right arm fast medium   Queensland Bulls
7 Cameron White 18 August 1983 7 Right Right arm leg break   Victorian Bushrangers

Bangladesh edit

Bangladesh named their 15-man squad on 4 May 2009.[5]

Coach: Jamie Siddons

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team
Mohammad Ashraful (c) 7 July 1984 Right Right arm Leg spin   Dhaka Division
Shakib Al Hasan 24 March 1987 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Khulna Division
Mithun Ali 13 February 1990 Right Wicket-keeper   Sylhet Division
Raqibul Hasan 8 October 1987 Right Right arm Leg spin   Barisal Division
Rubel Hossain 1 January 1990 Right Right arm medium   Chittagong Division
Shahadat Hossain 7 August 1986 Right Right arm fast-medium   Dhaka Division
Tamim Iqbal 20 March 1989 Left   Chittagong Division
Naeem Islam 31 December 1986 Right   Rajshahi Division
2 Mashrafe Mortaza 5 October 1983 Right Right arm fast-medium   Khulna Division
Mahmudullah 4 February 1986 Right Right arm Off spin   Dhaka Division
15 Mushfiqur Rahim 1 September 1988 Right Wicket-keeper   Rajshahi Division
Shamsur Rahman 5 June 1988 Right   Dhaka Division
Syed Rasel 3 July 1984 Left Left arm fast-medium   Khulna Division
Abdur Razzak 15 June 1982 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Khulna Division
Junaid Siddique 30 October 198 Left Right arm Off break   Rajshahi Division

England edit

England named their 15-man squad on 1 May 2009.[6]

Coach: Andy Flower

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team
5 Paul Collingwood (c) 26 May 1976 15 Right Right arm medium   Durham Dynamos
9 James Anderson 30 July 1982 11 Left Right arm fast-medium   Lancashire Lightning
42 Ravi Bopara 4 May 1985 2 Right Right arm medium   Essex Eagles
8 Stuart Broad 24 June 1986 12 Left Right arm fast-medium   Nottinghamshire Outlaws
15 James Foster 15 April 1980 0 Right Wicket-keeper   Essex Eagles
35 Robert Key 12 May 1979 0 Right Right arm off break   Kent Spitfires
32 Dimitri Mascarenhas 30 October 1977 11 Right Right arm medium   Hampshire Hawks
  Otago Volts
39 Eoin Morgan 10 September 1986 0 Left Right arm medium
Wicket-keeper
  Middlesex Panthers
48 Graham Napier 6 January 1980 0 Right Right arm fast   Essex Eagles
24 Kevin Pietersen 27 June 1980 15 Right Right arm off break   Hampshire Hawks
95 Adil Rashid 17 February 1988 0 Right Right arm leg break   Yorkshire Carnegie
3 Owais Shah 22 October 1978 11 Right Right arm off break   Middlesex Panthers
78 Ryan Sidebottom 15 January 1978 4 Left Left arm fast medium   Nottinghamshire Outlaws
66 Graeme Swann 24 March 1979 3 Right Right arm off break   Nottinghamshire Outlaws
45 Luke Wright 7 March 1985 8 Right Right arm medium-fast   Sussex Sharks

India edit

India named their 15-man squad on 4 May 2009.[7] On 9 June 2009, the injured Virender Sehwag was replaced by Dinesh Karthik.[8]

Coach: Gary Kirsten

No. Player Date of birth T20Is[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team / IPL team
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) 7 July 1981 13 Right Wicket-keeper   Jharkhand / Chennai Super Kings
5 Gautam Gambhir 14 October 1981 12 Left Right arm leg break   Delhi / Delhi Daredevils
84 Ravindra Jadeja 6 December 1988 2 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Saurashtra / Rajasthan Royals
34 Zaheer Khan 7 October 1978 4 Right Left arm fast medium   Mumbai / Mumbai Indians
8 Praveen Kumar 2 October 1986 1 Right Right arm medium-fast   Uttar Pradesh / Royal Challengers Bangalore
30 Pragyan Ojha 5 September 1986 0 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Hyderabad / Deccan Chargers
63 Irfan Pathan 27 October 1984 13 Left Left arm medium-fast   Baroda / Kings XI Punjab
28 Yusuf Pathan 17 November 1982 4 Right Right arm off break   Baroda / Rajasthan Royals
48 Suresh Raina 27 November 1986 4 Left Right arm off break   Uttar Pradesh / Chennai Super Kings
** Virender Sehwag 20 October 1978 Right Right arm off break   Delhi / Delhi Daredevils
29 Ishant Sharma 2 September 1988 4 Right Right arm fast   Delhi / Kolkata Knight Riders
45 Rohit Sharma 30 April 1987 8 Right Right arm off break   Mumbai / Deccan Chargers
3 Harbhajan Singh 3 July 1980 12 Right Right arm off break   Punjab / Mumbai Indians
9 Rudra Pratap Singh 6 December 1985 8 Right Left arm fast medium   Uttar Pradesh / Deccan Chargers
12 Yuvraj Singh 12 December 1981 10 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Punjab / Kings XI Punjab
Replacement players
19 Dinesh Karthik 1 June 1985 6 Right Wicket-keeper   Tamil Nadu / Delhi Daredevils

