1996 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of the final 14-man squads named for the 1996 Cricket World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which took place from 14 February 1996 to 17 March 1996.
[Australia]
- Coach: Geoff Marsh
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Mark Taylor | 27 October 1964 | Left hand | Right-arm medium |  New South Wales |
| Michael Bevan | 8 May 1970 | Left hand | Slow left-arm wrist spin | New South Wales |
| Damien Fleming | 24 April 1970 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| Ian Healy | 30 April 1964 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Queensland |
| Stuart Law | 18 October 1968 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Queensland |
| Shane Lee | 8 August 1973 | Right hand | Right–arm medium | New South Wales |
| Craig McDermott | 14 April 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Queensland |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 February 1970 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | New South Wales |
| Ricky Ponting | 19 December 1974 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Tasmania |
| Paul Reiffel | 19 April 1966 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| Michael Slater | 21 February 1970 | Right hand | Right arm medium | New South Wales |
| Shane Warne | 13 September 1969 | Right hand | Right-arm leg break | Victoria |
| Mark Waugh | 2 June 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm medium Right-arm off-break | New South Wales |
| Steve Waugh | 2 June 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
[England]
- Coach: Ray Illingworth
- Dermot Reeve was called up for the team as injury replacement.
| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Michael Atherton | 23 March 1968 | Right hand | Right arm leg break Wicket-keeper |  Lancashire |
| Dominic Cork | 7 August 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Derbyshire |
| Phillip DeFreitas | 18 February 1966 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Lancashire |
| Neil Fairbrother | 9 September 1963 | Left hand | Left-arm medium | Lancashire |
| Darren Gough | 18 September 1970 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Yorkshire |
| Graeme Hick | 23 May 1966 | Right hand | Right arm off-break | Worcestershire |
| Peter Martin | 15 November 1968 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Lancashire |
| Richard Illingworth | 23 August 1963 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Worcestershire |
| Jack Russell | 15 August 1963 | Left hand | Right arm off break | Gloucestershire |
| Neil Smith | 27 July 1967 | Right hand | Right-arm off break | Warwickshire |
| Robin Smith | 13 September 1963 | Right hand | Right arm leg-break | Hampshire |
| Alec Stewart | 8 April 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Surrey |
| Graham Thorpe | 1 August 1969 | Left hand | Right arm medium | Surrey |
| Craig White | 16 December 1969 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Yorkshire |
| Dermot Reeve | 2 April 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Warwickshire |
[India]
Coach/manager: Ajit Wadekar| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 8 February 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium |  Hyderabad |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 24 April 1973 | Right hand | Right-arm medium Right-arm leg break Right-arm off-break | Mumbai |
| Vinod Kambli | 18 January 1972 | Left hand | Right-arm off-break | Mumbai |
| Aashish Kapoor | 25 March 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Rajasthan |
| Anil Kumble | 17 October 1970 | Right hand | Right-arm leg spin | Karnataka |
| Sanjay Manjrekar | 12 July 1965 | Right hand | Right arm off-spin | Mumbai |
| Nayan Mongia | 19 December 1969 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Baroda |
| Manoj Prabhakar | 15 April 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium pace | Delhi |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 5 August 1969 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu | 20 October 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Punjab |
| Javagal Srinath | 31 August 1969 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Karnataka |
| Ajay Jadeja | 1 February 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Haryana |
| Salil Ankola | 1 March 1968 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Mumbai |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 9 July 1969 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Hyderabad |
[Kenya]
Coach: Hanumant Singh| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Maurice Odumbe | 15 June 1969 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak |  Aga Khan, Nairobi |
| Rajab Ali | 19 November 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | n/a |
| Dipak Chudasama | 20 May 1963 | Right hand | – | n/a |
| Tariq Iqbal | 3 April 1964 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | n/a |
| Aasif Karim | 15 September 1963 | Right hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Jaffery, Mombasa |
| Hitesh Modi | 13 October 1971 | Left hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu |
| Thomas Odoyo | 12 May 1978 | Right hand | Right arm medium-fast | Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu |
| Edward Odumbe | 19 May 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | n/a |
| Lameck Onyango | 22 September 1973 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Swamibapa, Nairobi |
| Kennedy Otieno | 11 March 1972 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Ruaraka, Nairobi |
| Brijal Patel | 14 November 1977 | Right hand | Slow left-arm | Premier, Nairobi |
| Martin Suji | 2 June 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Aga Khan, Nairobi |
| David Tikolo | 27 December 1964 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | |
| Steve Tikolo | 25 June 1971 | Right hand | Right arm medium/off spin | Swamibapa, Nairobi |
[Netherlands]
[New Zealand]
Coach: Glenn Turner| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Lee Germon | 4 November 1968 | Right hand | Right arm leg break Wicket-keeper |  Canterbury |
| Nathan Astle | 15 September 1971 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Canterbury |
| Chris Cairns | 13 June 1970 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Canterbury |
| Stephen Fleming | 1 April 1973 | Left hand | Right arm offbreak | Canterbury |
| Chris Harris | 20 November 1969 | Left hand | Right arm medium | Canterbury |
| Robert Kennedy | 3 June 1972 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Otago |
| Gavin Larsen | 27 September 1962 | Right hand | Right arm medium | Wellington |
| Danny Morrison | 3 February 1966 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Auckland |
| Dion Nash | 20 November 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm fast medium | Northern Districts |
| Adam Parore | 23 January 1971 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Auckland |
| Dipak Patel | 25 October 1958 | Right-hand | Right arm off-break | Auckland |
| Craig Spearman | 4 July 1972 | Right-hand | – | Central Districts |
| Shane Thomson | 27 January 1969 | Right hand | Right-arm off-break Right-arm fast-medium | Northern Districts |
| Roger Twose | 17 April 1968 | Left hand | Right-arm medium pace | Wellington |
[Pakistan]
[South Africa]
Coach: Bob Woolmer| Player | Date of birth | Bowling style | Batting style | First-class team |
| Hansie Cronje | 25 September 1969 | Right hand | Right arm medium |  Free State |
| Paul Adams | 20 January 1977 | Right hand | Left-arm wrist spin | Western Province |
| Daryl Cullinan | 4 March 1967 | Right hand | Right arm off break | Transvaal |
| Fanie de Villiers | 13 October 1964 | Right hand | Right-arm fast medium | Northern Transvaal |
| Allan Donald | 20 October 1966 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Warwickshire |
| Andrew Hudson | 17 March 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Jacques Kallis | 16 October 1975 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Western Province |
| Gary Kirsten | 23 November 1967 | Left hand | Right arm off break | Western Province |
| Craig Matthews | 15 February 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Western Province |
| Brian McMillan | 22 December 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Western Province |
| Steve Palframan | 12 May 1970 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper | Boland |
| Shaun Pollock | 16 July 1973 | Right hand | Right arm fast-medium | Warwickshire |
| Jonty Rhodes | 27 July 1969 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Pat Symcox | 14 April 1960 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | KwaZulu-Natal |
[Sri Lanka]
Coach: Dav Whatmore| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1 December 1963 | Left-hand | Right-hand medium |  Sinhalese SC |
| Aravinda de Silva | 17 October 1965 | Right hand | Right-arm off-break | Nondescripts |
| Upul Chandana | 7 May 1972 | Right hand | Right-arm leg-break | Tamil Union C&AC |
| Marvan Atapattu | 22 November 1970 | Right hand | Right arm leg spin | Sinhalese SC |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 24 April 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm offbreak | Bloomfield |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 16 September 1966 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | Nondescripts |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | 24 November 1969 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper Right-arm medium | Sebastianites |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 30 June 1969 | Left hand | Slow left arm orthodox | Bloomfield |
| Roshan Mahanama | 31 May 1966 | Right-hand | - | Bloomfield |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 April 1972 | Right hand | Right-arm off break | Tamil Union |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 21 July 1975 | Right hand | Right-arm fast-medium | Colts CC |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 14 July 1967 | Left hand | - | Nondescripts |
| Chaminda Vaas | 27 January 1974 | Left Hand | Left arm fast medium | Colts CC |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 14 August 1971 | Right hand | Right-arm fast | Burgher RC |
[United Arab Emirates]
[West Indies]
Coach: Andy Roberts| Player | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
| Richie Richardson | 12 January 1962 | Right hand | Right-arm medium-pace | Northern Transvaal |
| Jimmy Adams | 9 January 1968 | Left hand | Slow left arm orthodox |  Jamaica |
| Curtly Ambrose | 21 September 1963 | Left hand | Right-arm fast |  Leeward Islands |
| Keith Arthurton | 21 February 1965 | Left hand | Slow left-arm orthodox leg break | Leeward Islands |
| Ian Bishop | 24 October 1967 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Courtney Browne | 7 December 1970 | Right hand | Wicket-keeper |  Barbados |
| Sherwin Campbell | 1 January 1970 | Right hand | Right-arm medium pace | Barbados |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 16 August 1974 | Left hand | Right-arm leg break |  Guyana |
| Cameron Cuffy | 8 February 1970 | Right hand | Right-arm fast |  Windward Islands |
| Ottis Gibson | 16 March 1969 | Right hand | Right arm fast | Barbados |
| Roger Harper | 17 March 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm off break | Guyana |
| Roland Holder | 22 December 1967 | Right hand | Right-arm medium pace | Barbados |
| Brian Lara | 2 May 1969 | Left hand | Right-arm leg break | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Courtney Walsh | 30 October 1962 | Right hand | Right-arm medium fast | Jamaica |
| Phil Simmons | 18 April 1963 | Right hand | Right-arm medium | Trinidad and Tobago |