World Cup: Oldest and Youngest players
Rakesh Sanghi - 5 May 1999
Iain Phillips of Scotland would be the Oldest and Mohammed Sheikh of
Kenya would be the youngest player be to played in the seventh world
Cup. Born on June 6,1958 Iain Phillips would be 40 years and 341 days
old when his team will meet Australia on May 16 at Worcester in their
opening league encounter while Mohammed Sheikh who born on August
29,1980 will be 18 years 259 days old when his team will take on
Zimbabwe in its first league match on May 15 at Taunton. Shahid Afridi
of Pakistan would be second youngest player in the world cup. Born on
March 1,1980 Shahid Afridi is 180 days orlder than Mohammed Sheikh.
The detail of the eldest and youngest player of the participating country is as under :
Oldest Player
Group ``A''
country Name Date of Birth
India Md. Azharuddin 08.02.1963
England Alec Stewart 08.04.1963
Sri Lanka Arjun Ranatunga 01.12.1963
South Africa Steve Elworthy 23.02.1965
Zimbabwe Eddo Brandes 05.03.1963
Kenya Deepak Chudasama 20.05.1963
Group ``B''
country Name Date of Birth
Australia Steve Waugh & 02.06.1965
Mark Waugh
New Zealand Gavin Larsen 27.09.1962
West Indies Courtney Walsh 30.10.1962
Pakistan Salim Malik 16.04.1963
Bangladesh MinhMinhajul Abedin 25.09.1965
Scotland Iain Philip 09.06.1958
Youngest Player
Group ``A''
country Name Date of Birth
India Ajit Agarkar 04.12.1977
England Andrew Flintoff 06.12.1977
Sri Lanka Mehela Jayawardene 27.05.1977
South Africa Mark Boucher 03.12.1976
Zimbabwe Dirk Vilijoen 11.03.1977
Kenya Mohammed Sheikh 29.08.1980
Group''B''
country Name Date of Birth
Australia Ricky Ponting 19.12.1974
New Zealand Daniel Vettori 27.01.1979
West Indies Ricardo Powell 16.12.1978
Pakistan Shahid Afridi 01.03.1980
Bangladesh Manjurul Islam 07.11.1979
Scotland Jar Blain 04.01.1979
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