Australia win Cricket World Cup 2015 final against New Zealand - as it happened | Sport | The Guardian Australia win Cricket World Cup 2015 final against New Zealand - as it happened Mitchell Starc wins player of the tournament award James Faulkner named man of the match Updated Russell Jackson at the MCG and John Ashdown Sunday 29 March 2015 07.50 EDT First published on Saturday 28 March 2015 22.40 EDT 06:46 So that’s that. A decent tournament comes to an end – it’s not been a classic but it’s not been too bad. We had one competitive match out of seven in the knockout stages, which has been a bit of a disappointment but the group stages provided some great moments and the South Africa/New Zealand semi was a game for the ages. And the best team won. Thanks for your company and emails throughout the tournament. Stick around on site for all the reports and reaction. And we’ll see you in the West Indies in a couple of weeks!

Australia’s captain Michael Clarke is carried on the shoulders of team-mates David Warner, left, and Aaron Finch as they parade the Cricket World Cup trophy around the MCG. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Reuters Updated World Cup 2015 Final Highlights - Australia beat New Zealand to win ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - YouTube World Cup 2015 Final Highlights - Australia beat New Zealand to win ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 28, 2015 The day seemed perfectly set for Michael Clarke as he led Australia to its fifth cricket world cup win – first under his captaincy. He scored a 72-ball 74 in his last One-Day International match. In what eventually ended up being a one-sided contest, Australia had the better of their Trans Tasmanian rivals New Zealand.

Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets and Darren Lehmann became the first player to win the trophy – both as a player and a captain. (Watch the Cricket Highlights of Australia vs New Zealand, ICC World Cup Final here) Inspiration wasn’t too far for the New Zealand with a total of 183 runs on the board. Those were familiar numbers and at familiar stage. India had successfully defended that against the mighty West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final. Despite the Kiwis possessing a much stronger bowling attack than the Indians, the conditions have massively tilted in favour of batsmen over the last 32 years. They even started their defence on a positive note, dismissing opener Aaron Finch. Australia’s chase received an early jolt and they were reduced to two for one in the first over. Trent Boult and Tim Southee looked good with the new ball. David Warner and Steve Smith, took more calculated risks and put on 61 runs for the second wicket, before the southpaw was dismissed after top edging a pull shot.

But it was the moment for the skipper to come out, for the final time in One-Day Internationals (ODI), and shine in the biggest moment – much like how Mahendra Singh Dhoni did in the final of the previous edition of the World Cup to guide India to a win. Even as the target looked small, New Zealand bowlers were bowling well. Australia had already been at the receiving end of one brilliant spell by Trent Boult in the group stage match and they didn’t make the mistake of being complacent this time around. (Also Read: Luke Ronchi booed at MCG) Earlier in the day, Brendon McCullum won the toss and elected to bat. The Kiwi skipper had shown scant respect to the best of bowlers in this tournament, hitting the likes of James Anderson, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga and Dale Steyn out of the attack. He tried repeating that today, but a rampaging Mitchell Starc had the better of him. New Zealand were soon reduced to 39 for three by the 13th over. Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson’s scratchy innings were brought to an end by Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner respectively.

Man of the Match of the first semi final Grant Elliot joined Ross Taylor in the middle as the duo put on a century stand to rescue the Kiwis. The 111 run-stand helped them to 150 runs, a position from where a 250 plus total looked on cards. However, that happened to be the only decent partnership for the Kiwis. Their innings folded up within the next 33 runs. From 150 for three, there were bowled out for 183. James Faulkner got the ball to reverse, Johnson generated pace. Together, they had the New Zealand lower middle order in all sorts of trouble. They bagged three wickets each while five players in the Kiwi line-up failed to score a single run. Elliot was the star with the bat for them as he scored an 82-ball 83. He was applauded back to the pavilion by the crowd and the bowler, Faulkner, who got him out. However, the knock didn’t prove good enough to bring the world cup to Kiwiland for the first time.

