Brendon McCullum, Moeen Ali and Virat Kohli... which five cricketers does Stuart 幅の広い believe will light up the World Cup??

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The ICC World Cup starts on Friday when New Zealand host Sri Lanka in Christchurch.

With the 2015 版 of the tournament taking place in Australia and New Zealand, it is bound to be a brilliant one.

Here, Sportsmail columnist Stuart 幅の広い 選ぶs out five players he thinks will light up the World Cup...?

BRENDON MCCULLUM (NEW ZEALAND)

He can get New Zealand off to 絶対の fliers and can 攻撃する，衝突する the ball 同様に as anyone in the world.

You can see how 重要な he is by the 祝賀s whenever anyone gets him out.?

He’s on his own patch, too, so will be a danger man.

Brendon McCullum 粉砕するs a 発射 during the fifth ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka last month

The New Zealand captain fields the ball during the first one-day international against Pakistan last month

GLENN MAXWELL (AUSTRALIA)

He fascinates me and could 勝利，勝つ games for Australia in this World Cup out of nothing.

The knock he played against us in Canberra opened my 注目する，もくろむs to what a clean striker he is and he was at it again in Perth.

Once he gets going he never looks like slowing 負かす／撃墜する or stopping but he can also leave a straight one. If he 解雇する／砲火／射撃s he will be very dangerous.

Glenn Maxwell plays a 発射 during the tri-series ODI match against England for Australia earlier this month

Maxwell 粉砕するs a 発射 during the final of the tri-series, when Australia （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 England last week

MOEEN ALI (ENGLAND)

I played England Under 19s with Mo and he’s always had the ability to take a step up.

I love watching him bat, love the fact he 攻撃する，衝突する six fours from the first six balls he 直面するd in a warm-up game in Sri Lanka.

That hundred against Sri Lanka at Headingley showed what a 質 player he is and you can see the way his spin bowling is developing. He will be a 重要な 人物／姿／数字 for us.

Moeen Ali (権利) bowls his spin during the match against Australia earlier this month

The England all-rounder runs after play a 発射 for four during the match in Perth

VIRAT KOHLI (INDIA)

The best one-day batsman in the world, so it’s hard to look beyond him as the 重要な to India’s fortunes.

We didn’t mind bowling to him so much during the 実験（する）s in England because we had the ball swinging but when it’s straight up and 負かす／撃墜する he’ll 攻撃する，衝突する the ball all 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the park and lays a 壇・綱領・公約 for the 残り／休憩（する） of the team.

Virat Kohli celebrate India's victory against South Africa in the 2014 Twenty20 World Cup 半分-final

The India batsman play a 発射 during an ODI against England at Headingley last September

STEVEN FINN (ENGLAND)

Let’s finish with a bowler. And one from our 味方する.

It’s 広大な／多数の／重要な to see Finny 支援する bowling with 信用／信任. He’s a natural wicket-taker and has done 井戸／弁護士席 in ICC tournaments in the past. If we go a long way he will 選ぶ up a lot of wickets.

His return 証明するs that you can go through 堅い times as an international sportsman but you can come out the other 味方する if you stay 肯定的な. Keep working hard and things can change for you.

Steven Finn bowls during the tri-nations match between England and India in Perth last month

Finn puts his finger into the 空気／公表する and celebrates 解任するing Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane last month