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Kiwis outnumber Aussies in BBC's team of the World Cup

Sat, 28 Mar 2015

New Zealanders outnumber Australians five to three in the BBC's Cricket World Cup team of the tournament.

The BBC XI:

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand, captain)
Martin Guptill (New Zealand)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper)
Steve Smith (Australia)
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
Corey Anderson (New Zealand)
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
Morne Morkel (South Africa)
12th man: Mohammed Shami (India)

Reed the Beeb's rationale for its selection here.

NZ has named an unchanged team for tomorrow's final at the MCG, where it is said the boundaries are so far you can see the curvature of the Earth.

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