Watson makes World Cup's best XI

Shane Watson was Australia's only representative in the ICC's World Cup XI. (Getty Images: Daniel Berehulak)

Shane Watson has been picked as Australia's sole representative in the International Cricket Council's team of the World Cup, while tournament runners-up Sri Lanka contributed four players.

Champions India saw just three players make it into the XI after defeating fellow tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday morning, with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni making a man-of-the-match winning 91 not out.
But the ICC's five-man panel of experts, looking at the World Cup as a whole, opted for Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as skipper.
The other Sri Lankans in the team were dashing opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene and veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who made his final international appearance.
India's trio were Sachin Tendulkar, a World Cup winner at the sixth attempt, all-rounder Yuvraj Singh - the man of the tournament - and left-arm quick Zaheer Khan.
Khan was the tournament's joint most-successful bowler with 21 wickets alongside Pakistan leg-spinner and captain Shahid Afridi.
The global governing body's all-star XI was completed by the South Africa duo of batsman/keeper AB de Villiers and fast bowler Dale Steyn, while New Zealand's Tim Southee was selected as 12th man.
ICC's team of the World Cup (in batting order):
Sachin Tendulkar (India), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, capt/wkt), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Yuvraj Singh (India), Shane Watson (Australia), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), Dale Steyn (South Africa), Zaheer Khan (India), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
12th man: Tim Southee (New Zealand)