After 45 days of fight between 14
teams, finally Australia Clinch their fifth World Cup title beating New Zealand
in the final in MCG. Australian Captain Michael Clarke retired from ODI cricket.
Match was completely in favor of Australia from beginning. New Zealand lost
their captain in the first over and lost top three in first 15 overs. Whole
team got out for 183 runs in 45 overs.
Australian Bowlers Mitchell Johnson
and James Faulkner took three wickets each and Starc took two important wickets.
Grant Elliott top scored for the black caps with 83 but New Zealand hopes of
winning the World Cup for the first time were dealt a savage blow when they
lost last seven wickets in just 33 runs. Australia reached their victory target
in 34th over for the loss of just three wickets. Clarke, playing his
last match made important 74 runs in just 72 balls.
Steven Smith is likely to be the
new Australian Captain. Martin Guptill from New Zealand remained as the top
scorer in the World Cup with 547 runs. Trent Boult and Starc shared most wicket
dismissal figures of 22 wickets. Brad Haddin was the most successful wicket
keepers in the World Cup with 16 dismissals. Chris Gayle hit 26 numbers of
sixes which are most by any player. Guptill hit 59 fours which are most in the
tournament by a single player.
James Faulkner won the man of the
match award for his brilliant bowling spell and Mitchell Starc won the man of
the Tournament Award for his 22 wickets. This was 400th world cup
game out of 3646 total ODI games played till now. Brad Haddin was the oldest
Australian batsman to play in the final at MCG in 2015. Seven number of New
Zealand players got out on ducks in two matches against Australia in 2015 World
Cup.
In 2011, both hosting nations
played final and the one hosting final won the cup. This same incident happened
this time too. Both hosting nation played final and one hosting final match won
the Tournament. Next world cup will held in England in 2019 from 30 May to 15
July and final will be played in Lords.
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