Team of the tournament
It鈥檚 been quite a week here in Durban. It didn鈥檛 start in the best possible way when Jonathan Agnew, Alison Mitchell and I arrived at our hotel - the Balmoral - to be told our rooms had been given to someone else. We quickly dubbed it the 鈥淏ad morale鈥 hotel!
We were told to wait around whilst they 鈥渢ried to sort something out鈥 for us. The receptionist then returned looking very excited and informed us that she had managed to find us two rooms between us.
She presumed that would be fine as she thought we were a 鈥渇amily鈥. Aggers's mood wasn鈥檛 improved when I suggested they probably assumed he was myself and Alison鈥檚 dad!
We鈥檝e seen plenty of drama at Kingsmead in our week here 鈥 at the start of it, we went to the ground to set things up and watch England鈥檚 training session and only five minutes after our arrival Alison was watching facing a few throw-downs from coach Peter Moores when the wicket-keeper sustained the injury which ruled him out of the tournament.
Later we saw before that amazing match between England and India the following day. Those who saw it will never forget the in one over from Stuart Broad.
I now consider myself to be very lucky, having witnessed this feat twice as I was also in St Kitts when during the 50 over World Cup. With all due respect to Daan Van Bunge, however, Yuvraj's effort was perhaps more impressive coming off a bowler like Broad.
I am not the only person to have seen six sixes in an over struck twice. Ravi Shastri was on air when Yuvraj was in action 鈥 and he鈥檚 hit six sixes himself - and Sunil Gavaskar told us that he was in the team when Shastri completed the feat and also witnessed Yuvraj鈥檚 fireworks.
On Thursday, we witnessed as they lost to India by a wide enough margin to go out of the tournament. The headlines in the papers next day were all too familiar to South African cricket fans. 鈥淪hattered Dreams鈥 said one, whilst the Star went with 鈥淐hokers鈥.
To wrap up our week, we enjoyed in front of a capacity crowd, with the large Asian community in Durban making it more like Calcutta than KwaZulu-Natal.
Australia looked to be on their way to an amazing win at one stage , but some excellent captaincy from Dhoni and fine bowling from the likes of Sree Santh and Harbajan Singh saw India to that dream final with Pakistan.
And on the subject of dreams, as we have now reached the climax of this tournament 鈥 I thought I would offer you my final Dream Team of the Tournament.
1) Matthew Hayden
Responded when Ricky Ponting accused his top order batsman of not respecting Twenty20 Cricket by becoming one of the players of the tournament. Named the ICC ODI Player of the year 鈥 and we have seen just why.
2) Chris Gayle
Ok, so he only really performed in one innings 鈥 but what an innings. Gayle鈥檚 electrifying opening match century kick-started the tournament and set the big-hitting standard for others to follow.
3) Yuvraj Singh
Six sixes in an over, cricket鈥檚 fastest ever international half century, and an enthralling innings against Australia in the semi-final. How could you leave him out.
4) Shahid Afridi
Can bat anywhere in the order. His attitude was demonstrated when asked what is his favourite shot was and he answered: "Anywhere for six". He鈥檚 in my team, however, more for his bowling in this competition than his batting. Has been one of the tournament's best spin bowlers.
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One of the batsmen of the tournament , he finished the semi-final at Cape Town with a six. A more than useful spin bowler, he has also made an impressive start to his captaincy of Pakistan. I see him working with Mahendra Dhoni to lead this dream team.
6) Misbah-ul-Haq
The 1992 World Cup is remembered for the introduction of Inzamam-ul-Haq - and Misbah (no relation) has certainly made his mark on the 2007 Twenty20 with some huge hitting.
7) (captain and wicket-keeper)
Zimbabwe's Brendon Taylor did nothing wrong in his performances against Australia and England , but I have decided to go for Dhoni behind the stumps. Not only is he a real entertainer, but who better to captain a T20 Dream Team than a real swashbuckling hero.
Ian Chappell said on TMS that a team takes on the personality of its captain, and thinks India are playing without fear because of the character of Dhoni. That is how I want this super team to play.
