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MELBOURNE: ’s players celebrate after winning the 2015 World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand. — AFP Australia win fifth World Cup

MELBOURNE: Michael Clarke hit 74 in his last removed for a duck in the second one-day international to lead Australia to World Cup Champions over, taking an easy return catch their fifth World Cup title with a seven- as the ball lobbed off the batsman’s bat and win over New Zealand in a disappointing final 1975 — West Indies pad. yesterday. Left-hander slammed seven A record crowd of 93,013 at the Melbourne 1979 — West Indies boundaries in his 45 off 46 balls, adding 61 for Cricket Ground saw power-packed Australia the second wicket with Smith. 1983 — India bowl out the Black Caps for 183 and then gal- But the pugnacious opener was unable to lop to victory in the 34th over. 1987 — Australia build on his fine start as he pulled seamer Clarke, who announced his retirement down Elliott’s throat at deep from the one-day format on the eve of the 1992 — Pakistan square-leg. Smith, who scored a in final, added 112 runs for the third wicket with the semi-final against India in last his likely successor , who returned 1996 — Thursday, continued his good form to help unbeaten on 56. Clarke take charge of the match. “I’m sure everybody standing on this stage 1999 — Australia Clarke was bowled by Henry when just will say we played this World Cup with 16 nine runs remained for victory and was given players,” said Clarke in reference to close 2003 — Australia a standing ovation by team-mates and fans as friend and former teammate Phillip Hughes he returned with his bat raised. who died in November last year after being 2007 — Australia Smith sealed victory by pulling Henry for a hit on the head by a in a first-class , sparking jubilant scenes in the match in Sydney. 2011 — India stands as Clarke and the rest of the team ran “This victory is dedicated to our little on to the field to embrace Smith. SCOREBOARD brother Phillip Hughes.” The emphatic win was 2015 — Australia Starc’s two in the innings took his set up by the left-arm fast trio of tally to 22, enabling him to emerge with Boult MELBOURNE: Scoreboard in the World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne , James Faulkner and Mitchell New Zealand lose their last seven wickets for as the joint highest wicket-takers in the tour- Cricket Ground yesterday: Johnson who shared eight wickets after the nament. 33 runs. New Zealand Johnson 9-0-30-3 (2w); Maxwell 7-0-37-1 (1w); Kiwis elected to bat on a good pitch. “We played some outstanding cricket in surpassed Sri Lankan Kumar M. Guptill b Maxwell 15 Faulkner 9-1-36-3; Watson 4-0-23-0 (2w). New Zealand messed up their maiden the tournament, but we ran into an outstand- Sangakkara’s 541 runs to become the tourna- B. McCullum b Starc 0 appearance in the title clash of cricket’s show- ing Australia team tonight who continue to ment’s leading run-getter when he reached K. Williamson c and b Johnson 12 Australia piece event, falling like nine pins against the set the way in world cricket. Michael Clarke 10, but he managed to add just five runs R. Taylor c Haddin b Faulkner 40 D. Warner c Elliott b Henry 45 hostile Australian bowling. deserves to bow out as world champion,” said more. G. Elliott c Haddin b Faulkner 83 A. Finch c and b Boult 0 Inspirational Brendon McCullum McCullum. The tall opener, who hit a World Cup record C. Anderson b Faulkner 0 S. Smith 56 fell off the fifth ball of the innings for a duck New Zealand crumbled after going into the score of 237 not out against the West Indies in L. Ronchi c Clarke b Starc 0 M. Clarke b Henry 74 and two other frontline batsmen, Corey final as the only unbeaten team in the 14- the quarter-finals, was bowled trying to cut D. Vettori b Johnson 9 S. Watson not out 2 T. Southee run out (Maxwell) 11 Extras (lb3, w6) 9 Anderson and , also failed to nation tournament, their eight wins including ’s second . score. Taylor and Elliott settled in to build a M. Henry c Starc b Johnson 0 Total (3 wkts, 33.1 overs) 186 a one-wicket success over Australia in a low T. Boult not out 0 Did not bat: G Maxwell, J Faulkner, B Haddin, M -born Grant Elliott top-scored scoring pool stage thriller. Australia’s previous strong and had taken the total to Extras (lb7, w6) 13 Johnson, M Starc, J Hazlewood with 83, sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 111 titles came in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007 with 150-3 when the powerplay began