T20 World Cup 2022 Squads : Group 1 - Australia, Afghanistan, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland

T20 World Cup 2022 started on October 16, final will be played on November 13. This World Cup is divided into 2 Groups in the Super 12 competition. There are 6 teams in one group and 12 teams in total. This article will take you through the 6 squads in Group 1: Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and Ireland, past records in world cricket matches.

Australia National Cricket Team

The Australia National Cricket Team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first-ever Test match in 1877.

As of May 2022, Australia is ranked third in the ICC ODI Championship with 107 rating points, though have been ranked first for 141 of 185 months since its introduction in 2002. Australia is the most successful team in ODI cricket history, winning more than 60 percent of their matches, with a record seven World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015) and have won the World Cup a record five times: 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015.

Australia is the first (and only) team to appear in four consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007), surpassing the old record of three consecutive World Cup appearances by the West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983).

Australia Cricket Team Players

Player Role	Player Name
Batter	Captain - Aaron Finch
Bowler	Ashton Agar
Bowler	Pat Cummins
Bowler	Josh Hazlewood
Batter	Tim David
All-Rounder	Mitchell Marsh
All-Rounder	Glenn Maxwell
Bowler	Kane Richardson
Batter	Steve Smith
Bowler	Mitchell Starc
All-Rounder	Marcus Stoinis
Wicket-Keeper	Matthew Wade
Bowler	Adam Zampa
Batter	David Warner
-	Cameron Green

Afghanistan National Cricket Team

The Afghanistan National Team represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid-19th century, but it was only in the early 21st century that the national team began to enjoy success. The Afghanistan Cricket Board was formed in 1995 and became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in 2003.

After nearly a decade of playing international cricket, on 22 June 2017, at an ICC meeting in London, full ICC Membership (and therefore Test status) was granted to Afghanistan. Alongside Ireland, this took the number of Test cricket-playing nations to twelve. It is the first country to ever achieve Full Member status after holding an Affiliate Membership of the ICC.

In March 2019 against Ireland, Afghanistan achieved their first Test match victory in their only second Test match, becoming the fourth team after Australia, England, and Pakistan to win one of their first two Tests.

Afghanistan Cricket Team Players

Player Role	Player Name
All-Rounder	Captain - Mohammad Nabi
Bowler	Fareed Ahmad
Bowler	Naveen-UL-Haq
Batter	Najibullah Zadran
Bowler	Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bowler	Qais Ahmad
Wicket-Keeper	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batter	Hazrat Zazai
Bowler	Rashid Khan
All-Rounder	Azmatullah Omarzai
Bowler	Mohammad Saleem
Batter	Ibrahim Zadran
Batter	Darwish Rasooli
Bowler	Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Batter	Usman Ghani

England National Cricket Team

The England Cricket Team represents England and Wales in international cricket. England, as a founding nation, is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

England and Australia were the first teams to play a Test match (15–19 March 1877), and along with South Africa, these nations formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (the predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played the first ODI on 5 January 1971. England's first T20I was played on 13 June 2005, once more against Australia.

England Cricket Team Players

Player Role	Player Name
Wicket-Keeper	Captain - Jos Buttler
Bowler	Mark Wood
All-Rounder	Chris Woakes
Bowler	David Willey
All-Rounder	Ben Stokes
Batter	Phil Salt
Bowler	Adil Rashid
Batter	Dawid Malan
All-Rounder	Liam Livingstone
Bowler	Chris Jordan
All-Rounder	Sam Curran
Batter	Harry Brook
All-Rounder	Moeen Ali
Batter	Alex Hales
Bowler	Tymal Mills

New Zealand National Cricket Team

The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Named the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket.

The team has participated in all 28 ICC Men's events taking place from 1975 onwards and has made six final appearances out of which they won two titles. In October 2000 they won the Knockout Trophy by defeating India which was their maiden ICC Title. They defeated South Africa to reach their maiden CWC Final in 2015. In the next edition, they reached their second successive Final by defeating India. Then in June 2021, they won the inaugural WTC by defeating India and five months later they reached their maiden T20 World Cup Final by defeating England.

New Zealand Cricket Team Players

Player Role	Player Name
Batter	Captain - Kane Williamson
Bowler	Tim Southee
Bowler	Ish Sodhi
All-Rounder	Mitch Santner
Wicket-Keeper	Glenn Phillips
All-Rounder	Jimmy Neesham
All-Rounder	Daryl Mitchell
Bowler	Adam Milne
Batter	Martin Guptill
Bowler	Lockie Ferguson
Batter	Devon Conway
Batter	Mark Chapman
Wicket-Keeper	Michael Bracewell
Bowler	Trent Boult
Batter	Finn Allen

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team

The Sri Lanka National Cricket Team represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket. It is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI), and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played international cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27, and was later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket-playing nation. The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively. They ended up being runners-up on both occasions.

Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 (vs Australia), the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), and the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 (vs India). They have been consecutive runners-up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners-up in the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009 and 2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket.

Sri Lanka Cricket Team Players

Player Role	Player Name
All-Rounder	Captain - Dasun Shanaka
Batter	Charith Asalanka
All-Rounder	Wanindu Hasaranga
All-Rounder	Dhananjaya De Silva
Bowler	Chamika Karunaratne
Bowler	Lahiru Kumara
Bowler	Pramod Madushan
Batter	Kusal Mendis
Batter	Pathum Nissanka
Batter	Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Bowler	Maheesh Theekshana
Bowler	Jeffrey Vandersay
Bowler	Kasun Rajitha
-	Binura Fernando
-	Ashen Bandara

Ireland National Cricket Team

The Ireland cricket team represents all of Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union, operating under the brand Cricket Ireland is the sport's governing body in Ireland and organizes the international team.

Ireland participates in all three major forms of the international game; Test, One-Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) match. They are the 11th Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and the second Full Member from Europe, having been awarded Test status, along with Afghanistan, on 22 June 2017.

Before attaining Test status, Ireland also played first-class international cricket in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, which they won four times between 2005 and 2013. Due to their successes in the first-class ICC Intercontinental Cup competition, and further high profile wins at the World Cups of 2011 (England) and 2015 (West Indies and Zimbabwe), they were labeled the "leading Associate" and stated their intention to become a full member by 2020. This intention was realised in June 2017, when the ICC unanimously decided to award Ireland and Afghanistan Full Member status, which allows them to participate in Test matches.

Ireland Cricket Team Players

Player Role	Player Name
Batter	Captain - Andrew Balbirnie
Batter	Paul Stirling
Bowler	Mark Adair
All-Rounder	Curtis Campher
Bowler	Gareth Delany
Bowler	George Dockrell
Batter	Stephen Doheny
Bowler	Fionn Hand
Bowler	Joshua Little
Bowler	Barry Mccarthy
Bowler	Conor Olphert
All-Rounder	Simi Singh
Batter	Harry Tector
Wicket-Keeper	Lorcan Tucker
Bowler	Graham Hume

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