View source for 1979 Cricket World Cup squads

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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]] in [[England]] which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was [[Garnet Brisbane]] (40) of Canada while the youngest player was  [[Sudath Pasqual]] (17) of Sri Lanka. 
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=={{cr|Australia}}==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
| [[Kim Hughes]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| 26 January 1954
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|WA}}
|-
| [[Allan Border]]
| 27 July 1955
| Left hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{Cr-Aus|QLD}}
|-
| [[Gary Cosier]]
| 25 April 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Rick Darling]]
| 1 May 1957
| Right hand
| –
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Geoff Dymock]]
| 21 July 1945
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|QLD}}
|-
| [[Andrew Hilditch]]
| 20 May 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Rodney Hogg]]
| 5 March 1951
| Right hand
| Right hand [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{Cr-Aus|SA}}
|-
| [[Alan Hurst (cricketer)|Alan Hurst]]
| 15 July 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Trevor Laughlin]]
| 30 January 1951
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Jeff Moss (cricketer)|Jeff Moss]]
| 29 June 1947
| Left hand
| –
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Graeme Porter]]
| 18 March 1955
| Right hand
| Right hand [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|WA}}
|-
| [[Kevin Wright (cricketer)|Kevin Wright]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 27 December 1953
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{Cr-Aus|WA}}
|-
| [[Graham Yallop]]
| 7 October 1952
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
| [[Dav Whatmore]]
| 16 March 1954
| Right hand
| -
| {{Cr-Aus|Vic}}
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=2;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Australia]</small>

=={{cr|Canada}}==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
| [[Bryan Mauricette]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 4 September 1946
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto<br />{{flagicon|West Indies}} [[Windward Islands cricket team|Windward Islands]]
|-
| [[Charles Baksh]]
| 15 March 1940
| Right hand
| –
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Winnipeg
|-
| [[Robert Callender]]
| 2 November 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Montreal
|-
| [[Christopher Chappell]]
| 17 July 1955
| Right hand
| –
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto
|-
| [[Franklyn Dennis]]
| 26 September 1947
| Right hand
| –
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto
|-
| [[Cornelius Henry]]
| 16 September 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[Tariq Javed]]
| 12 June 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[leg-break]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa<br />{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Cecil Marshall]]
| 13 September 1939
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[Jitendra Patel]]
| 26 November 1945
| Left hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} London (Ontario)<br />{{flagicon|India}} [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[Glenroy Sealy]]
| 11 June 1940
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto<br />{{flagicon|Barbados}} [[Barbados cricket team|Barbados]]
|-
| [[Martin Stead]]
| 1 June 1958
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Vancouver
|-
| [[John Valentine (cricket)|John Valentine]]
| 20 September 1954
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[John Vaughan (cricketer)|John Vaughan]]
| 8 June 1945
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa
|-
| [[Garnet Brisbane]]
| 31 December 1938
| Right hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Quebec
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=17;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Canada]</small>

=={{cr|England}}==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
| [[Mike Brearley]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| 28 April 1942
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|-
| [[Ian Botham]]
| 24 November 1955
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
|-
| [[Geoffrey Boycott]]
| 21 October 1940
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
|-
| [[Phil Edmonds]]
| 8 March 1951
| Right hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|-
| [[Mike Gatting]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154465.html |title=Cricketer of the Year 1984 Mike Gatting |work=espncricinfo.com |accessdate=2013-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218100608/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154465.html |archive-date=18 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 6 June 1957
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|-
| [[Graham Gooch]]
| 23 July 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]
|-
| [[David Gower]]
| 1 April 1957
| Left hand
| Right arm [[off-break]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
|-
| [[Mike Hendrick]]
| 22 October 1948
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
|-
| [[Wayne Larkins]]
| 22 November 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
|-
| [[Geoff Miller]]
| 8 September 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[off-break]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
|-
| [[Chris Old]]
| 22 December 1948
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
|-
| [[Derek Randall]]
| 24 February 1951
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
|-
| [[Bob Taylor (cricketer)|Bob Taylor]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 17 July 1941
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
|-
| [[Bob Willis]]
| 30 May 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [https://archive.today/20130121041504/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=1;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England]</small>