Ireland edit

[9]

Coach: Phil Simmons

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team
William Porterfield (c) 6 September 1984 Left   Gloucestershire Gladiators
Andre Botha 12 September 1975 Left Right arm medium
Jeremy Bray 30 November 1973 Left
Peter Connell 13 August 1981 Right Right arm medium-fast
Alex Cusack 29 October 1980 Right Right arm medium-fast
Trent Johnston 29 April 1974 Right Right arm fast-medium
Kyle McCallan 27 August 1975 Right Right arm off break
John Mooney 10 February 1982 Left Right arm medium
Kevin O'Brien 4 March 1984 Right Right arm medium-fast   Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Niall O'Brien 8 November 1981 Left Wicket-keeper   Northants Steelbacks
Boyd Rankin 5 July 1984 Left Right arm fast medium   Warwickshire Bears
Paul Stirling 3 September 1990 Right Right arm off break
Regan West 27 April 1979 Left Left arm fast medium
Andrew White 3 July 1980 Right Right arm off break
Gary Wilson 5 February 1986 Left Wicket-keeper   Surrey Brown Caps

Netherlands edit

[9]

Coach: Peter Drinnen

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team or Domestic team
Jeroen Smits (c) 21 June 1972 4 Right Wicket-keeper   HCC Den Haag
Peter Borren 21 August 1983 4 Right Right arm medium   VRA Amsterdam
Mudassar Bukhari 26 December 1983 4 Right Right arm medium-fast
Tom de Grooth 14 May 1979 4 Right Right arm off break   HCC Den Haag
Maurits Jonkman 20 March 1986 0 Right Right arm medium
Alexei Kervezee 11 September 1989 0 Right Right arm medium   Worcestershire Royals
Dirk Nannes 16 May 1976 0 Right Left arm medium   Victorian Bushrangers
Ruud Nijman 15 June 1982 0 Right Right arm medium-fast
Darron Reekers 26 May 1973 4 Right Right arm medium   Quick Den Haag
Edgar Schiferli 17 May 1976 4 Left Right arm medium-fast   Quick Den Haag
Pieter Seelaar 2 July 1987 3 Right Slow left arm orthodox   Hermes DVS
Daan van Bunge 19 October 1982 4 Right Right arm leg break   Voorburg CC
Bas Zuiderent 3 March 1977 0 Right Right arm medium   VOC Rotterdam
Ryan ten Doeschate 30 June 1980 3 Right Right arm medium-fast   Essex Eagles
Eric Szwarczynski 13 February 1983 4 Left   VRA Amsterdam

New Zealand edit

New Zealand named their 15-man squad on 7 April 2009.[10] On 11 June 2009, Aaron Redmond was called up to cover for the injured Jesse Ryder.[11]

Coach: Andy Moles

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team
11 Daniel Vettori (c) 27 January 1979 14 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Northern Districts Knights
4 Neil Broom 20 November 1983 3 Right Right-arm medium   Otago Volts
2 Ian Butler 24 November 1981 3 Right Right-arm fast   Otago Volts
51 Brendon Diamanti 30 April 1981 0 Right Right-arm medium-fast   Central Districts Stags
70 James Franklin 7 November 1980 6 Left Left-arm fast-medium   Wellington Firebirds
31 Martin Guptill 30 September 1986 3 Right Right-arm off break   Auckland Aces
42 Brendon McCullum 27 September 1981 21 Right Wicket-keeper   Otago Volts
15 Nathan McCullum 1 September 1980 4 Right Right-arm off break   Otago Volts
21 Peter McGlashan 22 June 1979 2 Right Wicket-keeper   Central Districts Stags
37 Kyle Mills 15 March 1979 9 Right Right-arm fast-medium   Auckland Aces
75 Iain O'Brien 10 July 1976 3 Right Right-arm fast-medium   Wellington Firebirds
24 Jacob Oram 28 July 1978 13 Left Right-arm fast-medium   Central Districts Stags
77 Jesse Ryder 6 August 1984 6 Left Right-arm medium   Wellington Firebirds
56 Scott Styris 10 July 1975 15 Right Right-arm medium   Auckland Aces
3 Ross Taylor 8 March 1984 17 Right Right-arm off break   Central Districts Stags
Replacement players
16 Aaron Redmond 23 September 1979 0 Right Right-arm leg break   Otago Volts

