Man of the tournament?

[TheJediBrah]

Shakib did not go home to Bangladesh with the team, and stayed in England "for personal reasons". I wonder if that reason is because he has been asked to be present at Lords on the 14th to receive the award?

I highly doubt it would have been decided yet, before the finals. From what I gather of Shakib's personality though it wouldn't surprise me if by his own initiative he decided to stay because he thinks he will win it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Perhaps he has a friend in England he wants to catch up with.

Neither of us could blame him too much if so.

 

[Prince EWS]

I highly doubt it would have been decided yet, before the finals.

Well they usually award it before the actual final, so deciding before the semi finals doesn't seem too big of a stretch. My best guess though is that they've told him he's heavily in the mix with no promises tbh.

 

[Naarn]

Rohit's failure last night probably puts him out of contention in my opinion. It's likely he won't even finish as the leading run scorer and he failed when it mattered most. It's probably now down to Shakib, Starc, a matchwinning hundred from Kane, or Bairstow/Stokes producing back-to-back matchwinning performances.

Funnily enough, Warner is now likely to finish leading runscorer and break Tendulkar's 673 run record but he has barely been mentioned in man-of-the-tournament discussions by the media. He seems to be out of favour.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Funnily enough, Warner is now likely to finish leading runscorer and break Tendulkar's 673 run record but he has barely been mentioned in man-of-the-tournament discussions by the media. He seems to be out of favour.

Funny that . . .

 

[sledger]

The player that has brought me the most joy this tournament is Dhoni.

 

[GIMH]

Starc definitely not in the running after his appalling display today

 

[cnerd123]

Roy's suddenly become a contender tho

 

[Daemon]

Lyon and Starc getting belted. I fantasize about this.

 

[sunilz]

shakib is now favourite followed by Williamson if he gets century in final .

 

[Howe_zat]

If Root or Williamson get a ton in the final they'll be top run scorer for the tournament. Would be hard not to award it to them

 

[NUFAN]

Archer is still a chance IMO.

 

[weldone]

If Root or Williamson get a ton in the final they'll be top run scorer for the tournament. Would be hard not to award it to them

But MoS is decided in a meeting the night before the final isn't it?

 

[SkyBlue]

Roy, Bairstow or Williamson

Depends on who out of these three produce a match winning performance in the final

 

[Cruxdude]

Williamson to win it with a match winning century in the finals

 

[h_hurricane]

Williamson is possibly the most likeable bloke in world cricket. Hope he wins it.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I want Starc to get it for giggles as the one time that mattered he bottled it.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Lyon and Starc getting belted. I fantasize about this.

Keep watching, long summer ahead where we will see more of the same.

 

[Naarn]

Nothing has happened in the semi finals to diminish Shakib's appeal. If anything, he's an easier choice now. I see Williamson as the only danger. Of all the players in the tournament who have scored 500+ runs, Shakib and Williamson are the only ones who have done it when consistently under pressure with wickets tumbling around them. If Williamson lifts the trophy as captain after a matchwinning 100 then I would be comfortable with the choice if he were to get the award.

Even if England win it, I don't see how anyone from their team can get it. No one has been statistically outstanding...they've just had 5 or 6 very good contributors. Stokes, Bairstow, Root, Roy, Archer... and then you've got Woakes who was the most important contributor in the semi final. It's impossible to choose one of these guys above Shakib.

And as some people have suggested, does the final even matter? Or will it already be picked?

 

[Naarn]

Roy, Bairstow or Williamson

Depends on who out of these three produce a match winning performance in the final

Match winning performances in the final have never mattered in the past:
1992: Wasim Akram
1996: Aravinda De Silva
1999: Shane Warne
2003: Ricky Ponting
2007: Adam Gilchrist

Some unbelievable performances in there. None of them won the player of the series.

Yuvraj in 2011 and Starc in 2015 were both very good in the final, but had the tournament stats to back it up regardless.