Travis Basevi and George Binoy have penned an interesting article on Age and Experience in World Cup Squads: see
The real Dad's Army, and inexperienced England Quote:
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A most eye-catching stat is England's inexperience. Eight of their players have played fewer than 25 one-day internationals and only Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff have played more than 100.
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Team Mat 0 1-49 50-99 100-199 200-299 300-399 Min Max
India 2225 0 4 2 5 2 2 8 381
Sri Lanka 2217 0 5 1 4 4 1 14 379
Pakistan 1654 0 5 4 3 2 1 7 375
South Africa 1591 0 6 3 3 3 0 8 274
Australia 1511 0 5 4 3 3 0 4 269
New Zealand 1348 0 5 5 4 1 0 14 270
West Indies 1190 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 290
Bangladesh 717 0 8 5 2 0 0 4 112
England 622 0 10 3 2 0 0 1 115
Kenya 554 1 10 4 0 0 0 0 91
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South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and India, who went through a makeover that didn't turn out right, have more or less the same squads that contested the 2003 World Cup. Australia, on the other hand, have just six players from the squad that won in 2003. The other nine will be making their World Cup debuts.
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Team 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 None Mat
India 0 1 2 5 8 6 133
Sri Lanka 0 1 3 5 8 7 126
Australia 0 0 2 3 6 9 106
Kenya 0 0 3 5 7 6 84
South Africa 0 0 2 4 9 6 84
New Zealand 0 0 1 2 9 6 82
Pakistan 0 1 1 4 6 9 70
West Indies 0 1 2 2 6 9 55
Netherlands 0 0 2 0 7 8 49
Canada 0 1 0 0 6 8 35