Best of the tournament

[Bijed]

For discussion and arguments over best innings, bowling performance etc. I'd include best match as a category, but after yesterday there may not be much contention over this, though Eng vs SL and NZ vs India were also crackers

 

[OverratedSanity]

Best innings : Carlos Braithwaite vs NZ
Best bowling spell : Malinga vs England for saving the group stage from boredom
Best single game performance : Jadeja 1-34 in 10 overs, 77(59), 2 catches, 1 direct hit runout
Worst innings: Dhoni vs England
Worst spell (or rather worst over) : Gulbadin vs Pakistan
Best catch: Stokes vs sa
2nd best match of the tournament : Ind vs NZ semifinal

I've excluded everything that happened in the final on principle. It belongs in a different plane altogether.

 

[Athlai]

Worst Innings has to be Colin de Grandhomme vs. England in the final. It was hilariously poor. It wasn't 16 (28) of a building innings, after the first 6 or so balls he was trying to smash boundaries, he just couldn't find any semblance of timing. Every single run was off of a new and interesting edge of the bat. We'd probably give it more grief if he didn't bowl his absolute socks off in the second innings to make up for it.

 

[sledger]

Best Super Over: the one where England beat the pretenders

 

[trundler]

Neesham's catch in the sf was the best. Starc's last spell Vs WI was magic.

 

[Burgey]

Cottrell's(?) catch of Smith trumps Stokes' catch pretty easily for mine. Crazy stuff.

 

[harsh.ag]

Guptill's was the best, I thought.

 

[trundler]

Oh yeah the Cotrell catch wins it, hands down. Best shot?

 

[mr_mister]

Holders six against Bangladesh was insane

 

[trundler]

Jadeja hitting Santner out of the park.

 

[91Jmay]

Given the moment Stokes slog sweeping Boult for six is absolutely shot of the tournament.

 

[trundler]

As a spectacle, some of Morgan's shots against Rashid Khan were epic

 

[Burgey]

Yeah but, Rashid Khan.

 

[Spintolose]

Best fielding: Roy's throw to Buttler for the World Cup winning wicket. Especially considering the pressure he was under and he'd fumbled one just minutes earlier.

Best shot: Roy's massive straight drive for SIX v Crimbaby Smith in the semi-final. Epic and hilarious!!

 

[stephen]

Best fielding was Guptill nailing the direct hit to run out Dhoni in the semi IMO. Skillful and important.

 

[vcs]

Best ball : Starc to Stokes

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Best run-out performance: Souljah Boi running out Tamim

Best catch: Souljah Boi's of Steven Smith

Best Innings: Carlos Brathwaite v NZ

Best Dead Rubber catch: Fabien Allen's of the last Afghanistan batsman

Best team Bowling performance: West Indies versus Pakistan

Best Fan: 87 year old nani

 

[ankitj]

Starc's yorker to Stokes was one for the ages. Most memorable moment in the world cup besides all that happened in the final

 

[Burgey]

Best fielding was Guptill nailing the direct hit to run out Dhoni in the semi IMO. Skillful and important.

Yeah **** that was clutch.

When he went out to bat in the super over, I really hoped he’d have bombed a couple to make up for an ordinary tourney. But that run out was as good as it gets in that scenario.

 

[harsh.ag]

Starc's yorker to Stokes was one for the ages. Most memorable moment in the world cup besides all that happened in the final

Made even better by Stokes' reaction