da luck： While two players each from Namibia, Oman and Ireland also find spots in the team of the tournament

da wazamba： Peter Della Penna in Malahide27-Jul-2015Stephen Baard (Namibia)
309 runs at 51.50He may not have the reputation for hitting the monstrous sixes that his opening partner Gerrie Snyman does, but Baard hit more maximums than anyone else at the tournament and was far more consistent in his ability to break down opposition attacks. He finished as the tournament’s leading scorer and also had the most half-centuries, with three. Baard teamed with Snyman for the biggest partnership at the tournament – a 121-run stand – and finished 61 not out. His best came a day later when he made 87 against a previously undefeated Papua New Guinea side to clinch a spot for Namibia in the knockouts.Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)
206 runs at 34.33Coetzer set the tone for Scotland’s aggressive attitude throughout the tournament on the opening day against UAE by smacking nine of the 16 deliveries he faced to the boundary on his way to a rapid 39. He cooled off for the next few games, but with Scotland in danger of not making the playoffs in a hotly contested Group B, his bat warmed up again in wins over Canada and Oman, striking an unbeaten 51 off 41 and 63 off 38 respectively. In the deepest batting line-up of the tournament, Coetzer was Scotland’s leading scorer.Jatinder Singh (Oman)
213 runs at 35.50Netherlands batsman Ben Cooper had the most runs at first drop and was second overall behind Baard, but Jatinder’s contibutions were far more valuable in helping Oman secure a spot in their first ever major ICC tournament. Though he scored at less than a run a ball, Jatinder was the glue that held Oman together. Jatinder top-scored in three of Oman’s matches, including the crucial group stage wins over the Netherlands (65*) and Afghanistan (40). With a spot in the World T20 on the line against Namibia, his 33 and 62-run stand with Zeeshan Siddiqui – Oman’s second-biggest partnership of the event – put them on the path to a spot in India.Mark Chapman (Hong Kong)
156 runs at 22.28 Chapman finished 20th overall in runs at the tournament and never even reached 50. At face value, that sounds unimpressive, but the majority of players in the top 20 batted in the top three. Chapman was arguably the best No. 4 batsmen on display, and delivered at very pivotal moments for Hong Kong. His 30 against Ireland included three boundaries off the final seven balls, which proved to be the difference in a five-run win defending 129. In the first qualifying playoff against Afghanistan, he took two key catches late in the first innings before his 40 off 25 kept the chase humming to set up Babar Hayat’s winning strikes in the final over.Peter Borren (captain, Netherlands)
161 runs at 32.20Borren is only one spot above Chapman in the runs list at 19th, but he was the leading scorer at No. 5 in the tournament, providing a late kick to Netherlands batting. His 57 off 25 balls against Scotland catapulted Netherlands to 191 in Edinburgh, which was well out of reach for the co-hosts, while a brisk 23 not out off 10 balls finished off a swift chase against UAE. In the semi-final, Borren smacked an unbeaten 36 off 24 balls to clinch a five-wicket win over Ireland, showing that their famous chase last year in Bangladesh was not just a freak one-off.Matthew Cross (Scotland)
184 runs at 36.80, eight catchesCross caught everyone’s attention during the World Cup in Christchurch with his incredible stumping of England’s James Taylor standing up to the medium pace of Josh Davey. In this tournament, he was a key middle-order presence to continue Scotland’s relentless assaults. Cross’ best effort with the bat came against the then unbeaten Kenya, hitting 45 off 34 balls in a seven-wicket win. Against Hong Kong in the semi-finals, he top-scored again with 39 off just 15 balls as Scotland made an emphatic statement by winning with 7.4 overs remaining.Munis Ansari’s 3 for 23 at the death against Namibia turned the match around and sent Oman on their way to India•ICC/SportsfileKevin O’Brien (Ireland)
77 runs at 12.83, 12 wickets at 7.33Despite his fearsome reputation as a powerful hitter, O’Brien made ESPNcricinfo’s team of the tournament at the 2012 edition in UAE mainly on the back of his bowling. The only second-time selection on the list, he earned his spot for the same reason he did last time – his canny middle-overs spells. O’Brien finished tied for fourth overall in wickets, but no one else in the top 20 had a bowling average under 10. His economy rate of 4.88 was also far beyond anyone else in the top 20, with Namibia’s Bernard Scholtz next in line at 5.70.John Mooney (Ireland)
47 runs at 23.50, 14 wickets at 10.14Mooney was the standout bowler during the group stage, taking the most wickets in pool play. By the end of the tournament, he finished tied for the overall lead with Namibia’s Bernard Scholtz and Scotland’s Alasdair Evans. Mooney ripped through Namibia’s top order with 3 for 23 in a Man-of-the-Match effort to open up the tournament, then saved Ireland’s bacon against USA with an unbeaten 20 off seven balls late in the first innings before taking 2 for 17 to pin back USA’s chase. His bowling average was the second-best behind O’Brien among the top 20 wicket-takers, and his strike rate of 9.3 was only fractionally behind O’Brien, too.Bernard Scholtz (Namibia)
14 wickets at 11.00Scholtz outperformed other more established spinners to be named Player of the Tournament after finishing as the joint leading wicket-taker. His most profitable spell was 4 for 11, including a maiden, to knock off the then unbeaten PNG. Scholtz also produced a gem of a spell against USA, taking 2 for 13 including the major scalps of Akeem Dodson and Nicholas Standford. His other Man-of-the-Match effort came in a losing effort to Netherlands in the playoffs, where his 3 for 15 was nearly enough to turn the tide back Namibia’s way.Alasdair Evans (Scotland)
14 wickets at 12.50Captain Preston Mommsen singled out Evans for praise after Scotland were crowned co-champions of the tournament. Evans was Scotland’s most reliable threat with the ball, taking six more wickets than the next best team-mate Safyaan Sharif, who had eight in seven games. Evans had the only five-wicket haul of the tournament, taking 5 for 24 against Netherlands in a match where all other bowlers were sliced and diced by Borren and Wesley Barresi. Spells of 2 for 25 and 2 for 19 against Canada and Oman were also handy, while his 3 for 17 in the semi-finals against Hong Kong put the opposition in a hole they never climbed out of.Munis Ansari (Oman)
12 wickets at 16.08Ansari, the slingy medium-pacer, tied for fourth overall in the tournament with O’Brien and Hong Kong’s Haseeb Amjad at 12 wickets, but a case can be made that no pair of bowling spells were more valuable to helping his team reach the World T20 in India than the ones Ansari bowled against Netherlands and Namibia. A triple-wicket maiden in the 19th over against Netherlands helped reduce them from 134 for 5 to 135 all out. Against Namibia, Ansari struck at the death once more, taking 3 for 23 including the scalp of the well-set Baard on 62 in the 18th over to restrict them to 148.