8) Morne Morkel
The Morkel brothers have been South Africa鈥檚 main find at this tournament. I have gone for Morne after his impressive bowling displays. Another name for the future.
9) Daniel Vettori
Has used his height well to become one of the tournament's leading spin bowlers. Promising debut as New Zealand captain as well - it's not easy stepping into Stephen Fleming's shoes.
10) Umar Gul
Just takes a fast bowling position ahead of team-mate Mohammad Asif and India's Irfan Pathan. Sealed his place with impressive semi-final display.
11) Stuart Clark
Although Nathan Bracken, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee were all considered I have gone for the consistency of Clark, who showed the virtues of line and length, which served him so well in last winter's Ashes series, are also useful in the shortest form of the game.
12th Man) Kevin Pietersen
Just missed out on selection in the first XI after a consistent performance in the tournament.
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Though he stands behind the stumps, Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a daring guy who loves to lead from the front. His batting, wicket keeping, field setting and bowling changes have been spot on. Indian batter Yuvraj has made a huge impression in the ongoing tourney. There is plenty of cricketing talent in the Indian subcontinet. Young Indian speedster Sreesanth and Sri Lankan veteran Sanath Jayasuriya looked good for berths in the above team.
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good work India................
but if South AFrican's are the chokers in the match's before the finals then Indians are chokers in the big final's
so i see it as 70-30 chances in favour of Pak.
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Fair dream team, I should say, with the distributions being Pak-4; Ind-2; Aus-2; Eng-1; NZ-1; SA-1 and WI-1. The captaincy and the vice-captaincy are brilliant calls, though even Vettori cd be a good choice as the captain. If you had picked up a 15 instead of 12, you could have probably roped in Adam Gilchrist, Harbhajan Singh and one of McMillan/Uthappa/Gambhir - thus lending variety and balance. While India has played relatively better than Pakistan in the last three matches, different guys fired at different times among the bowlers - RP Singh in one match and Sreesanth in another. The Indian team is probably playing more as a unit and hence it becomes tough to pick stand-out performers but for Yuvraj. Dunno why BCCI has still not earned plaudits in media for picking up a young team without causing any dramas as I argue in this post -
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i think afridi and yuraj are best player in this series but we can,t foggat mismah-u-haq
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Good team, however i think Harbhajan or RP Singh should have got a look in.
Dhoni is definitely the right choice as captain and who would leave out Yuvraj who has been India's best player in the ODI format for the last 2 years.
I'm divided on Gayle, because he played one amazing innings, then got out for a 3rd ball duck in the second but still that one innings was awesome.
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How you can not pick Mohammad Asif? Just explain please.
If someone out of the current lot of international bowlers looks ever promising! That has to be him.
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Informative and intresting article!
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No spot for Sohail Tanvir? His bowling action alone strikes fear into batsmen!
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I think more or less this list is quite near to my list. I say if this list was to put after the final, there might be a slight change like M. Asif/ RP Singh could get in as they have another chance of performing again. As a Pakistani Fan, it is nice to see 4 Pakistani players in 11. It is dream final between 2 cricket loving nations.
I feel if Pakistan wins, The CUP should be dedicated to Late Bob WOOLMER as this is the plant of young players which he he had sowed but never lived to see the day. I do not whether many people know but he had on couple of times recommended Shoaib Malik to be the next Captain.
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great team.......but how can you not pick asif or bhaji? they are part of the backbones of the bowling attacks and both played crucial parts for the team's route to the semis.
plus irfan pathan and RP singh were extremely economical and kept pegging the opposition back in comparison to other bowlers who got carted around in the tournament
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Why no mention of Dilhara fernando?
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1 thing u must include in this list is UTTHAPA, what a class he has got. What I like most of him is his steping frwd like as he is just walking. Another thing I wd like to share is that INDIA is going to win Final (guaranteed), they do collapse in bg games but r far frwd 4m Pak, who will forget IND vs PAK T20 that shwd the attitude of the 2. T20 is the YNG CRICKET, so let YOUNGESTERS to play it.