=={{cr|India}}==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
| [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| 21 April 1945
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[Mohinder Amarnath]]
| 24 September 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[Bishan Singh Bedi]]
| 25 September 1946
| Right hand
| Left arm [[Left-arm orthodox spin|slow orthodox]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[Anshuman Gaekwad]]
| 23 September 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[Sunil Gavaskar]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(vc)]]
| 10 July 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]<br />Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[Karsan Ghavri]]
| 28 February 1951
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[Kapil Dev]]
| 6 January 1959
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
|-
| [[Surinder Khanna]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 3 June 1956
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[Brijesh Patel]]
| 24 November 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[Dilip Vengsarkar]]
| 6 April 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[Gundappa Viswanath]]
| 12 February 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]]
| 12 November 1954
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[Yajurvindra Singh]]
| 1 August 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
|-
| [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]]
| 11 August 1954
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [[ESPNcricinfo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=6;type=tournament|title=1979 World Cup stats for India|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref></small>

=={{cr|New Zealand}}==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
| [[Mark Burgess (cricket player)|Mark Burgess]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| 17 July 1944
| Right hand
| Right arm [[off-break]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|-
| [[Lance Cairns]]
| 10 October 1949
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[Ewen Chatfield]]
| 3 July 1950
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Jeremy Coney]]
| 21 June 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Bruce Edgar]]
| 23 November 1956
| Left hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Richard Hadlee]]
| 3 July 1951
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]]
|-
| [[Geoff Howarth]]
| 29 March 1951
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|-
| [[Warren Lees]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 19 March 1952
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[Brian McKechnie (cricketer)|Brian McKechnie]]
| 6 November 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[John Morrison (cricketer)|John Morrison]]
| 27 August 1947
| Right hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
|-
| [[Warren Stott]]
| 8 December 1946
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|-
| [[Gary Troup]]
| 3 October 1952
| Right hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|-
| [[Glenn Turner]]
| 26 May 1947
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|-
| [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]]
| 5 July 1954
| Left hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=5;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for New Zealand]</small>

=={{cr|Pakistan}}==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
| [[Asif Iqbal (cricketer, born 1943)|Asif Iqbal]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| 6 June 1943
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Zaheer Abbas]]
| 24 July 1947
| Right hand
| Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Sikander Bakht (cricketer)|Sikander Bakht]]
| 25 August 1957
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Wasim Bari]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 23 March 1948
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Imran Khan]]
| 25 November 1952
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|PIA]]
|-
| [[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]]
| 28 September 1946
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]<br />Right arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Rawalpindi cricket team|Rawalpindi]]
|-
| [[Javed Miandad]]
| 12 June 1957
| Right hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Habib Bank Limited cricket team|Habib Bank]]
|-
| [[Sadiq Mohammad]]
| 3 May 1945
| Left hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Sarfraz Nawaz]]
| 1 December 1948
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Lahore cricket teams|Lahore]]
|-
| [[Mudassar Nazar]]
| 6 April 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Lahore cricket teams|Lahore]]
|-
| [[Wasim Raja]]
| 3 July 1952
| Left hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Lahore cricket teams|Lahore]]
|-
| [[Haroon Rashid (cricketer)|Haroon Rashid]]
| 25 March 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Iqbal Qasim]]
| 6 August 1953
| Left hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
|-
| [[Hasan Jamil]]
| 25 July 1952
| Left hand
| Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|PIA]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=7;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Pakistan]</small>

