World Cup Watch: Allrounders star

In the latest edition of World Cup Watch, we review the efforts of all the Australian players from the Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series final.

Aaron Finch
The opener didn't trouble the scorers on Sunday, but it's hard to be too critical after he nicked a lovely outswinger from James Anderson from the third ball he faced. The right-hander again combined well with David Warner in this tournament and registered scores of 15, 96, 32 and 0 in a nice lead-in for the World Cup.

David Warner
Warner hit two nice boundaries early on before he got one that bounced a little more than he expected and was caught at point. Warner hit 23 boundaries in three innings in this series, the second-most behind England's Ian Bell, and finished with a strike rate of 105.16 for the tournament.

Steve Smith
Is Steve Smith's ball-striking getting better the longer this incredible summer goes on? The right-hander looked in complete control against England's seamers, striking five magnificent boundaries before he played inside one from Moeen Ali and, eventually, was stumped by Jos Buttler. He'd be disappointed he didn't show more urgency to get back into his crease, but it has been another outstanding tournament from the 25-year-old.

Smith stumped after impressive innings

George Bailey
The captain would be disappointed with his output with the bat in this series, his score of two today going with scores of 10 and five from earlier in the series. He was undone by a good short ball from Stuart Broad during an impressive opening spell from England's quicks and was caught at short leg. With Michael Clarke ahead of schedule in his comeback from injury and the other members of Australia's middle order in good touch, Bailey will be chasing some runs in the warm-up games ahead of the World Cup opener.

Glenn Maxwell
Elevated up the order to No.5, Maxwell needed to produce the goods after the Australians lost early wickets - and he delivered. The allrounder showed maturity to rebuild the innings early on before he opened his shoulders late in the innings, eventually falling for a career-best 95. It was almost the perfect innings in the circumstances and helped lay the platform for some big hitting from the lower order. He then picked up career-best figures with the ball and took a brilliant diving catch at backward point to secure the player-of-the-match award.

Highlights of Maxwell's innings

Mitchell Marsh
Marsh's innings followed a similar pattern to that of Maxwell's; after walking to the wicket with the score 4-60, Marsh played himself in before showing off his incredible power with some big hitting late in the innings. He looked a chance to reach three figures before he was run out for 60 with seven overs still remaining, a crucial performance as the race for spots in the World Cup XI heats up. He also bowled tightly, taking 0-18 from seven overs.

Highlights of Marsh's half-century

Brad Haddin
Haddin fell cheaply with the bat, sacrificing the wicket in the quest for quick runs late in the innings, while a slight mix-up he had with Mitchell Marsh cost the allrounder his wicket. The wicketkeeper was once again sharp behind the stumps, highlighted by an excellent one-handed catch to dismiss Ian Bell.

Haddin hangs on to a great catch

James Faulkner
An injury concern was a sour note on another great day for Faulkner, who was dynamic with the bat and delivered again with the ball. The allrounder turned Australia's good total into an excellent one with a brilliant display of hitting late in the innings, finishing unbeaten on 50 from 24 balls. He also picked up a wicket with his first ball and the Aussies will be desperate to get good news when his rib soreness is assessed later in the week.

Faulkner hits amazing half-century

Mitchell Johnson
As good as Australia have been in the preliminary matches this summer, they looked even better with their fast-bowling leader back in the side. Johnson looked refreshed after a break of over a month and finished with three wickets, including a brute of a delivery to get rid of Moeen Ali.

Johnson impresses in his return

Mitchell Starc
The left-armer didn't pick up a big bag of wickets like he has several times in this series, but he once again bowled with good pace and swing. Starc finished with 0-40 from seven overs and beat the bat on several occasions, particularly against Ali early with the new ball. He finished with a tournament-high of 12 from five matches and deservedly won the player-of-the-series-award.

Josh Hazlewood
The right-armer looked impressive in his return to the side and his return of 2-13 from 6.1 overs will do no harm for his chances of securing a spot in Australia's World Cup XI. Hazlewood found the edge of the in-form Ian Bell early on and kept things tight before Johnson and Maxwell cleaned up the England batsmen.