Wasim Akram tips Starc to shine at World Cup 2015

Wasim Akram tips Starc to shine at World Cup

Former Pakistan captain and fast bowling great Wasim Akram said Australia with the likes of Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson in their ranks have what it takes to win a fifth world title.

Akram who guided Pakistan to glory at the 1992 World Cup final in Melbourne with a dream performance said Starc in particular could have a career-defining tournament at the upcoming fixture.

He's got the ability no doubt about it. He has the ability to make a difference the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Akram as saying..

He's got the pace he's got the swing and he's bowling very intelligently to the new batsmen especially with the new ball.

Akram is so impressed with the 25-year-old Starc that he would pick the rising star ahead of Johnson if it came to balancing the squad.

Mitchell Johnson is one of the top bowlers in the world but having two of them in the same team is a plus. They're both left-handers very quick and big lads and they're different Akram said.

On these wickets they'll be impossible to play with their pace. If I had to pick one of them for one-dayers with the new ball I'd definitely pick Mitchell Starc.

I'm seeing it from the captain's point of view. He's got the swing with the new ball and he's got a brilliant yorker but having two of them is unbelievable.

Starc has proved a hit in ODIs picking up 61 wickets at 20.62 after 32 surpassing the great Brett Lee who had 56 scalps at 24.3 in the same number of games.

Australia are peaking at the right time for a crack at their fifth World Cup triumph and will go into next month's tournament at home on top of the rankings.

Australia's biggest challenge will be how the team handles the external pressures as the host nation that will decide its winning chances. And of course injury to regular captain Michael Clarke.

The Australians didn't cope in 1992 when they last hosted the sport's showpiece and they missed out on the semi-finals.

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Inzi's Pick 12 players who deserved World Cup glory