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I feel you have chosen a good first four, but there has to be Sanath Jayasuriya in your team. I also feel that Brendan Taylor should have a look in as his innings against Australia was very good. I personally have not seen Misbah-Ul-Haq play so I cannot comment on him.
My chosen team is:
Chris Gayle
Matthew Hayden
Shahid Afridi
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C)
Sanath Jayasuriya
Brendan Taylor (WK)
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Umar Gul
Mohammed Asif
Mutthiah Muralitharan
12th Man - RP Singh
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Is this the second of your dream teams? A few weeks back you had a different team team. Another one for the record books - both India & Australia had WICKETKEEPER CAPTAINS. DREAMS DO COME TRUE - most of the Indian Youngsters don't come from priveleged backgrounds - their precocious talents and sheer hard work and well meaning mentors have pushed them through. Stuart Broad can atleast sleep in peace -- he got his retribution with a vengeance [slew of fines for whole Indian Team]. Pakistan has a very good coach -- Jeff Lawson who will produce a raft of superb fast bowlers from Pakistan. It will be a thrilling final, either way CRICKET WINS -- LONG MAY THE 20/20 FORMAT STAY AND RULE. THANK THE 主播大秀 FOR SOME WONDERFUL, IMPARTIAL, AND INFORMATIVE COVERAGE.
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Good Side!
The only thing I would change, is putting in Albie Morkel for Chris Gayle. Although Gayle innings was superb, it was a great pitch for batting and he got a duck in his second innings, in the match that really eliminated them. I would then open with Afridi, move everyone up one and put A Morkel in at 7.
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1. Matthew Hayden
2. Brendon Taylor
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Shahid Afridi
5. Mishbah-Ul-Haq
6. Shoaib Malik
7. MS Dhoni
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Dilhara Fernando
10. RP Singh
11. Sreesanth
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1. Matthew Hayden
2. Brendon Taylor
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Shahid Afridi
5. Mishbah-Ul-Haq
6. Shoaib Malik
7. MS Dhoni
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Dilhara Fernando
10. RP Singh
11. Sreesanth
12th depending on batsmen or bolwer injury Craig McMillan if a hitter injured and Utthapa if normal batter injured
bowler- Harbhajan if spinner injured and Stuart Clark if paceman injured
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i cannot understand the sports reporting of 主播大秀.
in this morning news not a mention of india's win.but this is nothing new for most indians.
what a win.greatboys.we you don't need a high flying arrogant coaches.
another magnifiecent display from yuvraj dhoni and santh.
carry on playing and prove the moguls wrong.
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hi jan farkhanda jan i love u
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Good Side!
The only thing I would change, is putting in Albie Morkel for Chris Gayle. Although Gayle innings was superb, it was a great pitch for batting and he got a duck in his second innings, in the match that really eliminated them. I would then open with Afridi, move everyone up one and put A Morkel in at 7.
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I'd agree with that XI, all had solid performances at the world cup.
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Mr Tom Watkins (comment 13)...
This drean team is selected from the players who are currently playing the world cup. How can you have Murlitharan in your dream team? You surely are not watching this T20 WC, as you also didn't watch Misbah-ul-Haque bat.
I personally don't agree with Gayle in the team, as he didn't play consistently and if you want to pick up somebody on one performance then Ashraful and many more will get a look in.
Also, I don't like KP's name in the team. He is one player with immence talent but does not play for the team and plays for himself. If he was a team player, he would not have declared himself unfit for one day series after the 5-0 thrashing by Aussies. There would be many who may not agree with me, but look at his body language on the field over a few games and you would realise.
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Dhoni? What are his astounding achievements in the tournament? Chris Gayle only had one innings, and you can't really judge a player by that. Drop Dhoni, put Taylor in to open, Drop Gayle for Pietersen and go Pietersen Afridi Malik Ul-Haq.
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Wheres harbajan Singh in the top team, Surely hes been crucial for india.
