FORMER Hampshire all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been named in the cricket World Cup team of the tournament.

He was one of three players from champions Australia selected, along with Mitchell Starc, the joint highest wicket-taker alongside Trent Boult with 22, and Steve Smith.

Maxwell struck 324 World Cup runs at 64.80 and at a strike rate of 182 per 100 balls – the second fastest in the tournament of players who scored more than 300 runs.

He blitzed 102 off just 53 balls in a group game against Sri Lanka, with four sixes and seven fours.

He also whacked 88 off just 39 deliveries against Afghanistan – with seven sixes and six fours – and a 40-ball 66 in Australia’s opening win against England on Valentine’s Day.

World Cup runners-up New Zealand have more players than any other country – five.

Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum has been chosen as skipper of the side with fellow opener Martin Guptill, all-rounders Corey Anderson and Daniel Vettori and fast bowler Boult also representing the beaten finalists.

McCullum scored 328 runs in nine World Cup matches with four half-centuries at a strike-rate of 188.50, while Guptill was the tournament’s highest run-scorer with 547 including a stunning World Cup record 237 not out against the West Indies in the quarter-finals.

South Africans AB de Villiers and Morne Morkel complete the side along with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara while Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe is 12th man.

“There were a number of other players that were discussed as possible selections in the team," said Geoff Allardice, chairman of the selection panel.

“These included batsmen Mahmudullah (Bangladesh) and Shaiman Anwar (UAE), fast bowlers Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami (both India), Wahab Riaz (Pakistan) and spinners Imran Tahir (South Africa) and R.Ashwin (India).

“But there were so many brilliant individual performances during the tournament that it was not possible to fit them into the team.

“The panel eventually came up with this side, which, in their view, was the most balanced outfit that is capable of beating any side on any given day.”

ICC team of the World Cup: Martin Guptill (New Zealand), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand, captain), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Glenn Maxwell (Australia), Corey Anderson (New Zealand), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), Mitchell Starc (Australia), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Morne Morkel (South Africa), Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) (12th man).