Black Caps and Aussies dominate WC XI.

[Donny]

Cricinfo's ODI World Cup team.

Guptil
McCullum (Captain)
Sangakkara
Smith
de Villiers
Maxwell
Faulkner or Anderson
Vettori
Wahab
Starc
Boult

Twenty-five of ESPNcricinfo staff voted for the team of the tournament. Thirty players got at least one vote. There was no set combination: some teams had only one specialist opener, a few went for two spinners, and one of the nominated XIs didn't pick a spinner at all - if the champions can do it without one, why not this XI? Mitchell Starc and AB de Villiers were the only two unanimous picks. Mushfiqur Rahim, Hashim Amla, Shaiman Anwar, William Porterfield, MS Dhoni, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Umesh Yadav drew one vote each from those looking beyond the obvious names.

The dead heat was for the No. 7 spot, between Corey Anderson and James Faulkner who were tied at 12 votes each. The two did seem to cancel each other out because most of votes seemed to reduce it to a face-off between them whereas Glenn Maxwell enjoyed a free run with 21 votes at No. 6. A special allowance was made for Anderson and Faulkner with a XII being named as opposed to an XI. Other close calls were Martin Guptill edging Shikhar Dhawan out as the second opener by 11 votes to nine. Wahab Riaz and Daniel Vettori sneaked past South Africans Morne Morkel and Imran Tahir, making it all-left-arm attack.

[Donny]

If Faulkner plays, it would be a 5 man attack of lefties.

Probably a first in this type of hypothetical combined XI.

Wasim Akram and Sir Garfield Sobers are in many 'best ever' Test elevens but with (variously) Lillee, McGrath, Waqar, Lindwall, Marshall, Holding, Garner, in fact, all the Windies' great quicks, Warney or Murali - it's hard to find another lefty to include.