Over the years, there have been 17 players to play international cricket for two countries. However, these seven players were fortunate enough to represent two countries in different World Cups as well.
7. Anderson Cummins is one of the players who has played two World Cups for two different countries. Interestingly, Cummins represented the West Indies in the 1992 ODI World Cup, and played for Canada in the 2007 ODI World Cup. Notably, Cummins played a total of 76 ODIs throughout his career where he score 486 runs and took 91 wickets as well.
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6. David Wiese is another one of the stars to play two World Cups with two different countries. The all-rounder was a part of South Africa's squad in the 2016 T20 World Cup, and was also a part of Namibia in the T20 World Cup 2024. Throughout his career, Wiese played a total of 54 T20Is, scored 624 runs and took a total of 59 wickets.
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5. Another one of the instances of a player playing two World Cups with two different countries is Kepler Wessels. Representing Australia in the 1983 World Cup, Wessels went on to play for South Africa in the 1992 World Cup. Playing 109 ODIs, Wessels amassed 3,367 runs to his name, and maintained an economy of 34.35 runs.
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4. Roelof van der Merwe is also one of the players to represent two sides across two World Cups. Notably, he represented South Africa in the 2010 T20 World Cup, he donned Netherlands' orange jersey in the 2016 T20 World Cup. The bowling all-rounder played a total of 66 T20Is throughout his career and took 71 wickets, and scored 561 runs to his name, while maintaining an average of 22.44 runs.
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3. Representing Ireland and England, Ed Joyce was part of England in the 2007 ODI World Cup, whereas he was a part of Ireland in the 2011 and 2015 ODI World Cup. Joyce has a long career, playing a total of 78 ODIs, Joyce amassed a total of 2,622 runs to his name, and maintained an average of 38 runs. He hit six centuries and 15 half centuries throughout his career as well.
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2. Dirk Nannes is another name to have represented two national sides across multiple World Cups. It is worth noting that Nannes represented the Netherlands in the 2009 T20 World Cup, and was a part of Australia in the 2010 T20 World Cup. Playing a short career, Nannes played a total of 17 T20Is throughout his career where he took 28 wickets to his name.
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1. One of the biggest names on the list, 2019 World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan represented two sides across different World Cups as well. Morgan was a part of Ireland in the 2007 ODI World Cup, and represented England in 2011, 2015, and 2019 ODI World Cups. A long-standing career, Morgan played 248 ODIs throughout his career, and amassed 7,701 runs, with an average of 39.29 runs.
