Wills Cup: Carnival of the world's best (15 October 1998)

15 October 1998

Wills Cup: Carnival of the world's best

Sports Reporter

Six teams have sent their final players' list for the Wills International Cup beginning at the Bangabandhu National Stadium from October 24. Nine Test-playing nations are taking part in the knock-out meet. Besides, another has sent its probable line-up while that of the other two did not reach the BCB office till late last night.

According to a media release yesterday of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Australia, England, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies have sent their final team lists while India have sent a 20-man list of their probable team. World Champions Sri Lanka and Pakistan are yet to announce their teams for the nine-day long tournament.

The day-night spectacle starts with the only pre-quarterfinal of the meet between New Zealand and Zimbabwe. On the second day, England will meet South Africa in the first quarterfinal while World champions Sri Lanka will meet the winners of the first match in the second quarterfinal of October 26.

After a day of break for the official dinner, India will take on Australia in the third quarterfinal on October 28 while the last quarterfinal will be played between Pakistan and West Indies on the next day. The semifinals will be played on October 30 and 31 followed by the final on November 1.

Zimbabwe: Alistair Campbell (captain), Andy Flower ( vice-captain), Gavin Rennie, Grant Flower, Craig Wishart, Murray Goodwin, Craig Evans, Paul Strang, Heath Streak, Neil Johnson, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Andrew Whittall, Henry Olonga and Adam Huckle.

Officials: Babu Meman (manager), David Toughton (coach) and Amato Machikicho (physio).

New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Geoff Allott, Mark Bailey, Simon Doull, Matthew Home, Shayne O'Connor, Alex Tait, Paul Wiseman, Nathan Astle, Matthew Bell, Chris Harris, Craif McMillan, Adam Parore and Daniel Vettori.

Officials: Steve Rixon (coach), John Graham (manager) and Mark Harrison (physio).

England: Adam Hollioake (captain), Ian Austin, Alistair Brown, Dougie Brown, Mark Elham, Neil Fairbrother, Matthew Fleming, Anthony Giles, Graeme Hick, Nick Knight, Graham Lloyd, Peter Martin, R Martin, Jack Russell and Chris Silverwood.

Officials: David Graveney (manager), David Lloyd (coach) and D Conway (physio).

South Africa: Hansie Cronje (captain), Gary Kirsten, Daryll Cullinan, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Dale Benkenstein, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Derek Crookes, Nicky Boje, Pat Symcox, Allan Dawson, Steve Elworthy and Makhaya Ntini.

Officials: Goolam Rajah (manager), Bob Woolmer (coach) and Craig Smith (physio).

Australia: Steve Waugh (captain), Mark Waugh, Damien Fleming, Michael Kasprowicz, Darrem Lehmann, Glen McGrath, Ricky Ponting, Gavin Robertson, Michael Bevan, Adam Gilchrist, Brendon Julian, Damien Martyn, Tom Moody and Brad Young.

Officials: Steve Bernard (manager), Goeff Marsh (coach) and E Alcott (physio).

West Indies: Brian Lara (captain), Clayton Lambert, Philo Wallace, Carl Hooper, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Keith Artherton, Suarts Williams, Rawl Lewis, Curtley Ambrose, Mervyn Dillon, Nixon McClean, Ridley Jacobs, Phil Simmons and Neil McGarrell.

Officials: Clive Lloyd (manager), Malcolm Marshall (coach) and Dennis Waite (physio)

India: from Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Nayan Mongia, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Robin Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Debashish Mohanty, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Saba Karim, Jatin Paranjpe, Venkatesh Prasad, Nikhil Chopra, Sunil Joshi and Rohan Gavaskar.

Officials: Dr. Kamal Kalita (manager), Ansuman Gaekwad (coach) and Andrew Kokinos (physio).

Source :: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)