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You did not provide a DREAM COACH to go with the Dream Team. The wonderful dream team should be balanced wioth a nightmare once in a while -- Greg Chappell should be the coach... and like his brother Ian, who took decisions based on divine intervention when both were playing in the seventies [deemed to have talked to GOD when taking decisions on the field], he can visit you'll in your dreams .....
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Hi,
Why is it with you English, you always mourn about anything and everything? The hotel and other things are irrelevant to a cricket fan. May be due to this attitude you have nver won anything of note in Cricket.
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I am genunely shocked at the lack of mention for Craig McMillan. He has scored his runs at an unbelievable strike rate of 180+ (which is the most important individual stat in this form of the game). He has more runs than Gayle and Yuvraj. But above all is the situations in which he found himself batting and the importance of his innings. I can think of at least two matches (possibly 3) where he totally bailed NZ out from what would have been a very poor score. For me he along with Hayden, Afridi, Clark and Morkel are the players of the tournament
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Thanx for your hard work it is really nice. i think this is the biggest game in the history of cricket that world final is to be played between two arch rival pakistan and india i hope pakistan could win it becuase of best bowlling attack an strong middle order.
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Thanx for your hard work it is really nice. i think you should have hershel gibbs instead of morkel.
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Thanx for your hard work it is really nice. i think this is the biggest game in the history of cricket that world final is to be played between two arch rival pakistan and india i hope pakistan could win it becuase of best bowlling attack an strong middle order.
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We seem to have limited memories. I can鈥檛 understand how Ashraful of Bangladesh can鈥檛 be in the team. Just a week or so back this guy was the fastest 50 hitter in T20鈥︹︹︹︹. If Chris Gayle sets the big-hitting standard (as Adam mentioned),鈥︹︹︹︹︹︹ Ashraful sets the standard of getting quick runs in style and elegance!
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I am genunely shocked at the lack of mention for Craig McMillan. He has scored his runs at an unbelievable strike rate of 180+ (which is the most important individual stat in this form of the game). He has more runs than Gayle and Yuvraj. But above all is the situations in which he found himself batting and the importance of his innings. I can think of at least two matches (possibly 3) where he totally bailed NZ out from what would have been a very poor score. For me he along with Hayden, Afridi, Clark and Morkel are the players of the tournament
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We seem to have limited memories. I can鈥檛 understand how Ashraful of Bangladesh can鈥檛 be in the team. Just a week or so back this guy was the fastest 50 hitter in T20鈥︹︹︹︹. If Chris Gayle sets the big-hitting standard (as Adam mentioned),鈥︹︹︹︹︹︹ Ashraful sets the standard of getting quick runs in style and elegance!
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We seem to have limited memories. I can鈥檛 understand how Ashraful of Bangladesh can鈥檛 be in the team. Just a week or so back this guy was the fastest 50 hitter in T20鈥︹︹︹︹. If Chris Gayle sets the big-hitting standard (as Adam mentioned),鈥︹︹︹︹︹︹ Ashraful sets the standard of getting quick runs in style and elegance!
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I am genunely shocked at the lack of mention for Craig McMillan. He has scored his runs at an unbelievable strike rate of 180+ (which is the most important individual stat in this form of the game). He has more runs than Gayle and Yuvraj. But above all is the situations in which he found himself batting and the importance of his innings. I can think of at least two matches (possibly 3) where he totally bailed NZ out from what would have been a very poor score. For me he along with Hayden, Afridi, Clark and Morkel are the players of the tournament
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pakistan will win the world cup 20 twenty and india will lose pakistan deserve it after there lose against ireland in 50 over world cup
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My only problem with this team is that you have no third seamer.
Otherwise this is the best i could think of:
1. Jayasuria/Gayle
2. Hayden
3. Yuvraj
4. Jayawardene
5. M S Dhoni (Wk)
6. Malik (C)
7. Afridi
8. A Morkel
9. Vettori
10. M Morkel
11. RP Singh
12th man - Irfan Pathan
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I agree at most of those suggestions but must ask, where is Craig McMillan?
