Andy Bichel: 2015 was a cricketing year to remember

Well, the World Cup is over for another four years and the teams can take so much out of this great tournament. Playing in these conditions is good for the players, the short ball was used a lot in this World Cup a really tactic because of playing on the hard and more bounce surfaces.

In 49 games only the one game where Australia and Bangladesh didn’t get a result, was called off so the weather was kind to us. In total 38 hundreds were scored 28 four-wicket hauls by the bowlers and 460 odd sixes gave some real entertainment.

Some of the fielding and spectacular catches - Daniel Vettori’s one hander and Steve Smith catch in the covers – but there were so many more. But the standard was very high and the two teams in the final probably led the way as far it goes.

Mitch Starc was a deserving Man of the Tournament. His bowling was just brilliant and that was highlighted with the key wicket of Brendon McCullum in Sunday night’s final.