ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019: ODI Experiences Of Every Team
Published - 04 May 2019, 03:54 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 03:56 AM

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The 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is less than one month away to begin. The European countries England and Wales are ready to host the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup that will run from 30th May to 14th July. A total of ten teams will participate in this tournament who will compete to win this reputed trophy. A total of 48 matches will be played in this tournament.
Experience is one of the crucial parts for every team to achieve success in the big tournaments like the Cricket World Cup etc. Every participating team has already announced their full-member squad for the upcoming World Cup. Apart from talent and fitness, every team has also given importance to the ODI experiences during the World Cup squad selection.
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Here we are briefly comparing the ODI experiences of all squads in the upcoming Cricket World Cup.
Australia
The five-time World Cup winners Australia will play the upcoming Cricket World Cup as the defending champions. However, they will begin this tournament as the least experienced side with just 822 combined ODI experiences. In this 15-member Australian World Cup squad, the captain Aaron Finch (109 ODIs) is the most experienced player and Jason Behrendorff (six ODIs) is the least experienced player.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Aaron Finch (C) | 109 |
Jason Behrendorff | 6 |
Alex Carey (wk) | 19 |
Nathan Coulter-Nile | 27 |
Pat Cummins | 48 |
Usman Khawaja | 31 |
Nathan Lyon | 25 |
Shaun Marsh | 71 |
Glenn Maxwell | 100 |
Kane Richardson | 20 |
Steven Smith | 108 |
Mitchell Starc | 75 |
Marcus Stoinis | 33 |
David Warner | 106 |
Adam Zampa | 44 |
Total | 822 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
Afghanistan
The 10th-ranked ODI side Afghanistan will play their second Cricket World Cup tournament in the upcoming edition. This Asian side will start the tournament as the second least experienced side as they have the 859 combined ODI experiences. Mohammad Nabi (112 ODIs) is their only player who has played more than 100 ODIs and Hazratullah Zazai (eight ODIs) is their only player who hasn’t played 10 ODIs yet.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Gulbadin Naib (C) | 55 |
Aftab Alam | 24 |
Asghar Afghan | 102 |
Dawlat Zadran | 77 |
Hamid Hasan | 33 |
Hashmatullah Shahidi | 31 |
Hazratullah Zazai | 8 |
Mohammad Nabi | 112 |
Mohammad Shahzad (wk) | 82 |
Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 30 |
Najibullah Zadran | 56 |
Noor Ali Zadran | 48 |
Rahmat Shah | 61 |
Rashid Khan | 59 |
Samiullah Shinwari | 81 |
Total | 859 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
Windies
The two-time World Cup winners Windies (previously known as West Indies) are hoping to revive their position in world cricket during this Cricket World Cup. As a team, they have the combined ODI experiences of 878 matches. Chris Gayle (289 ODIs) is their only player with 200+ ODI experiences while the youngster Nicholas Pooran has played only one ODI.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Jason Holder (C) | 95 |
Fabian Allen | 7 |
Carlos Brathwaite | 33 |
Darren Bravo | 107 |
Sheldon Cottrell | 14 |
Shannon Gabriel | 22 |
Chris Gayle | 289 |
Shimron Hetmyer | 25 |
Shai Hope (wk) | 54 |
Evin Lewis | 35 |
Ashley Nurse | 50 |
Nicholas Pooran (wk) | 1 |
Kemar Roach | 85 |
Andre Russell | 52 |
Oshane Thomas | 9 |
Total | 878 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
Pakistan
The 1992 World Cup winners Pakistan will begin the upcoming Cricket World Cup with the 1056 ODI experiences. Shoaib Malik (284 ODIs) is their most experienced player and Mohammad Hasnain (five ODIs) is their least experienced player for the upcoming Cricket World Cup.
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Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Sarfraz Ahmed (C/wk) | 106 |
Asif Ali | 16 |
Babar Azam | 64 |
Wahab Riaz | 79 |
Fakhar Zaman | 36 |
Haris Sohail | 34 |
Hasan Ali | 49 |
Imad Wasim | 46 |
Imam-ul-Haq | 28 |
Mohammad Amir | 51 |
Mohammad Hafeez | 210 |
Mohammad Hasnain | 5 |
Shadab Khan | 34 |
Shaheen Afridi | 14 |
Shoaib Malik | 284 |
Total | 1056 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
Sri Lanka
The 1996 World Cup champions Sri Lanka will begin the upcoming World Cup tournament with the combined ODI experience of 1,117 matches. In this mixture experienced squad, Lasith Malinga (218 ODIs) has the most ODI experiences while Avishka Fernando and Isuru Udana (both have played six ODIs) have the least ODI experiences.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Dimuth Karunaratne (C) | 18 |
Dhananjaya de Silva | 33 |
Nuwan Pradeep | 35 |
Avishka Fernando | 6 |
Suranga Lakmal | 82 |
Lasith Malinga | 218 |
Angelo Mathews | 204 |
Kusal Mendis (wk) | 63 |
Jeevan Mendis | 55 |
Kusal Perera (wk) | 88 |
Thisara Perera | 154 |
Milinda Siriwardana | 26 |
Lahiru Thirimanne | 118 |
Isuru Udana | 6 |
Jeffrey Vandersay | 11 |
Total | 1117 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
England
The three-time World Cup runners-up England will play the upcoming Cricket World Cup as the host side. The English World Cup squad’s combined ODI experience is 1,136 matches. In this squad, the captain Eoin Morgan (222 ODIs) is the most experienced player and Liam Dawson and Jofra Archer are jointly least experienced player (each has played three ODIs).
