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After 12 first round games, 30 Super 12 matches and three knockouts, the T20 World Cup has finally come to an end.
It was Australia who lifted the trophy after Sunday night's final, beating New Zealand by eight wickets with Mitch Marsh's 77 not out helping Justin Langer's side to win with just seven balls to spare.
Sportsmail’s Lawrence Booth selects his tournament highs and lows
Sportsmail picks out the highs and lows of the T20 World Cup which was won by Australia
BEST INNINGS
Jos Buttler’s century against Sri Lanka – the tournament’s only hundred – was a masterpiece on a tough Sharjah wicket against razor-sharp spinners. And it made England the first team to win a floodlit game after being put in to bat.
Liam Livingstone described the innings as the work of a ‘genius’ – and no one disagreed.
Jos Buttler's century against Sri Lanka was a masterpiece on a tough Sharjah wicket
BEST CAMEO
Pakistan’s Asif Ali seemed to have nailed it with four sixes in an over off Aghanistan seamer Karim Janat in Dubai.
Then came Jimmy Neesham’s takedown of Chris Jordan as New Zealand stunned England in the semi-final, followed next evening by Australian Matthew Wade’s 17-ball 41 to break Pakistan hearts.
MOST THRILLING SIGHT
Shaheen Shah Afridi cruising in with the new ball for Pakistan,
