ICC CWC 2019: Team of the tournament

Wicket-keeper and bowlers

Alex Carey

England v Australia - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

At the start of the World Cup, if someone had said that Australia’s Alex Carey will emerge as the best wicket-keeper batsman and not Jos Buttler or MS Dhoni, people would have laughed at them. But the young South Australian had suddenly become one of the key components in Australia’s ODI side.

Alex Carey showed his tenacity in the semifinal when he continued to bat after getting hit on his face by a Jofra Archer bouncer. The left-hander put on a very good partnership with Steve Smith for the 4th wicket but his team fell short of a competitive target in the end.

Alex Carey ended the tournament with 375 runs from 9 innings at an average of 62.50 and more importantly at an impressive strike rate of 104.16 coming in at No 7 in the batting line up except for one innings. His work behind the wickets, for both pace and spin, was also equally good.

Jofra Archer

England v New Zealand - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

In a tournament that was supposed to be high scoring, the one bowler who made life difficult for the batsmen was England’s Jofra Archer. The Barbados-born right-arm quick bowler was consistently bowling at high 140s and combines with a very effective slower one to out-think the batsmen.

Playing in his first World Cup, Archer was given the responsibility of bowling the super over in the final and he delivered, only just though. He finished with 20 wickets in the tournament at a very impressive economy rate of 4.57.

Archer was equally impressive with the new ball, through the middle overs and also at the death with his accurate yorkers.

Mitchell Starc

New Zealand v Australia - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

One of the reasons why Australia finished second in the points table is because of this man's wicket-taking ability, especially in the middle overs. The delivery to dismiss a well set Ben Stokes at Lords has to be one of the deliveries of the tournament.

Starc’s 27 wickets in the World Cup was a new record for the most number of wickets in a single World Cup. The left-arm seamer didn’t have a good day in the semifinal against England but overall was very impressive.