Fixture 29 Mar at 03:30 AM  • Melbourne
New Zealand vs Australia  • Final (daynight)  • ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
  • New Zealand NZ
  • 183 / 10 ( 45 Ovs )
  • Australia AUS
  • 186 / 3 ( 33.1 Ovs )
  • Australia won by 7 wickets (with 101 balls remaining)
    • FOUR
    Target 184
    Recent Balls
    • 4100100022
    33.1
    4
    Henry to Smith
    short and pulled away with a whirl of those rubber wrists! There she blows, the winning runs fittingly from Smith's bat - Australia win the World Cup final by seven wickets, New Zealand were just swept aside in the end. Smith has been one of Australia's leading lights and he had guided them home at the G
    32.6
    1
    Southee to Smith
    full again, dug out back past the bowler, mid-on busts a gut to get there and cuts it off, keep them to a single. Still two more required
    32.5
    0
    Southee to Smith
    excellent yorker from Southee, right on middle and off, Smith drops the bat on it in time
    32.4
    0
    Southee to Smith
    full length, almost the leg-stump yorker and Smith is defeated walking to the off side, slips narrowly past the wicket
    32.3
    1
    Southee to Watson
    pitched up and driven wide of mid-on, there's a direct hit but Watson was safe
    32.2
    0
    Southee to Watson
    continues to angled in from the channel, played to the leg side off his body
    32.1
    0
    Southee to Watson
    length ball around the line of off, Watson comes across and blocks lugubriously
    31.6
    0
    Henry to Smith
    goes across and defends on off stump
    31.5
    2
    Henry to Smith
    fullish outside off, steers this behind point for two that takes him past fifty for the fifth time in the tournament. Smiffy's World Cup? Or Starc's?
    31.4
    2
    Henry to Smith
    on the stumps, Smith whips a couple more past midwicket
    31.3
    1
    Henry to Watson
    short again, drops deep and pulls one away through square
    31.2
    0
    Henry to Watson
    drops back and defends a short-of-a-length delivery on the stumps
    31.1
    W
    Henry to Clarke
    bowled him, Clarke has chopped on! He wont get to hit the winning runs but he will get a huge ovation from the MCG as he walks off for the last time in ODIs. He was trying to run one to third man, got an inside edge down on to the woodwork... Was that him wiping away something from his eye as he crossed the boundary rope?
    31.1
    1
    Henry to Clarke
    starts with a back-of-the-hand slower ball, drifts down the leg side
    30.6
    0
    Southee to Smith
    fullish, outside off, Smith comes out to meet it but spanks a drive straight to mid-off
    30.5
    1
    Southee to Clarke
    bangs this in short, sits back ready for it, paddles a single around the corner
    30.4
    4
    Southee to Clarke
    four more, that's four in a row! Short and wide this time and Clarke dismissively rifles a cut away, it's all coming in a rush, six weeks of tension ebbing away
    30.3
    4
    Southee to Clarke
    length outside off, four more, sliced past point, flowing front-foot square drive from Clarke, he's charging towards the cup
    30.2
    4
    Southee to Clarke
    four more, low full toss whacked through the covers, zips past the man at short extra
    30.1
    4
    Southee to Clarke
    full and straight, in the slot and Clarke carts it over wide long-on... well, not quite over, plenty of bottom-handed muscle in that but it bounces short of the rope

    Match Info

    MATCH NZ Vs AUS
    DATE 29 Mar, 2015
    TIME 03:30 AM UTC | 02:30 PM LOCAL
    VENUE Melbourne Cricket Ground
    TOSS
    UMPIRES Kumar Dharmasena
    REFEREE Richard Kettleborough

    New Zealand (Batting) : 183/10 (45 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    MJ Guptill
    b Maxwell
    		 15 34 1 1 44.11
    BB McCullum
    b Starc
    		 0 3 0 0 0
    KS Williamson
    c & b Johnson
    		 12 33 1 0 36.36
    LRPL Taylor
    c †Haddin b Faulkner
    		 40 72 2 0 55.55
    GD Elliott
    c †Haddin b Faulkner
    		 83 82 7 1 101.21
    CJ Anderson
    b Faulkner
    		 0 2 0 0 0
    L Ronchi
    c Clarke b Starc
    		 0 4 0 0 0
    DL Vettori
    b Johnson
    		 9 21 1 0 42.85
    TG Southee
    run out (Maxwell)
    		 11 11 0 1 100
    MJ Henry
    c Starc b Johnson
    		 0 7 0 0 0
    TA Boult
    not out
    		0 1 0 0 0
    Total 183/10 (45 Ovs)      Extras: 13      ( b 0 , lb 7 , w 6 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 BB McCullum
    b Starc
    		 1 0.5
    2 MJ Guptill
    b Maxwell
    		 33 11.2
    3 KS Williamson
    c & b Johnson
    		 39 12.2
    4 LRPL Taylor
    c †Haddin b Faulkner
    		 150 35.1
    5 CJ Anderson
    b Faulkner
    		 150 35.3
    6 L Ronchi
    c Clarke b Starc
    		 151 36.2
    7 DL Vettori
    b Johnson
    		 167 40.6
    8 GD Elliott
    c †Haddin b Faulkner
    		 171 41.5
    9 MJ Henry
    c Starc b Johnson
    		 182 44.5
    10 TG Southee
    run out (Maxwell)
    		 183 44.6