Pakistan edit

Pakistan named their 15-man squad on 4 May 2009.[12] On 21 May 2009, Shoaib Akhtar was withdrawn and replaced by Rao Iftikhar Anjum.[13] During the tournament, Abdul Razzaq was called up to replace the injured Yasir Arafat on 10 June 2009.[14]

Coach: Intikhab Alam

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style Domestic Twenty20 team
75 Younus Khan (c) 29 November 1977 15 Right Right-arm medium   Peshawar Panthers
93 Ahmed Shehzad 23 November 1991 1 Right Right-arm leg break   Lahore Lions
28 Fawad Alam 8 October 1985 7 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Karachi Dolphins
21 Iftikhar Anjum 1 December 1980 1 Right Right-arm medium   Islamabad Leopards
23 Kamran Akmal 13 January 1982 17 Right Wicket-keeper   Lahore Lions
22 Misbah-ul-Haq 28 May 1974 15 Right Right-arm leg break   Faisalabad Wolves
90 Mohammad Amir 13 April 1992 0 Left Left-arm fast-medium   Rawalpindi Rams
50 Saeed Ajmal 14 October 1977 1 Right Right-arm off break   Faisalabad Wolves
1 Salman Butt 7 October 1984 13 Left Right-arm off break   Lahore Lions
10 Shahid Afridi 1 March 1980 16 Right Right-arm leg break   Karachi Dolphins
94 Shahzaib Hasan 25 December 1989 0 Right Right-arm off break   Karachi Zebras
51 Shoaib Malik 1 February 1982 17 Right Right-arm off break   Sialkot Stallions
33 Sohail Tanvir 12 December 1984 11 Left Left-arm fast-medium   Rawalpindi Rams
55 Umar Gul 14 April 1984 14 Right Right-arm fast-medium   Peshawar Panthers
24 Yasir Arafat 12 March 1982 4 Right Right-arm medium   Rawalpindi Rams
Replacement players
12 Abdul Razzaq 2 December 1979 2 Right Right-arm fast-medium   Lahore Lions

South Africa edit

South Africa named their 15-man squad on 4 May 2009.[15]

Coach: Mickey Arthur

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team
15 Graeme Smith (c) 1 February 1981 12 Left Right-arm off break   Cape Cobras
29 Yusuf Abdulla 17 January 1983 1 Left Left-arm fast-medium   Dolphins
22 Johan Botha 2 May 1982 9 Right Right-arm off break   Warriors
9 Mark Boucher 3 December 1976 13 Right Wicket-keeper   Warriors
17 AB de Villiers 17 February 1984 15 Right Right-arm medium/Wicket-keeper   Titans
21 JP Duminy 14 April 1984 10 Left Right-arm off break   Cape Cobras
09 Herschelle Gibbs 23 February 1974 14 Right Right-arm leg break   Cape Cobras
3 Jacques Kallis 16 October 1975 4 Right Right-arm fast-medium   Warriors
81 Albie Morkel 10 June 1981 16 Left Right-arm medium-fast   Titans
65 Morné Morkel 6 October 1984 8 Left Right-arm fast   Titans
23 Justin Ontong 4 January 1980 3 Right Right-arm off break   Cape Cobras
36 Wayne Parnell 30 July 1989 2 Left Left-arm medium-fast   Warriors
13 Robin Peterson 4 August 1979 5 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Cape Cobras
8 Dale Steyn 27 June 1983 6 Right Right-arm fast   Titans
52 Roelof van der Merwe 31 December 1984 1 Right Slow left arm orthodox   Titans

Sri Lanka edit

Sri Lanka named their 15-man squad on 4 May 2009.

