World Cup: Oldest and Youngest players (5 May 1999)

5 May 1999

World Cup: Oldest and Youngest player

Rakesh Sanghi

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 :

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

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

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

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

Source :: CricInfo