Monday, 3 March 2014

Final Word on 2014 ICC U19 CWC

Team of the tournament. Personal one. 

Criteria: Performance, quality, team balance

1) Aiden Markram (VC)
2) Sami Aslam
3) T Chanderpaul
4) Ben Duckett
5) Will Rhodes (C)
6) Sarfraz Khan
7) Nicolas Pooran (WK) - best individual performance by a mile
8) Zafar Gohar
9) Kuleep Yadav
10) Matthew Fisher
11) Kasigo Rabada
12th man - Sanju Samson 

2 Seamers
2 spinners
Rhodes as all rounder
Sarfraz Khan as a 6th bowler

Players from each team

England = 3
Pakistan = 2
India = 2
South Africa = 2
West Indies = 2
(All the above teams finished in the top 6)

Notable Omissions

Imam ul Haq = No 50 in 3 TV games
Deepak Hooda = Just struggled to get him in

Disappointments

Kamran Ghulam = Duck in both semi final and final
Saif Bangash = 5 runs in 3 TV games
Vijay Zol = Struggled to lead from the front as Indian captain in conduct+form
Dominic Sibley = Struggled to keep his place in the playing XI, Surrey double centurion
Hassan Raza = Did not look up to it. Some frustrating dismissals

Side Note

Shoaib Akhtar was in attendance for the final of the 2014 ICC Under 19 World Cup on Saturday evening.

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