I know he didn't deliver in the semi-final, but his innings against England was vital in the black caps winning that match and also hitting the tournaments biggest 6!
Also replace Gayle with Pietersen, Gayle can be 12th man, Shahid Afridi can open and Pietersen can go in at 3.
1. Matthew Hayden
2. Shahid Afridi
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Mahendra Singh Donhi
6. Shoaib Malik
7. Misbah-ul-Haq
8. Morne Morkel
9. Daniel Vettori
10. Umar Gul
11. Stuart Clark
12th man Chris Gayle
13th man Andrew Flintoff - as a bowler
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My only problem with this team is that you have no third seamer.
Otherwise this is the best i could think of:
1. Jayasuria/Gayle
2. Hayden
3. Yuvraj
4. Jayawardene
5. M S Dhoni (Wk)
6. Malik (C)
7. Afridi
8. A Morkel
9. Vettori
10. M Morkel
11. RP Singh
12th man - Irfan Pathan
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MY DREAM TEAM.HAYDON,SEWAG,KP,YUVRAJ,S MALIK,GAYLE,DHONI,LEE,SRINATH,GUL,FLINTOFF,AND SANGAKARA
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Ryan - Gul, Clark and Morkel = 3 seamers.
Looking at the averages, these 5 are the top 5 in terms of average, and have 4 of the 5 top economy rates (Afridi is 12th).
So statistically at least, good choices in the bowling.
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mmmmmmmmm i think u shud change 1 thing :p captain shud b shoaib malik coz da way he came as a runner for imran nazir is great...
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I will not agree with Misbha ul haq just taking one game in picture.Possible replacement should be Symonda of Australia.
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Adam, hats off to you on your selection of the Twenty20 Dream Team. British fairness oozes in your named 12. Just 2 Aussies in the eleven and KP at 12. I would include KP in the eleven at the expense of Shoaib Malik.
I am pleasantly surprised with your objective reporting. Keep up the good work "young" man -someone mistook Aggers for your dad right?!!
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wow>..seriosuly have you even been watching the world cup?... your list is below par - it seems you've chosen players solely on one or 2 performances (yuvraj, dhoni and gayle) .. seriosuly which team wouldnt have pieterson in their starting 11 - and dhoni instead of gilchrist- i dont think so!?
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Adam, You need to wait until teh final is over before selecting teh team of teh tournament!!
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I see no reason for Pieterson to be there, unless assigning false stardom which the British media has mastered. He didn't play any influential innings when it mattered in the super eights and thruout dropped dollies. Imagine this super 11 playing against another super 11-- dropping a catch could be crucial. Although I think Flintoff surpassed KP for being a selfish player in this tourny (just by the body language and so on...). I don't know how his comments to Yuvraj were ignored in the reporting which seemingly inspired Yuvraj to hit poor Broad for six sixes (Can't help but to feel sorry for Broad; it wasn't really his fault that he came at the wrong end of things at the wrong time and this might have dented the confidence of this promising find).
My twelfth player would be Sree Shanth.
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hi
It is heart thrushing joy that india and pakistan arre playing the final so i like to wish both the teams to play well and for india it is my pice of request please your feilding is not that satisfactory and on top team does lots of mis feildings like what you did with austrilia but luckly you won it so do kep up
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1. Sanath Jayasuriya
2. Mathew Hayden
3. Shahid Afridi
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Craig Mcmillan
6. MS Dhoni
7. Misbah Ul Haq
8. Daniel Vettori
9. RP Singh
10. Stuart Clarke
11. Mohd. Asif
12. Kevin Pietersen
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guys i am sorry but i dnt with the selection of chris gyle cas come on now if we are talking about this 20twenty worldcup then come on he played just 2 games. ok i know he did a century but hai he got a duck with BANGLADESH too. i know our team bangladesh didnt do hell of a lot in this tournament but hai at least we were in the final 8 plus our 3rd batsman AFTAB AHMED is top 5 batsman in this worldcup so its not fair leaving him out from the dream team. + you put UMAR GUL there come on now look at RP SINGH how wicked is he playing as well he should be there instead of gul or clarke. so i think you should revise this dream team. also where is JAYWARDANA man he is on fire too.
