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Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor in World Cup's team of the tourney
30 Mar 2015 at 09:47hrs | Views
The International Cricket Council has selected a team of the best players at the 2015 World Cup.
The team is packed with players from the two finalists, Australia and New Zealand. Despite having a disappointing final and being on the losing team, Brendon McCullum has been named captain.
Four other New Zealanders made the cut, as well as three Australians, two South Africans and a Sri Lankan - the one and only Kumar Sangakkara, who scored a record four centuries in a row.
Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe is the 12th man.
Here is the selection for team of the tournament.
Martin Guptill (New Zealand)
Brendon McCullum, captain (New Zealand)
Kumar Sangakkara, wkt (Sri Lanka)
Steven Smith (Australia)
A.B. de Villiers (South Africa)
Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
Corey Anderson (New Zealand)
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
Morne Morkel (South Africa)
Brendan Taylor, 12th man (Zimbabwe)
The team is packed with players from the two finalists, Australia and New Zealand. Despite having a disappointing final and being on the losing team, Brendon McCullum has been named captain.
Four other New Zealanders made the cut, as well as three Australians, two South Africans and a Sri Lankan - the one and only Kumar Sangakkara, who scored a record four centuries in a row.
Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe is the 12th man.
Here is the selection for team of the tournament.
Martin Guptill (New Zealand)
Brendon McCullum, captain (New Zealand)
Kumar Sangakkara, wkt (Sri Lanka)
Steven Smith (Australia)
A.B. de Villiers (South Africa)
Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
Corey Anderson (New Zealand)
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
Morne Morkel (South Africa)
Brendan Taylor, 12th man (Zimbabwe)
Source - wsj.com