Category India to beat Australia in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 semi-final, says fish - Cricket Country India to beat Australia in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 semi-final, says fish Chanakya II, as the fish is called, tipped India to win the semi-final showdown. | Updated : March 25, 2015 8:42 PM IST Chanakya II ‘predicting’ India as the winner of the semi-final. Photo Courtesy: ANI via Twitter India will defeat Australia in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 semi-final clash at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday, if the prediction of a fish is to be believed. The psychic fish, called Chanakya II, made the prediction a day before the two teams were to meet for the 11th time in a World Cup match. Asian News International (ANI) posted the news on their official Twitter account. Read: India vs Australia, ICC World Cup 2015 semi-final Preview Chennai: Fish Chanakya II predicts India’s win in tomorrow’s #IndVsAus Cricket World Cup semi finals 2015.

pic.twitter.com/xLiyycV2wB Sachin Tendulkar had earlier got his predictions of the semi-final correct. During the launch of his autobiography at an press event at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, the ‘Master Blaster’ had predicted India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand to make it to the semi-finals, which turned out to be the precise case in the final-four stage of the ongoing mega-event. Read: Sachin Tendulkar correctly predicts ICC World Cup 2015 semi-final lineup India and Australia clash in a high-voltage encounter, with a victory/wash-out/tie resulting in India qualifying for their second consecutive ICC Cricket World Cup final. Though the two sides are equally matched as far as form and skill is concerned, Australia will have the psychological edge over India of having defeated the Men in Blue seven times in the 10 World Cup matches they have played so far. They will however, be wary of the tremendous form that the Indian bowlers are in at the moment.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage First Published on March 25, 2015 8:42 PM IST Last updated on March 25, 2015 8:42 PM IST TOPICS: 18 Jan, 2017 15:30 IST Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 18 Jan, 2017 20:30 IST Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 19 Jan, 2017 08:50 IST | 03:20 GMT W.A.C.A.

Ground, Perth 19 Jan, 2017 13:30 IST | 08:00 GMT Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 19 Jan, 2017 20:30 IST | 15:00 GMT Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 20 Jan, 2017 03:30 IST | 22:00 GMT Hagley Oval, Christchurch 20 Jan, 2017 11:30 IST | 06:00 GMT Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Australia beat New Zealand to win ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - India.com > ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Australia beat New Zealand to win ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Australia had the better of their Trans Tasmanian rivals New Zealand. Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets. By Aayush Puthran | Updated: March 29, 2015 4:48 PM IST Comments The day seemed perfectly set for Michael Clarke as he led Australia to its fifth cricket world cup win – first under his captaincy.

He scored a 72-ball 74 in his last One-Day International match. In what eventually ended up being a one-sided contest, Australia had the better of their Trans Tasmanian rivals New Zealand. Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets and Darren Lehmann became the first player to win the trophy – both as a player and a captain. (Watch the Cricket Highlights of Australia vs New Zealand, ICC World Cup Final here) Inspiration wasn’t too far for the New Zealand with a total of 183 runs on the board . Those were familiar numbers and at familiar stage. India had successfully defended that against the mighty West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final. Despite the Kiwis possessing a much stronger bowling attack than the Indians, the conditions have massively tilted in favour of batsmen over the last 32 years. They even started their defence on a positive note, dismissing opener Aaron Finch. Australia’s chase received an early jolt and they were reduced to two for one in the first over. Trent Boult and Tim Southee looked good with the new ball.

David Warner and Steve Smith, took more calculated risks and put on 61 runs for the second wicket, before the southpaw was dismissed after top edging a pull shot. But it was the moment for the skipper to come out, for the final time in One-Day Internationals (ODI), and shine in the biggest moment – much like how Mahendra Singh Dhoni did in the final of the previous edition of the World Cup to guide India to a win. Even as the target looked small, New Zealand bowlers were bowling well. Australia had already been at the receiving end of one brilliant spell by Trent Boult in the group stage match and they didn’t make the mistake of being complacent this time around. (Also Read: Luke Ronchi booed at MCG ) Earlier in the day, Brendon McCullum won the toss and elected to bat. The Kiwi skipper had shown scant respect to the best of bowlers in this tournament, hitting the likes of James Anderson, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga and Dale Steyn out of the attack. He tried repeating that today, but a rampaging Mitchell Starc had the better of him.

