29 Mar 2015
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - Final
(Australia vs New Zealand at Melbourne)
Flawless Australia win fifth World Cup
| New Zealand |
vs |
Australia |
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| 183/10 (45) |
186/3 (33.1) |
| Australia won by 7 wickets |
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| Photo © ICC |
It had been the World Cup of short balls. On a flat MCG deck, it had seemed bounce would be the bowlers' major ally. But so cocksure were Australia's pace phalanx of their quality, they left nothing to the vagaries of the surface, firing balls full, fast and straight to deliver Australia a seven-wicket win and its fifth World Cup in comprehensive fashion.
Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson shared five wickets, having sent down several spells of searing, swinging yorkers between them, and James Faulkner - slower but cannier than the other left-armers - claimed three scalps for himself. In all, eight wickets fell to full deliveries as New Zealand were felled for 183 in the 45th over.
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| Photo © ICC |
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