Coach: Trevor Bayliss

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class team
11 Kumar Sangakkara (c) 27 October 1977 8 Left Wicket-keeper   Kandurata
10 Indika de Saram 2 September 1973 1 Right Right-arm off break/Wicket-keeper   Ruhuna
23 Tillakaratne Dilshan 14 October 1976 13 Right Right-arm off break   Basnahira Dakuna
07 Sanath Jayasuriya 30 June 1969 12 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Ruhuna
27 Mahela Jayawardene 27 May 1977 12 Right Right-arm medium   Wayamba
92 Nuwan Kulasekara 22 July 1982 2 Right Right-arm medium   Basnahira Utura
28 Farveez Maharoof 7 September 1984 7 Right Right-arm fast-medium   Wayamba
99 Lasith Malinga 28 August 1983 9 Right Right-arm fast   Ruhuna
69 Angelo Mathews 2 June 1987 1 Right Right-arm fast-medium   Basnahira Utura
40 Ajantha Mendis 11 March 1985 4 Right Right-arm off break, Right-arm leg break   Wayamba
42 Jehan Mubarak 10 January 1981 10 Left Right-arm off break   Wayamba
08 Muttiah Muralitharan 17 April 1972 2 Right Right-arm off break   Kandurata
05 Chamara Silva 14 December 1979 9 Right Right-arm leg break   Basnahira Dakuna
97 Thilan Thushara 1 March 1981 4 Left Left-arm fast-medium   Kandurata
61 Isuru Udana 17 February 1988 1 Right Left-arm medium-fast   Wayamba

West Indies edit

West Indies named their 15-man squad on 9 May 2009.[16]

Coach: John Dyson

No. Player Date of birth T20s[4] Batting Bowling style First-class(National) team
45 Chris Gayle (c) 21 September 1979 7 Left Right arm off break   Jamaica
44 Lionel Baker 6 September 1984 3 Left Right arm medium fast  Leeward Islands
62 Sulieman Benn 22 July 1981 4 Left Slow left arm orthodox   Barbados
08 Dave Bernard Jnr. 19 July 1981 0 Right Right arm medium fast   Jamaica
47 Dwayne Bravo 7 October 1983 9 Right Right arm medium fast   Trinidad and Tobago
06 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 16 August 1974 9 Left Right arm leg break   Guyana
  Durham Dynamos
20 Fidel Edwards 6 February 1982 8 Right Right arm fast   Barbados
72 Andre Fletcher 28 November 1987 2 Right Right arm medium fast  Windward Islands
10 Xavier Marshall 27 March 1986 3 Right Right arm off break   Jamaica
55 Kieron Pollard 21 May 1987 4 Right Right arm medium fast   Trinidad and Tobago
80 Denesh Ramdin 13 March 1985 10 Right Wicket-keeper   Trinidad and Tobago
88 Darren Sammy 20 December 1983 6 Right Right arm fast medium  Windward Islands
53 Ramnaresh Sarwan 23 June 1980 5 Right Right arm leg break   Guyana
54 Lendl Simmons 25 January 1985 2 Right Right arm medium fast/Wicket-keeper   Trinidad and Tobago
75 Jerome Taylor 22 June 1984 6 Right Right arm fast   Jamaica

Scotland edit

In July 2008 Zimbabwe, under pressure from South Africa and England over political matters related to Robert Mugabe, pulled out of the tournament of their own volition, creating an additional (third) space for an associate nation. Scotland won the third place playoff to qualify.


  ScotlandTeam


Kyle Coetzer
Gavin Hamilton (c)
Neil McCallum
Navdeep Poonia
Fraser Watts
Ryan Watson
Majid Haq
Jan Stander
Craig Wright
Colin Smith (wk)
John Blain
Gordon Drummond
Richie Berrington
Glenn Rogers
Dewald Nel

References edit

  1. ^ Lee selection a risk – Hilditch, from Cricinfo, 5 May 2009
  2. ^ "Team-mates rue loss of 'flexible' Symonds". Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  3. ^ White called up to replace Symonds
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Number of Twenty20 Internationals played up until the start of the World Twenty20 on 5 June 2009. Numbers only include appearances for the player's national side.
  5. ^ [1], 5 May 2009
  6. ^ Collingwood named Twenty20 captain, from Cricinfo, 1 May 2009
  7. ^ [2], from Cricinfo, 4 May 2009
  8. ^ Shoulder injury rules Sehwag out of World Twenty20
  9. ^ a b "Twenty20 World Cup Squad of all teams". Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  10. ^ "New Zealand Squad | ICC World Twenty20 2009 | Cricinfo.com". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  11. ^ Redmond to join New Zealand as injury cover from Cricinfo. Accessed 13 June 2009. Archived 2009-06-24.
  12. ^ Pakistan include two rookies in Twenty20 squad from Cricinfo. Accessed 13 June 2009. Archived 2009-06-24.
  13. ^ Shoaib pulled from World Twenty20 squad from Cricinfo
  14. ^ Ex-ICL player Razzaq returns to Pakistan side from Cricinfo. Accessed 13 June 2009. Archived 2009-06-24.
  15. ^ "South Africa Squad | ICC World Twenty20 2009 | Cricinfo.com". Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  16. ^ Xavier Marshall recalled for World Twenty20, from Cricinfo, 5 June 2009. Accessed 13 June 2009. Archived 2009-06-24.