=={{cr|Sri Lanka}}==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
| [[Anura Tennekoon]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)|(c)]]
| 29 October 1946
| Right hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sinhalese Sports Club|SSC]]
|-
| [[Ajit de Silva]]
| 12 December 1952
| Left hand
| Left arm [[orthodox spin]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]
|-
| [[Somachandra de Silva]]
| 11 June 1942
| Right hand
| Right arm [[legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]
|-
| [[Stanley de Silva]]
| 17 November 1956
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} –
|-
| [[Roy Dias]]
| 18 October 1952
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Colombo Cricket Club|CCC]]
|-
| [[Ranjan Gunatilleke]]
| 15 August 1951
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} –
|-
| [[Sunil Jayasinghe]] &nbsp;[[Wicket-keeper|(wk)]]
| 15 July 1955
| Right hand
| None
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]
|-
| [[Ranjan Madugalle]]
| 22 April 1959
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Flowery Field Cricket Club|FFCC]]
|-
| [[Duleep Mendis]]
| 25 August 1952
| Right hand
| –
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sinhalese Sports Club|SSC]]
|-
| [[Tony Opatha]]
| 5 August 1947
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Colombo Cricket Club|CCC]]
|-
| [[Sudath Pasqual]]
| 16 October 1961
| Left-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Royal College Colombo|RCC]]
|-
| [[Bandula Warnapura]] &nbsp;[[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captaincy|(vc)]]
| 1 March 1953
| Right hand
| Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club|BCAC]]<br />{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Burgher Recreation Club|BRC]]
|-
| [[Sunil Wettimuny]]
| 2 February 1949
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sinhalese Sports Club|SSC]]
|-
| [[Rohan Jayasekera (cricketer)|Rohan Jayasekara]]
| 7 December 1957
| Right hand
| [[Wicket-keeper]]
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} -
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=8;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for Sri Lanka]</small>

=={{cr|West Indies}}==
Manager: [[Clyde Walcott]]<ref>{{cite web |title=CWI SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO WORLD CUP HEROES OF 1975 AND 1979 |url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/cwi-special-tribute-world-cup-heroes-1975-and-1979/ |website=Windies Cricket |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" |Player
!width="18%"|Date of Birth
!width="12%"|Batting style
!width="20%"|Bowling style
!width="25%"|[[First class cricket|First class]] team
|-
|[[Clive Lloyd]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
| 31 August 1944
| left hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Colin Croft]]
| 15 March 1953
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Joel Garner]]
| 16 December 1952
| Right hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Gordon Greenidge]]
| 1 May 1951
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]/[[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Desmond Haynes]]
| 15 February 1956
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[legbreak]]/[[medium pace]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Michael Holding]]
| 16 February 1954
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Jamaica}}Jamaica
|-
|[[Alvin Kallicharran]]
| 21 March 1949
| Left-hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Collis King]]
| 11 June 1951
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|-
|[[Deryck Murray]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
| 20 May 1943
| Right-hand
| [[Legbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}}Trinidad and Tobago
|-
|[[Viv Richards]]
| 7 March 1952
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]/[[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}}Leeward Islands
|-
|[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]
| 29 January 1951
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}}Leeward Islands
|-
|[[Larry Gomes]]
| 13 July 1953
| Left-hand
| Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}}Trinidad and Tobago
|-
|[[Faoud Bacchus]]
| 31 January 1954
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| {{flagicon|Guyana}}Guyana
|-
|[[Malcolm Marshall]]
| 18 April 1958
| Right-hand
| Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| {{flagicon|Barbados}}Barbados
|}
<small>'''Source:''' [http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=547;team=4;type=tournament Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for West Indies]</small>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC79/ 1979 Cricket World Cup]. Cricinfo.com.
* [http://www.worldcupofcricket.com/squads-1979-cricket-world-cup.php 1979 Cricket World Cup Squads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113648/http://www.worldcupofcricket.com/squads-1979-cricket-world-cup.php |date=18 July 2011 }}. worldcupofcricket.com.

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