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    MA Starc 8 0 20 2 1 0 2.5
    JR Hazlewood 8 2 30 0 0 0 3.75
    MG Johnson 9 0 30 3 2 0 3.33
    GJ Maxwell 7 0 37 1 1 0 5.28
    JP Faulkner 9 1 36 3 0 0 4
    SR Watson 4 0 23 0 2 0 5.75

    Australia (Batting) : 186/3 (33.1 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    DA Warner
    c Elliott b Henry
    		 45 46 7 0 97.82
    AJ Finch
    c & b Boult
    		 0 5 0 0 0
    SPD Smith
    not out
    		56 71 3 0 78.87
    MJ Clarke
    b Henry
    		 74 72 10 1 102.77
    SR Watson
    not out
    		2 5 0 0 40
    GJ Maxwell
    JP Faulkner
    BJ Haddin
    MG Johnson
    MA Starc
    JR Hazlewood
    Total 186/3 (33.1 Ovs)      Extras: 9      ( b 0 , lb 3 , w 6 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 AJ Finch
    c & b Boult
    		 2 1.4
    2 DA Warner
    c Elliott b Henry
    		 63 12.2
    3 MJ Clarke
    b Henry
    		 175 31.1

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    TG Southee 8 0 65 0 3 0 8.12
    TA Boult 10 0 40 1 0 0 4
    DL Vettori 5 0 25 0 0 0 5
    MJ Henry 9.1 0 46 2 2 0 5.01
    CJ Anderson 1 0 7 0 1 0 7

    New Zealand Partnerships

    BB McCullum
    0 (3)     		1 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		MJ Guptill
    1 (2)
    MJ Guptill
    14 (32)     		32 (63)
    10.3 Ovs     		KS Williamson
    12 (31)
    LRPL Taylor
    6 (4)     		6 (6)
    1 Ovs     		KS Williamson
    0 (2)
    GD Elliott
    72 (69)     		111 (137)
    22.5 Ovs     		LRPL Taylor
    34 (68)
    GD Elliott
    0 (0)     		0 (2)
    0.2 Ovs     		CJ Anderson
    0 (2)
    GD Elliott
    1 (1)     		1 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		L Ronchi
    0 (4)
    DL Vettori
    9 (21)     		16 (28)
    4.4 Ovs     		GD Elliott
    6 (7)
    GD Elliott
    4 (5)     		4 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		TG Southee
    0 (0)
    TG Southee
    11 (11)     		11 (18)
    3 Ovs     		MJ Henry
    0 (7)
    TG Southee
    0 (0)     		1 (1)
    0.1 Ovs     		TA Boult
    0 (1)

    Australia Partnerships

    AJ Finch
    0 (5)     		2 (10)
    1.4 Ovs     		DA Warner
    2 (5)
    DA Warner
    43 (41)     		61 (64)
    10.4 Ovs     		SPD Smith
    14 (23)
    MJ Clarke
    74 (72)     		112 (113)
    18.5 Ovs     		SPD Smith
    33 (41)
    SR Watson
    2 (5)     		11 (12)
    2 Ovs     		SPD Smith
    9 (7)

