ICC World Twenty20 Teams of the Tournament Named
22/Jun/2009
ICC World Twenty20 Teams of the Tournament Named
The two teams are (in batting order):
Men
*The selection panel for the men’s ICC World Twenty20 team of the tournament was: *The selection panel for the women’s ICC World Twenty20 team of the tournament was:
The ICC today announced the teams of the tournament for the men’s and women’s ICC World Twenty20 2009 which finished at Lord’s on Sunday.
The teams were chosen by a select group of experts* who were given the task of picking a balanced side for all conditions on the basis of performances in the tournament. Statistics were used but were not the sole basis for selections.
The men’s team, including 12th man, contained four players from Pakistan, three each from South Africa and Sri Lanka and two from the West Indies while the women’s team included five players from the winner, England, four from beaten finalist New Zealand and one each from Australia, India and Sri Lanka.
The selectors chose Pakistan’s Younus Khan as captain of the men’s side while Charlotte Edwards of England was named to lead the women’s line-up.
Both teams include the respective players of the tournament, Tillakarante Dilshan of Sri Lanka and England’s Claire Taylor.
Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Younus Khan (Pakistan, captain)
Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, wicketkeeper)
Wayne Parnell (South Africa)
Umar Gul (Pakistan)
Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
12th man: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Women
Shelley Nitschke (Australia)
Charlotte Edwards (England, captain)
Claire Taylor (England)
Aimee Watkins (New Zealand)
Sarah Taylor (England, wicketkeeper)
Suzi Bates (New Zealand)
Lucy Doolan (New Zealand)
Rumeli Dhar (India)
Laura Marsh (England)
Holly Colvin (England)
Sian Ruck (New Zealand)
12th player: Eshani Kaushalya (Sri Lanka)