Cricket World Cup 2019: Jofra Archer and nine other players to watch out for

Paul Radley looks at 10 of the most exciting talents who could make the 2019 World Cup their break-out tournament

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  Jofra Archer (England): A bolter can be defined as “an outsider in a sporting event”. He must have felt like exactly that when his future teammates were wondering aloud about the morals of his late call up. Whatever. He is a different class of prospect. Nigel French / PA Wire

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  Vijay Shankar (India): A meagre return at the IPL did little to assuage the doubters over his selection in front of Ambati Rayudu. And he had a late injury scare after being hit on his forearm. Aijaz Rahi / AP Photo

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  Lungi Ngidi (South Africa): Well known about, of course, having excelled in Tests and IPL. But the fast bowler is still just 23 and has been absent with injury for much of the recent past. Marco Longari / AFP

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  Tom Blundell (New Zealand): Played two seasons of English club cricket in 2012 and 2013. Which might come in handy, seeing as he has no ODI experience yet, and might start in place of the injured Tom Latham. Mark Kerton / AP Photo

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  Jason Behrendorff (Australia): The 29-year-old left-arm swing bowler has made a late run to international cricket, having played just a handful of internationals so far, but he is clearly well regarded in the Australia set up. Glyn Kirk / AFP

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  Mohammed Hasnain (Pakistan): At the start of the Pakistan Super League, he wasn’t even the most talked about rookie who could bowl 150kph. Haris Rauf’s run was too late, though, while 18-year-old Hasnain has timed his nicely. Glyn Kirk / AFP

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  Mosaddek Hossain (Bangladesh): Mosaddek, who played at the Under 19 World Cup in UAE in 2014, had a breakout performance with the bat when the Tigers beat West Indies in the warm up tri-series in Ireland. Paul Faith / AFP

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  Oshane Thomas (West Indies): He got a Caribbean Premier League gig after impressing Gayle while still a schoolboy net bowler. He promptly bowled Gayle out for a duck the first chance he got. Young, and rapid. Jason Cairnduff / Reuters

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  Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka): It seems paradoxical to consider a captain a bolter. But he has just 18 ODIs to his name, and – before the build up to this tournament – none since the 2015 World Cup. Dan Mullan / Getty Images

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  Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan): Just eight ODIs to date, but the 21-year-old opener is not a new name. He made global headlines when he hit six sixes in an over in the Afghanistan Premier League in Sharjah last winter. Andrew Couldridge / Reuters

Viv Richards showed his immense promise as a world-class batsman at the 1975 World Cup. Lance Klusener made a name for himself as one of international cricket's most destructive all-rounders in 1999. Virat Kohli, arguably the No 1 batsman today, was the break-out star 12 years after that.

So, who will it be this year?

While that is anybody's guess, there are a handful of prospective candidates spread across all the 10 nations whose teams have qualified for the competition.

We pick out one player from each of the 10 teams and explain why he could emerge as a superstar by the time the tournament ends on July 14. Find out who they are by scrolling through the photo gallery above. To move on to the next position, click the arrows on the photo, or if using a mobile device simply swipe.