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Hi. I think the team chosen is rightly so, but i think the captain should be shoib malik as he is leading from the front as well specially in presure situations.
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Hi. I think the team chosen is rightly so, but i think the captain should be shoib malik as he is leading from the front as well specially in presure situations. G0oOD luck pakistan.
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Good thinking, especially captain like dhoni getting help from Mr.Cool Shoaib Malik.
I am reaaly impressed & happy that 4 Pakistani players won hearts of so many to win places in 11.
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i think sohail tanvir should be in instead of stuart clark, tjust because of his unusual action and great bowling
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Pakistan have been brilliant in this tournament. Lawson's taken up where Woolmer left off really and you wouldn't bet against him doing something special with this team now. Meanwhile India under Dhoni's captaincy has been brave, the bowlers have been excellent (as an England fan, I really like Sreesanth - for Pakistan it has to be Asif - a quality seamer who likes a fight) and Uthappa, Yuvraj (and Dhoni himself) have been superb. I'd say India have the edge mentally, but I'm going to cautiously back Pakistan to steal it.
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Kevin P is a show off who plays for himself.
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Great playing 11...but Aftab Ahmed will be my 12th man in this team...
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come on affridi
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I still think that ICC should give an extra berth for India as they have a large population and lots of cricketers who hardly get a chance to come into the limelights.
They should have India A , B and C teams.
Your team looks good and now we should use this team against the rest for a final match.
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Misbah, Afridi, Shoaib, Gayle are not great finishers. They are good only when batting first. I still believe, Australians can beat any world Eleven, nine out of ten.
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i think england were awful and the batting order was shocking. they had no consictency and the opening bowlers were really incosistent.
batting order
1. Darren Madddy
2. Kevin Piertersen
3. Jeremy Snape
4. Dimitri Mascherans
5. Andrew Flintoff
6. Matt Prior
7. Luke Wright
8. Chris schofield
9. Stuart Broad
10.James Kirtley
11.James Anderson
I'd have pietseron opening because he has shown he is good against any bowling. Mascherans at four because once he gets going he's great
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A NAIL BITING FINISH TO THE WORLD T2O CUP. INDIA WINS AND BECOMES THE FIRST T2O CUP CHAMPIONS. CHAK DE INDIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A NAIL BITING FINISH TO THE WORLD T2O CUP. INDIA WINS AND BECOMES THE FIRST T2O CUP CHAMPIONS. CHAK DE INDIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'll vote for Gautam Gambhir, Justin Kemp and RP Singh and remove Hayden, Shahid Afridi and Stuart Clark.
Hayden and Clark are 36 and 32 yrs old respectively. Shahid Afridi hardly comes up to the expectations with bat.
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After watching the final, this is my final team of the tournament:
1. Matthew Hayden - Best batsman of the tournament
2. Brendan Taylor - Albeit not around much, probably the best wicketkeeper/batsman of the tournament
3. Gautam Gambhir - 2nd best batsman of the tournament
4. Yuvraj Singh - explosive batting during the tournament, fatest 50 recorded.
5. Misbah-ul-Haq - Next best batsman of the tournament after Hayden and Gambhir.
6. Andrew Symonds - a few good innings put together, better off batting above Ponting in this format of the game
7. Shahid Afridi - Best spinner of the tournament, a couple of good innings.
8. Morne Morkel - arguably the best allrounder of the tournament, good performances with bat and ball.
9. Daniel Vettori - 2nd best spinner of the tournament
10. RP Singh - 2nd best fast bowler of the tournament. great opening spell in the final.
11. Umar Gul - Best fast bowler of the tournament.
12. Stuart Clark
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may be one doesn't need to get in the habit of picking best teams and best players because at the end the realities are little different . u might have picked the best team but it still may not even win a match like if they play Australia . All can i say is it has been a great tournament (T20) and great innovation for the cricket which might help it leap to the world stage .