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Eoin Morgan (C) | 222 |
Moeen Ali | 96 |
Jonny Bairstow | 63 |
Jos Buttler | 131 |
Tom Curran | 17 |
Liam Dawson | 3 |
Liam Plunkett | 82 |
Adil Rashid | 88 |
Joe Root | 132 |
Jason Roy | 76 |
Ben Stokes | 84 |
James Vince | 10 |
Chris Woakes | 88 |
Mark Wood | 41 |
Jofra Archer | 3 |
Total | 1136 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
New Zealand
In the previous Cricket World Cup edition (2015), New Zealand was the runners-up. New Zealand will begin the upcoming tournament along with the 1,157 combined ODI experiences. While only Ross Taylor (218 ODIs) has played more than 200 matches, Tom Blundell hasn’t made his ODI debut yet.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Kane Williamson (C) | 139 |
Tom Blundell | 0 |
Trent Boult | 79 |
Colin de Grandhomme | 28 |
Lockie Ferguson | 27 |
Martin Guptill | 169 |
Matt Henry | 43 |
Tom Latham | 85 |
Colin Munro | 51 |
James Neesham | 49 |
Henry Nicholls | 41 |
Mitchell Santner | 59 |
Ish Sodhi | 30 |
Tim Southee | 139 |
Ross Taylor | 218 |
Total | 1157 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
South Africa
The four-time World Cup semi-finalists South Africa also has a good experienced ODI squad for the upcoming Cricket World Cup. While their combined ODI experience before the World Cup is 1,173 matches, their most experienced and least experienced players are Jean-Paul Duminy (194 ODIs) and Rassie van der Dussen (nine ODIs) respectively.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Faf du Plessis (C) | 134 |
Hashim Amla | 174 |
Quinton de Kock (wk) | 106 |
Jean-Paul Duminy | 194 |
Imran Tahir | 98 |
Aiden Markram | 18 |
David Miller | 120 |
Lungi Ngidi | 18 |
Chris Morris | 34 |
Andile Phehlukwayo | 43 |
Dwaine Pretorius | 19 |
Kagiso Rabada | 66 |
Tabraiz Shamsi | 15 |
Dale Steyn | 125 |
Rassie van der Dussen | 9 |
Total | 1173 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
Bangladesh
In recent times, Bangladesh has played some great cricket. They will begin the upcoming Cricket World Cup as the second most experienced side with the 1,343 ODI experiences. Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza (209 ODIs) is the most experienced player while Abu Jayed has played only two ODIs.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Mashrafe Mortaza (C) | 209 |
Abu Jayed | 2 |
Liton Das | 28 |
Mahmudullah | 175 |
Mehidy Hasan | 28 |
Mohammad Mithun | 18 |
Mohammad Saifuddin | 13 |
Mosaddek Hossain | 26 |
Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) | 205 |
Mustafizur Rahman | 46 |
Rubel Hossain | 97 |
Sabbir Rahman | 61 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 198 |
Soumya Sarkar | 44 |
Tamim Iqbal | 193 |
Total | 1343 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
India
The two-time World Cup champions India will start the upcoming Cricket World Cup as the most experienced ODI side. India’s combined ODI experiences before their World Cup journey is 1,573. While the former captain MS Dhoni (341 ODIs) is their most experienced player, only Vijay Shankar (nine ODIs) has less than 10 ODI experiences.
Player | Number of ODI experiences |
Virat Kohli (C) | 227 |
Rohit Sharma | 206 |
Shikhar Dhawan | 128 |
KL Rahul | 14 |
Vijay Shankar | 9 |
MS Dhoni (wk) | 341 |
Kedar Jadhav | 59 |
Dinesh Karthik (wk) | 91 |
Yuzvendra Chahal | 41 |
Kuldeep Yadav | 44 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 105 |
Jasprit Bumrah | 49 |
Hardik Pandya | 45 |
Ravindra Jadeja | 151 |
Mohammed Shami | 63 |
Total | 1573 |
(Updated till 21st May 2019)
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