Total (all out, 45 overs) 183 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Finch), 2-63 (Warner), 3-175 with (40) after New Zealand had coach , a two-time World after the 35th over. Fall of wickets: 1-1 (McCullum), 2-33 (Guptill), 3-39 (Clarke) been reduced to 39 for three in the 13th over. Cup winner as a player, celebrating another Both sides fielded unchanged teams from (Williamson), 4-150 (Taylor), 5-150 (Anderson), 6- Bowling: Southee 8-3-65-0 (3w); Boult 10-0-40-1; The massive crowd, which broke the MCG success off the field. their semi-final wins where Australia beat 151 (Ronchi), 7-167 (Vettori), 8-171 (Elliott), 9-182 Vettori 5-0-25-0; Henry 9.1-0-46-2 (2w); Anderson record of 91,112 on the opening day of the New Zealand raised hopes of repeating India and New Zealand downed South Africa (Henry), 10-183 (Southee) 1-0-7-0 (1w). against England in 2013, saw their amazing win in the league when they in a penultimate-ball thriller. — AFP Bowling: Starc 8-0-20-2 (1w); Hazlewood 8-2-30-0; Result: Australia won by 7 wickets. MCG a sea of yellow, black for World Cup

MELBOURNE: One of the world’s greatest sport- will happen,” former Australian fast bowler Reid, has flown in from Wellington hoping to wicket-taker with 21 wickets, one more than ing cities was gripped by cricket fever yesterday Rodney Hogg was quoted as saying in the local watch New Zealand create cricketing history. Australia’s Mitchell Starc. Samantha Taylor, a tour as co-hosts Australia and New Zealand faced off media. “It cost us a few bucks to get here, but we operator from Melbourne, did not anticipate a in the World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Hogg was referring to the infamous incident were not going to miss a lifetime opportunity,” New Zealand win. “Hey, we are the big brothers Ground. at the MCG in 1981 when the then Australian said Walker, who works at a civil construction and deserve to win,” she said. “They can never All roads led to the iconic stadium where fans captain Greg Chappell ordered his younger company. beat Australia.” New Zealand will benefit from dressed in the respective team colours of yellow brother Trevor to bowl ‘underarm’ to prevent “The whole country is behind the team. Hope India’s semi-final defeat to Australia on Thursday and black lined up to be part of the sell-out New Zealand’s number 11 Brian McKechnie from they win, but even if they don’t, McCullum and since many of the cricket-mad nation’s support- crowd of more than 90,000. hitting a winning six off the last ball. the rest should be proud of themselves.” Mathew ers will back McCullum’s men. New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key will It created a diplomatic row between the two Dunn from Queenstown said he did not expect “We wanted to sell our tickets, but then lead thousands of his countrymen to cheer their neighbours with the then New Zealand Prime the ‘underarm’ incident to be repeated, but even decided to watch the match,” said London-based team in the nation’s first ever appearance in the Minister Robert Muldoon commenting that it if it was he will not fear the consequences. Praveen Patel, who had flown down on a tour final of cricket’s showpiece event. was fitting that Australia wore yellow. “We have won two games in this tournament package for the Sydney semi-final and the final. Politics will, however, take a backseat as the Australians will outnumber the Kiwis on with sixes (against Australia in the pool stages “And of course we want New Zealand to win. MELBOURNE: Former India batsman packed stands witness the blockbuster final Sunday, but the support for Brendon McCullum’s and South Africa in the semi-final), so I am sure Don’t you see so many Indians wearing black (left) presents the between the trans-Tasman rivals who have a his- Black Caps will be no less vociferous, creating an even a rolled ball will go out of the MCG,” he said. clothes in support of the Black Caps ?” The mer- Man of the Series award to Australia’s tory of tense sporting encounters across all electric atmosphere at the vast ground. “And if Australia need a six off the last ball, chandising outlet outside the MCG did brisk paceman Mitchell Starc after the 2015 codes. “It will be interesting if six runs are needed “Mate, we will shout the Aussies down,” said (Trent) Boult will rattle the stumps with a .” business selling Black Caps’ shirts, flags and final. — AFP off the last ball, that’s the scenario we all hope Glen Walker, who along with good friend Matt Left-armer Boult is the tournament’s leading caps. — AFP