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rp singhis gonna be the next wasim akram i saw him playing from the age 19 and i knew he was special wat a bowler
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I would more or less agree with your line-up with just couple of changes...first I would get Craig McMillan instead of Shoaib Malik. CM, was the one of the prime reason NZ making it so far. Secondly, instead of S Clark, I would go for RP Singh as he was more consistent and also he bowled most of his overs with field restrictions still on as compared to Clark.
Regards
Anurag
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i don't think Shahid Afridi should be rated 4th in that list, he should be around 9th.
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wicked dream team but i would have given a mension of either Sreesanth or R.P.Singh i thought atleast 1 would have made the cut
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What a TT final!!!! Nail biting to the finish. But it was marred by the comments of the Pakistani captain - 'I am sorry to the muslims all over the world for the loss'. May I ask him (and to the likes of him) was this a tournament between the religions of the world or was it a cricket carnival between the cricketing nations, a novel format glorifying the deeds of the batsmen and the guile of the bowlers?
Sorry Malik but ICC SHOULD HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SUCH RACIAL COMMENTS (ICC mandarins are you listening). This sport is not a confrontation between races, color, creed or religion but a contest between batsmen, bowlers, fielders and embodies THE SPIRIT THAT IS CRICKET IN ITS GLORIOUS UNCERTAINITIES.
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Here is my BEST 20/20 DREAM TEAM
1. Hayden(Opener)
2. Gilchrist(Opener & Vice Captain)
3. Imran Nazir (Batsman)
4. Rohit Sharma (Batsman)
5. Yuvraj Singh (Batsman & fielder)
6. Dhoni (Wicket Keeper & Captain)
7. Misbah-ul-haq (Batsman & fielder)
8. Vettori(all rounder spinner)
9. Irfan Pathan(all rounder medium pace bowler)
10. SR Clark(Fast bowler)
11. RP Singh(Fast bowler)
12. Asif(Fast bowler)
13. Sreesanth/Umar Gul
14. Shoaib Malik
15. Gibbs/uttappa
Why some of your picks I don't like:
1. Gayle is a superb batsman but a suspect in fielding and is in-consistant so out.
2. Afridi - amazing hitter but once in a blue moon, choked in the bowl-out and imp matches.
3. Morkel - No info.
4. Umar Gul - v good bowler but choked in Bowl-out
Did you ask why RP Sharma? Read below:
Played at almost Strike Rate of 145.
WAS NOT OUT in all 3 matches.
Debut man-of-the match. Spectacular, single handed mid air dive throw Run-out of Kemp. If he wasn't a Misbah-ul-Haq then I thought he came way too late in the order. Shows amazing calm in traits.
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The Next 10 years going to be tough for all other cricketing nations If Mahendra Singh Dhoni is going to be around along with his super henchmen.
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I think this is a pretty good dream team, but I don't agree with gayle's or morkel's selection. instead, I would pick Gilchrist and RP Singh respectively. I am schocked by rp singh's exclusion - 12 wickets with such a low economy rate? that too at the age of 21. he should be in there. also, asif did brilliantly - he should be considered as well. not sure as pietersen as 12th man - gambhir should be considered instead.
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The World 11 luks great,but der is no way u can omit Gambhir and Pathan,for their match winning perfomances,thru out the cup...Both were Technically sound on their roles(If u had watched all the matches closely)....
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Dream team luks really fair,der is no way u can omit Gambhir,R P Singh and Pathan,for their match winning perfomances,thru out the cup...Both were technically sound on their roles(If u had watched all the matches closely).... U cant simply put a person upon a single match judgement...
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i think shoiab malik should be a better choice 4 captaincy rather than dhoni. bcz shoaib malik show a lot of temprament in da whole serires and he also won matches for his team whch i think dhoni never did... and i thnk Kevin Pieterson should be in First X1 bcz he z a good hitter and cn move da score board regularly....
And mohammad asif should also be included....
The captain must be SHOAIB MALIKKKK
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