New Zealand were soon reduced to 39 for three by the 13th over. Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson’s scratchy innings were brought to an end by Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner respectively. Man of the Match of the first semi final Grant Elliot joined Ross Taylor in the middle as the duo put on a century stand to rescue the Kiwis. The 111 run-stand helped them to 150 runs, a position from where a 250 plus total looked on cards. However, that happened to be the only decent partnership for the Kiwis. Their innings folded up within the next 33 runs. From 150 for three, there were bowled out for 183. James Faulkner got the ball to reverse, Johnson generated pace. Together, they had the New Zealand lower middle order in all sorts of trouble. They bagged three wickets each while five players in the Kiwi line-up failed to score a single run. Elliot was the star with the bat for them as he scored an 82-ball 83. He was applauded back to the pavilion by the crowd and the bowler, Faulkner, who got him out.

However, the knock didn’t prove good enough to bring the world cup to Kiwiland for the first time. Published Date: March 29, 2015 3:37 PM IST | Updated Date: March 29, 2015 4:48 PM IST Cricket World Cup final: Australia eases to seven-wicket victory over New Zealand for fifth World Cup win - Cricket World Cup 2015 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Cricket World Cup final: Australia eases to seven-wicket victory over New Zealand for fifth World Cup win By Jon Healy Updated April 01, 2015 13:23:23 The match was wrapped up in the 34th over after a brilliant innings by retiring skipper Michael Clarke (74), ably supported by Steve Smith (56 not out), saw Australia easily chase down New Zealand's modest total of 183. "I'm over the moon. What a tournament!" Clarke said.

Sorry, this video has expired Video: Australia wins World Cup after convincingly beating Black Caps (ABC News) "I think firstly obviously to Brendon [McCullum] and the New Zealand team, they deserve a lot of credit. They're always a tough team to beat. "In any sporting event Australia v New Zealand is always an exciting contest. Tonight was no different. Congratulations to him and his team on a wonderful tournament." In a tournament littered with explosive scoring and monstrous totals, Australia's match-winning effort was relatively low-key but by no means unimpressive. And the partisan MCG crowd had the thanks of their hero. Look back at how the Cricket World Cup final unfolded in Grandstand's live blog. "To the Australian fans, to all the fans of the game of the cricket I think it's been an amazing turn out for this tournament," Clarke said. "For the support we've had through the tournament, thanks to every Australian and every cricket supporter out there. "Most importantly, to that amazing team including support staff that stands over there. I couldn't have asked for anything more, the support I've received since coming back to the team. "The way they've stood up and played.

They deserve to stand here to night and hold that trophy up." Calm and collected chase sees Australia home Photo: Flawless form ... Steve Smith hit the winning runs after notching his fifth consecutive half-century. (Getty Images: Quinn Rooney) The run chase started inauspiciously when Aaron Finch (0) barely made it through the first over from Tim Southee (0 for 65) before popping an easy return catch to Trent Boult in the second to give the Black Caps the early breakthrough they desperately needed. David Warner (45) apparently saw that as an invitation to attack as he, with a little help from Smith, belted 29 runs off the next three overs. Warner was typically aggressive and, despite surviving a number of chances, looked set for a half-century before holing out to Grant Elliott at deep mid-wicket with a hideous hook shot in the 13th over. Photo: Respect ... Michael Clarke (right) received a nice send-off from New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum.

(AFP: William West) That saw Clarke join heir-apparent Smith at the crease for his final ODI innings, and he was welcomed by a roaring reception from the crowd of 93,013 people at the MCG, a record for a single day of cricket in Australia. With the run rate not a concern, Clarke was watchful early before freeing his arms through the middle overs as New Zealand's bowlers grew increasingly frustrated. Unfortunately, there were not enough runs required for Clarke to bow out with a ton in his final 50-over game, but the 33-year-old brought up his half-century off 56 balls with five fours and even a six off the bowling of the usually stingy Daniel Vettori (0 for 25). He eventually fell when he chopped on from Matt Henry (2 for 46). And, in a 'passing of the baton' moment, it was Smith who hit the winning runs three overs later after yet another effortless half-century - passing 50 for the fifth consecutive time. "I just wish [Clarke] was with me at the end there," Smith said.