    New Zealand (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Mitchell Starc
    0 1 0 0 0 0     		1 1 6 1 1 1
    2 Josh Hazlewood
    		5 0 12 6 1 3
    3 Mitchell Starc
    		5 0 18 11 1 3.66
    4 Josh Hazlewood
    		6 0 24 17 1 4.25
    5 Mitchell Starc
    		1 0 30 18 1 3.6
    6 Josh Hazlewood
    		4 0 36 22 1 3.66
    7 Mitchell Starc
    		1 0 42 23 1 3.28
    8 Josh Hazlewood
    		0 0 48 23 1 2.87
    9 Mitchell Johnson
    		1 0 54 24 1 2.66
    10 Josh Hazlewood
    		7 0 60 31 1 3.1
    11 Mitchell Johnson
    		2 0 66 33 1 3
    12 Glenn Maxwell
    		5 1 72 38 2 3.16
    13 Mitchell Johnson
    		3 1 78 41 3 3.15
    14 Josh Hazlewood
    		0 0 84 41 3 2.92
    15 Mitchell Johnson
    		6 0 90 47 3 3.13
    16 Josh Hazlewood
    		4 0 96 51 3 3.18
    17 James Faulkner
    		3 0 102 54 3 3.17
    18 Glenn Maxwell
    		5 0 108 59 3 3.27
    19 James Faulkner
    		3 0 114 62 3 3.26
    20 Glenn Maxwell
    		4 0 120 66 3 3.3
    21 Mitchell Starc
    		4 0 126 70 3 3.33
    22 Glenn Maxwell
    		7 0 132 77 3 3.5
    23 Mitchell Starc
    		6 0 138 83 3 3.6
    24 James Faulkner
    		6 0 144 89 3 3.7
    25 Shane Watson
    		4 0 150 93 3 3.72
    26 James Faulkner
    		6 0 156 99 3 3.8
    27 Shane Watson
    		9 0 162 108 3 4
    28 Glenn Maxwell
    		7 0 168 115 3 4.1
    29 Mitchell Johnson
    		3 0 174 118 3 4.06
    30 Glenn Maxwell
    		3 0 180 121 3 4.03
    31 Mitchell Johnson
    		5 0 186 126 3 4.06
    32 Glenn Maxwell
    		6 0 192 132 3 4.12
    33 Shane Watson
    		2 0 198 134 3 4.06
    34 Josh Hazlewood
    		8 0 204 142 3 4.17
    35 Shane Watson
    		8 0 210 150 3 4.28
    36 James Faulkner
    		0 2 216 150 5 4.16
    37 Mitchell Starc
    		1 1 222 151 6 4.08
    38 James Faulkner
    		6 0 228 157 6 4.13
    39 Mitchell Starc
    		2 0 234 159 6 4.07
    40 James Faulkner
    		6 0 240 165 6 4.12
    41 Mitchell Johnson
    		2 1 246 167 7 4.07
    42 James Faulkner
    		4 1 252 171 8 4.07
    43 Mitchell Johnson
    		7 0 258 178 8 4.13
    44 James Faulkner
    		3 0 264 181 8 4.11
    45 Mitchell Johnson
    		2 2 270 183 10 4.06

    Australia (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Tim Southee
    0 1 0 0 0 0     		1 0 6 1 0 1
    2 Trent Boult
    		1 1 12 2 1 1
    3 Tim Southee
    		7 0 18 9 1 3
    4 Trent Boult
    		9 0 24 18 1 4.5
    5 Tim Southee
    		15 0 30 33 1 6.6
    6 Trent Boult
    		5 0 36 38 1 6.33
    7 Daniel Vettori
    		3 0 42 41 1 5.85
    8 Trent Boult
    		4 0 48 45 1 5.62
    9 Matt Henry
    		4 0 54 49 1 5.44
    10 Trent Boult
    		7 0 60 56 1 5.6
    11 Matt Henry
    		2 0 66 58 1 5.27
    12 Trent Boult
    		1 0 72 59 1 4.91
    13 Matt Henry
    		4 1 78 63 2 4.84
    14 Trent Boult
    		5 0 84 68 2 4.85
    15 Matt Henry
    		1 0 90 69 2 4.6
    16 Tim Southee
    		5 0 96 74 2 4.62
    17 Matt Henry
    		2 0 102 76 2 4.47
    18 Tim Southee
    		7 0 108 83 2 4.61
    19 Matt Henry
    		12 0 114 95 2 5
    20 Daniel Vettori
    		3 0 120 98 2 4.9
    21 Matt Henry
    		2 0 126 100 2 4.76
    22 Daniel Vettori
    		3 0 132 103 2 4.68
    23 Matt Henry
    		9 0 138 112 2 4.86
    24 Corey Anderson
    		7 0 144 119 2 4.95
    25 Daniel Vettori
    		11 0 150 130 2 5.2
    26 Trent Boult
    		4 0 156 134 2 5.15
    27 Daniel Vettori
    		5 0 162 139 2 5.14
    28 Trent Boult
    		1 0 168 140 2 5
    29 Tim Southee
    		11 0 174 151 2 5.2
    30 Trent Boult
    		6 0 180 157 2 5.23
    31 Tim Southee
    		17 0 186 174 2 5.61
    32 Matt Henry
    		6 1 192 180 3 5.62
    33 Tim Southee
    		2 0 198 182 3 5.51
    34 Matt Henry
    		4 0 198 186 3 5.63
    4
    Sixes
    32
    Fours
    12
    Wickets
    463
    Sixes
    2170
    Fours
    676
    Wickets
    49
    Matches

    Player of the Match

    James Faulkner James Faulkner (AUS)
    Team M W T L PT NRR
    NZ 6 6 0 0 12 2.564
    AUS 6 4 0 1 9 2.257
    SL 6 4 0 2 8 0.371
    BAN 6 3 0 2 7 0.136
    ENG 6 2 0 4 4 -0.753
    AFG 6 1 0 5 2 -1.853
    SCOT 6 0 0 6 0 -2.218

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