Inzi's Pick 12 players who deserved World Cup glory

There are countless talented cricketers who had worked tirelessly throughout their careers to have their hands on the coveted ICC Cricket World Cup trophy but the title of world champion eluded them. I was one of those lucky ones to be part of the winning ICC Cricket World Cup squad when hardly anybody knew who Inzamam-ul-Haq was. While the sweet memory of that Crystal Ball at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1992 is still fresh in my mind I really feel sorry for greats like Sir Richard Hadlee Zaheer Abbas Abdul Qadir and Dennis Lillee who quit the game without winning the World Cup. While sitting back and recalling the names of those unluckiest greats here's my team of 12 players who deserved to be part of the winning World Cup sides at least once in their careers but unfortunately couldn't do so. Saeed Anwar: Before openers like Matthew Hayden and Virender Sehwag took the world by storm if one had to pick an opener in one-day cricket he was the man for the slot. There weren't many players during his playing days who had batted at a strike-rate of 80 plus with so much elegance and power. He came agonisingly close to the title in 1999 but we lost to Australia in the final at Lord’s despite the fact that Saeed was in ominous form and had smashed a century against New Zealand in the semi-finals. His 194 in Chennai in 1997 (the then world record) and century against India at Centurion in 2003 remains one of the finest ODI centuries by an opener. Sourav Ganguly: Lady luck didn’t smile on Sourav when in 2003 India lost to Australia in the final. I feel India progressed in one-day cricket during the captaincy of this gifted cricketer from Bengal. He was one of those cricketers who played beautifully on the off-side of the wicket. Most of the time he scored India won. However maybe World Cup was not in his fate. Brian Lara: The man who has the fan following throughout the world. A cricketer who will be penciled first whenever a World XI is made - be it limited overs or Test cricket. I haven't seen a better left-hander than Brian who without any doubt was a match-winner. The best thing about Brian was when the West Indies chased in one-day cricket. For him to score at an average of seven or eight runs per over was not a herculean task against any type of bowling. I haven't seen a better batsman who could play shots to all parts of the field. I think 1996 was his best chance to win the event but the West Indies lost to Australia from a winning position in the semi-final. Jacques Kallis: His record speaks for itself. Perhaps the only all-rounder who could walk into any playing XI either as a specialist batsman or a specialist bowler. To me in one-day cricket only Sachin Tendulkar comes ahead of Jacques. I've heard a lot about Sir Gary Sobers who used to be good at both bowling and batting but Jacques is for sure at par with him. He was good at reversing the old ball but I still remember during one of the ODIs against us he took http://cricktimelive.blogspot.com/gether. Like Sourav Rahul ‘s best chance to win the World Cup was in 2003 but Ricky Ponting spoilt the party for them. Ian Botham: An aggressive all-rounder who played during an era when one-day cricket was not that much aggressive and most of the nations were concentrating on Test cricket. Before Jacques he was the all-rounder who batted as well as he bowled and supplemented this with his bucket hands which earned him great catches in the slips. We were lucky to dismiss him early in the 1992 final because he could have easily taken the game away from us with his brutal batting but his best chance was potentially in 1983 when England had some of the best cricketers during that period. Anil Kumble: A miser leg-spinner who didn't like to be hit for runs. Anil was not a big spinner of the cricket ball but kept batsmen thinking with his superb line and length. Whenever he got favorable turfs he was there to turn the tables on the opponents. He was probably the only spinner who was not shy of showing aggression like the fast bowlers. Again his World Cup hopes were probably dashed at Centurion in 2003. Waqar Younis: Great bowler with a bad luck as he had to fly back home from Australia in 1992 due to back injury. I still remember when we landed at Islamabad airport after winning the World Cup Waqar was there on the truck crying for not being part of the winning World Cup squad. Who could forget his pairing with Wasim Akram that tormented batsmen with their toe-crushing yorkers with over 150kph. We let him and the country down in the final at Lord’s in 1999 while Sachin undone Pakistan in Mohali in 2011 when Waqar was the coach. Allan Donald: He was quite pacey when I first batted against him in 1992. At that time he didn't know how to reverse swing but learnt the art quickly. South Africa owes a lot of its early successes to Allan who regularly destroyed the top order. The rain-rule in 1992 and Steve Waugh’s drop catch and the tied match in 1999 denied him the chance to hold the silverware at least once in his career. Curtly Ambrose: To play international cricket for such a long period of time with such a height is something which is a big achievement. He bowled at such a good line and length and moved the ball both ways that it made life difficult for the batsmen anywhere around the world. He filled the void left by Michael Holding Malcolm Marshall and Andy Roberts while pairing with Courtney Walsh. Like Lara and Courtney he could have potentially collected the winner’s medal in 1996. Jonty Rhodes: The only cricketer in the history who could make it to any team purely as a fielder. Whenever we played against him I used to note down 30-40 against his name because of his fielding. I still smile when I recall his 'flying' run out of mine in 1992 World Cup. He was such a brilliant athlete that he used to change the attitude of entire team through his electrifying fielding.

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Sri Lanka won the Toss and Chose to bat as Both Sides

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Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat as both sides' captains were unavailable for the final ODI of the series. Angelo Mathews had recovered from the calf injury that had kept him out of the two previous matches, but was out with the flu, while Brendon Mccullum was being rested for the final game. Kane Williamson led in his stead. Lahiru Thirimanne said the pitch looked dry but favourable for batting, while Williamson said his team would have bowled first anyway, with dew expected to form later in the evening.
Tom Latham was slotted to open the batting in place of McCullum for New Zealand, who have also left out Trent Boult and returned Tim Southee to the attack,
The weather was expected to remain good for the duration of the match,

New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Grant Elliott, 6 Luke Ronchi (wk) , 7 Corey Anderson, 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Kyle Mills, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan
Sri Lanka: 1 Lahiru Thirimanne (capt), 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Dimuth Karunaratne, 6 Dinesh Chandimal, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Seekkuge Prasanna, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Shaminda Eranga 11 Dushmantha Chameera
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