"I kept saying 'Pup, stay with me stay with me'." Aussie bowlers set up simple chase Earlier, Australia's bowlers ripped through the Black Caps' batsmen thanks to three wickets each from Mitchell Johnson (3 for 30) and James Faulkner (3 for 36). "It's an amazing feeling," Faulkner said after the game. "To play in front of 93,000 fans here at MCG, win a World Cup, it's amazing. What a performance today. "It's been an amazing couple of years in the Australian one-day outfit. We brought our 'A' game today." Australia looked a class above from the opening over when player of the tournament Mitchell Starc (2 for 20) sent dangerman Brendon McCullum's bails flying with just the third ball of the day. To play in front of 93,000 fans here at MCG, win a World Cup, it's amazing ... We brought our 'A' game today.

James Faulkner Martin Guptill (15) looked to rebuild the innings before he managed to play inside the line of a Glenn Maxwell (1 for 37) delivery in the 12th over after putting on just 32 runs alongside the out-of-form Kane Williamson (12). Williamson joined Guptill in the dressing room one over later when he tamely chipped a ball straight back into Johnson's hands. It was then left to Ross Taylor (40) and semi-final hero Elliott (83) to attempt more reparations. They performed more impressively than their predecessors and scored 111 runs before man of the match Faulkner got in on the action. Taylor fell chasing a wide slower ball that found his outside edge and was snaffled brilliantly by a spread-eagled Brad Haddin. The Black Caps' woes deepened when Faulkner bowled Corey Anderson for a duck two balls later. External Link: Audio: Cricket World Cup final Luke Ronchi joined in the duck parade in the next over, edging Starc to Clarke at first slip.

Johnson farewelled departing veteran Vettori, who played all around the left armer's yorker, the ball cannoning into his leg stump. As his partners disappeared, Elliott was caught behind chasing quick runs off Faulkner, before Matt Henry became the fourth duck of the innings, spearing the ball straight to Starc at point off Johnson. The last wicket fell in ignominious fashion as Maxwell ran out Southee (11) at the non-striker's end after the number nine jammed his bat into the ground an inch short of his crease. India vs Australia, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Semi-Final 2 at Sydney: The game that matters - Cricket Country › Series › ICC World Cup 2015 › Articles India vs Australia, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Semi-Final 2 at Sydney: The game that matters India's winless record against Australia in the tour so far will not matter if they can win the big game.

By Pramod Ananth | Updated : March 25, 2015 11:03 PM IST India are yet to beat Australia in any format in the tour of Australia so far © Getty Images Australia dominated India in the tri-series ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 . Australia won all their games against India in that series and also decimated India in the Test series preceding it. As the two sides gear up for the semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Pramod Ananth feels that the past will not matter and it is the performance on the given day that will eventually decide the fate of both teams. India and Australia are no strangers to each other. They have been playing each other since December 2014 and are well-versed in each other’s strengths and weaknesses. The tri-series was just another tournament, but the same cannot be said about the World Cup. A lot more is at stake at the mega event and Australia cannot take their opponents lightly on the pretext of ruling over them in the earlier games. Read: India vs Australia, ICC World Cup 2015 semi-final Preview Things have changed since then.

India have been nothing short of dominant in this World Cup, while it is Australia who have been a touch scratchy in their games. India’s bowlers were a major concern coming into the tournament, but it is the same bowlers who have bowled the opposition out in all the matches. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma did not get India off to a good start in any of the tri-series games, but now have three centuries between them and have got India to a steady start in all games, barring a game or two. Read: Five reasons why India will beat Australia in ICC World Cup 2015 semi-final India’s middle-order too has clicked with the likes of Virat Kohli , Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, and MS Dhoni getting runs for India when it was most required. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin too has troubled the batsmen with his clever variations. The fast bowling trio of Mohammed Shami , Umesh Yadav, and Mohit Sharma have 42 wickets them, which constitute more than 50 percent of the total wickets picked by the team.

