SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Virat Kohli of India talks to Rohit Sharma of India during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup match between India and Netherlands at Sydney Cricket Ground on October 27, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

As the dust settles on a terrific tournament, all the countries who took their place in the T20 World Cup will be rushing to assess what they did wrong, and in England's case, what they did right.

Unfortunately for many of these teams, the poor weather around the country, particularly in Melbourne, prevented us from seeing many matches.

Of these, the most pivotal was the England vs Australia game, a game where Australia entered as favourites.

If Australia had won this game, England may have been knocked out of the tournament before the knockout stages.

For the purpose of the report card, only those games within the Super 12 are taken into account.

Afghanistan - D+

Whilst Afghanistan weren't contenders coming into the tournament, leaving Australia winless in the World Cup is a poor result.

This is particularly the case when taking into account the fact that they have star players Rashid Khan, Mohammed Nabi and Mujeeeb Ur-Rahmann, all of whom are used to playing down under from their Big Bash experience.

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They were utterly disappointing against both Sri Lanka and England, where they scored under 145 runs and lost with nine or more balls to spare.

However, their loss against the reigning champions Australia was more than respectable, losing by just four runs whilst chasing down 168.

Afghanistan's major problem came in the form of their batting, where they just couldn't stop the wickets from flowing, losing ten, eight and seven wickets in their respective matches.

Australia - D+

Australia came into the tournament hoping they could repeat their heroics in Dubai from last year in order to go back-to-back.

However, it all went wrong for the Aussies right from the start when they got thrashed by their neighbours New Zealand.

Diminishing any hope of recovery from a terrible net run rate, their clash with their arch-rivals England was washed out on a Friday night at the MCG.

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This meant that Australia had to win their remaining games very comfortably, something they were unable to do against Afghanistan.

Despite a couple of heavy victories against Sri Lanka and Ireland, Australia never really looked impressive as a collective with only a few players performing well throughout the tournament.

Bangladesh - C+

As expected, Bangladesh struggled against South Africa, India and Pakistan but were too good for the Netherlands and Zimbabwe.

Their most impressive performance of the tournament probably came against India where they lost by just five runs whilst chasing 151 in 16 overs (DLS).

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However, their two losses to South Africa and Pakistan were very poor, particularly with the bat, averaging just 114 runs across both games.

Across the board, Najmul Hossain Shanto was their best player scoring two 50s at an average of 35.

India - B-

Whilst world-class fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was always going to be a huge loss for India, they still came into the tournament with the high hopes of winning the tournament for the second time.

After beating Pakistan in the game of the tournament, India then fell at the hands of South Africa after struggling to score enough runs.

Following an intriguing group stage, India were favoured to take home the trophy thanks to some terrific performances with bat and ball.

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Going into their semi-final with England, a score of 168 seemed like enough before Jos Buttler and Alex Hales went absolutely berzerk, each scoring 80 or more at a strike rate of over 160.

Such a horrendous bowling performance meant that India merely had an average tournament, reaching most people's expectation of making the semi-finals but not taking it any further.

Ireland - B-

Coming into the tournament, if you told Ireland fans they were only going to win one game, they would desperately be hoping to beat England, something which they extraordinarily did.

Shockingly, they were the only team in the World Cup to beat the Poms.

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However, in the other three matches they played, the Irish were very average, not being competitive in any of them.

Whilst there were good aspects of both their batting and bowling, their batsman struggled to stay at the crease, being bowled out on two occasions and losing eight and nine wickets in their other two.

England - A

Despite losing to Ireland in their second game, England simply just put it together when it counted.

Sam Curran was absolutely incredible with the ball in hand throughout the tournament, collecting big wickets and closing it out at the death.

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With his help, they managed to keep all sides to under 170 runs and made it to each of their required scores very easily outside of their loss to the Irish.

Most impressively, they made light of the three standout teams they played (New Zealand, India and Pakistan), palpably delineating their dominance over this edition of the competition.

Netherlands - B+

Had they not beaten South Africa in their final game, this rating would likely be close to a D. But since they did, they deserve a much higher grade.

Coming into the tournament, one win probably would have been seen as a pass, particularly since their clash with Zimbabwe would have been a winnable game.

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Had they scored just 10 more runs in their game with Bangladesh, they would have missed out on a semi-finals berth on net run rate alone, accentuating how impressive they were.

Paul Van Meerkenan was a star with the ball, bagging 11 wickets in just five games.

On the other hand, Max O'Dowd was absolutely pivotal with the bat, scoring 242 runs on his way to scoring the second-most runs in the tournament.

New Zealand - B-

New Zealand's performances throughout the tournament seemed to get gradually worse and worse.

They began the tournament like a house on fire, absolutely destroying the Aussies and Sri Lanka.

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However, from that point onwards, they fought hard against England but just couldn't fork out enough runs to win the game.

Then, in their final game against Pakistan in the semi-finals, they just didn't look right with bat and bowl, likely due to the passionate Pakistani crowd, costing them a berth in the final.

Ultimately, whilst playing quite well as a team, they seemed a star or two away from being a true contender.

Pakistan - B+

Pakistan have to be one of the luckiest teams to have made the Final for years.

They started off the tournament in the worst possible fashion losing their first two games to India and Zimbabwe by the tightest of margins.

From this point on, however, they managed to really turn the heat on and perform well.

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Their bowling throughout the tournament was absolutely magnificent, particularly thanks to Shaheen Afridi's ability to snag wickets at key times.

Pakistan's downfall was their batting throughout the tournament and it ended up being the biggest issue in the Final as well, a game where they scored just 137 runs in.

South Africa - C+

Much like New Zealand, South Africa started the tournament unbelievably well.

They had the biggest win of the entire tournament beating Bangladesh by an astonishing 104 runs on the back of a century from Rilee Roussouw.

Following up on this, they beat India reasonably comfortably after a stunning bowling display, leading many to believe that South Africa were the best and most complete team in the tournament.

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However, it all fell apart in the next two games after Pakistan blew them out of the water before they lost the unthinkable to the Netherlands after failing to chase down 158.

Had they won that, the whole complexion of the tournament would have been completely different.

Sri Lanka - C-

As expected, Sri Lanka finished fourth in Group 1 after losing quite comfortably to Australia, New Zealand and England but beating Ireland and Bangladesh very easily.

This highlights the fact that Sri Lanka isn't at the standard of winning World Cups right at the minute but are also a bit too good for the best of the non-contenders.

Wanindu Hasaranga was the standout performer for the Sri Lankan team, bagging 15 wickets on his way to becoming the leading wicket-taker of the tournament.

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Meanwhile, with the bat, Kusal Mendis was the fifth-leading scorer of the tournament, hitting 223 runs at a solid average of 31.85.

Outside of these two, Sri Lanka was unable to gain any sort of team spirit or in turn a good collective performance as they have in previous World Cups.

Zimbabwe - C+

At the commencement of the tournament, Zimbabwe didn't look like much of a hope to win any more than one game.

And whilst this proved to be true, their one victory came in the form of the eventual finalists, Pakistan, who they beat by a single run.

Outside of this, they looked like just about the most disappointing team of the tournament.

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They were probably the most disappointing batting side managing a high score of just 147.

In fact, if it weren't for top run-scorer Sikandar Raza, they would have been in a heap of trouble.