Best XI of the 1st round

[weldone]

David Warner
Rohit Sharma
Ikram AliKhil+
Shakib Al Hasan
Faf du Plessis*
Nicholas Pooran
Ben Stokes
Mohammad Amir
Mitchell Starc
Lockie Ferguson
Lasith Malinga

 

[h_hurricane]

Dud XI of the first round

1. Tamim Iqbal (235 runs at 29, strike rate 78)
2. Fakhar Zaman (186 runs at 23, strike rate 82)
3. Kusal Mendis (143 runs at 20, strike rate 67)
4. Aiden Markram (140 runs at 23, strike rate 75)
5. Tom Latham + (98 runs at 16, strike rate 66)
6. Marcus Stoinis (87 runs at 17, strike rate 78, 7 wickets at 33, economy 6.1)
7. JP Duminy (70 runs at 17.5, strike rate 97, 1 wicket at 61, economy 6.77)
8. Thisara Perera (61 runs at 10, strike rate 95, 1 wicket at 207, economy 5.13)
9. Rashid Khan (6 wickets at 69, economy 5.8)
10. Hasan Ali (2 wickets at 128, economy 7.75)
11. Mashrafe Mortaza (c) (1 wicket at 361, economy 6.44)

Minimum 4 matches. Kagiso Rabada and Glenn Maxwell fortunate to be unselected on 'difference between ability and performance' basis.

Not counting half a dozen Afghanistan players who have nowhere near the ability to be international cricketers but sometimes succeed anyway. They're great.

Never thought Mashrafe was this bad. All I remember is him yelling and shouting at his players.

 

[vcs]

Dud XI of the first round

1. Tamim Iqbal (235 runs at 29, strike rate 78)
2. Fakhar Zaman (186 runs at 23, strike rate 82)
3. Kusal Mendis (143 runs at 20, strike rate 67)
4. Aiden Markram (140 runs at 23, strike rate 75)
5. Tom Latham + (98 runs at 16, strike rate 66)
6. Marcus Stoinis (87 runs at 17, strike rate 78, 7 wickets at 33, economy 6.1)
7. JP Duminy (70 runs at 17.5, strike rate 97, 1 wicket at 61, economy 6.77)
8. Thisara Perera (61 runs at 10, strike rate 95, 1 wicket at 207, economy 5.13)
9. Rashid Khan (6 wickets at 69, economy 5.8)
10. Hasan Ali (2 wickets at 128, economy 7.75)
11. Mashrafe Mortaza (c) (1 wicket at 361, economy 6.44)

Minimum 4 matches. Kagiso Rabada and Glenn Maxwell fortunate to be unselected on 'difference between ability and performance' basis.

Not counting half a dozen Afghanistan players who have nowhere near the ability to be international cricketers but sometimes succeed anyway. They're great.

This does a disservice to players like Shoaib Malik who were so dire they got dropped halfway through.

 

[Burgey]

Stoinis so bad with the bat it’s not even funny

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Shows how ridiculously good Rohit and Warner have been that someone who has had a good world cup in Bairstow doesn't even get considered.

Warner
Rohit
Root
Shakib
Kohli
Stokes
Carey
Starc
Ferguson
Archer
Bumrah

 

[unorthodoxcrick]

Team of the Tournament so far. Do you agree?

I have put together my team of the tournament so far and would like to know what you all think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9al4MWeG18&t=17s