2010 (Australia) - Mitchell Marsh

Following a lot of controversies ahead of the World Cup, the tournament was finally played in New Zealand and Australia was crowned champions of the 8th edition.
Placed in Group B, Australia won two out of three games and qualified for the knock-out stages where they beat New Zealand in the quarters by 62 runs. In the semifinals, Australia weathered a strong bowling attack from Sri Lanka and qualified for the finals against Pakistan.
In the finals, Australia restricted Pakistan to just 182 after setting a target of 208 on the back of a sublime exhibition of swing bowling from Josh Hazlewood.
The Australian skipper had a good outing in the World Cup, scoring 201 runs from 6 matches including a match-winning 97 in the semi-final against Sri Lanka.
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