Read: Five reasons why Australia will beat India in ICC World Cup 2015 semi-final Unlike India, Australia have lost a game in the World Cup , against New Zealand at Auckland. The match went right down to the wire, with the Kiwis hanging on to a one-wicket win. Australia have been more or less dominant otherwise. Glenn Maxwell is Australia’s leading run-scorer with 302 runs that includes a century — his first — which came against Sri Lanka at SCG. Aaron Finch and David Warner are the only other players to score a century in the World Cup. If the tri-series was a tournament where Mitchell Starc was emerging out of the shadows of Mitchell Johnson , Starc’s performances in the World Cup have proved that he is the far more potent threat, with 18 wickets at an average of 9.77 — numbers which are nothing short of staggering. Josh Hazlewood too has chipped in with crucial wickets and has proved to be an integral cog in the Australian bowling set-up.

Read: Presence of Swami Army at Sydney for semi-final will give India a chance James Faulkner had starred against India in their 2013 tour and in the tri-series, but he suffered an injury just ahead of the World Cup and he has not been at his best since. Skipper Michael Clarke did not take part in the tri-series due to a hamstring injury and is due for some big runs. He has not spent as much time as he would have wanted at the crease. Read: India vs Australia, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Key Clashes Australia have already started playing mind games, constantly reminding India of the losses they suffered against them ahead of the World Cup. India-Australia encounters have had heated on-field arguments in the past. Johnson said a while ago that sledging is just part of the game and after what happened between Shane Watson and Wahab Riaz in the previous game he will not hold back in giving a mouthful to the Indian players, if required. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: SCHEDULE & MATCH DETAILS “Someone’s got to do it and I think I might put my hand up.

It’s part of the game and what happened the other day with Shane Watson and Wahab Riaz I thought was exceptional, the way they played the game,” Johnson said, according to PTI. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage The winner of the match will take on New Zealand in the final at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Australia could be over-confident considering their superior record over India in the recent encounters, but India are an energetic side, oozing with confidence at the moment. Both teams being just one step away from the final of the mega event, the team that keeps their nerves will eventually come out on top. Ask New Zealand or South Africa , for that matter; they will tell you about it! ( Pramod Ananth is a reporter at CricketCountry. He has represented Karnataka table tennis under-15, and is a hardcore supporter of Liverpool FC.

His Twitter handle is @pramz) First Published on March 25, 2015 8:02 PM IST Last updated on March 25, 2015 11:03 PM IST TOPICS: 18 Jan, 2017 15:30 IST Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 18 Jan, 2017 20:30 IST Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 19 Jan, 2017 08:50 IST | 03:20 GMT W.A.C.A.

Ground, Perth 19 Jan, 2017 13:30 IST | 08:00 GMT Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 19 Jan, 2017 20:30 IST | 15:00 GMT Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 20 Jan, 2017 03:30 IST | 22:00 GMT Hagley Oval, Christchurch 20 Jan, 2017 11:30 IST | 06:00 GMT Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Australia v India – World Cup rivalry | Cricket World Cup News 25 March 201515:09 By Sidhanta Patnaik Australia v India – World Cup rivalry Australia has won seven of the ten World Cup matches it has played against India, but the Asian side came out ahead most recently in 2011 Share this article: The rivalry Australia and India met for the first time in a One-Day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1980, when the visiting team prevailed by 66 runs.

Since then, both teams have produced some high quality cricket that has led to many fascinating duels. Australia has had the upper hand against India , having won 67 of the 117 matches between them. It also has a better track record in ICC Cricket World Cup encounters, having won seven of the ten games the two teams have played between 1983 and 2011. India, though, won the last time the two teams met – in the 2011 quarter-final. Kapil Dev, Steve Waugh, Dean Jones, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchirst, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli , George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell have been some of the key players to have added an edge to the contests, but the collective team effort of the Australians has meant that it has had the advantage in the 35 years of rivalry.

Match 1: Australia v India at Trent Bridge in Nottingham in World Cup 1983 On his World Cup debut, Trevor Chappell’s 110 – his highest score in international cricket – outdid Kapil Dev’s best returns in an ODI. Kapil became the first Indian to take five wickets in an ODI, but that did not come in the way of Australia’s 162-run win. Having won the toss, Australia lost Kepler Wessels early, but the second-wicket partnership of 144 runs between Chappell and Kim Hughes set the tone for Australia’s final total of 320 for 9 in 60 overs. After Madan Lal bowled Hughes for 52 and Mohinder Amarnath sent Chappell back, Graham Yallop remained unbeaten on 66 and ensured that the solid platform was made good use of.

Chasing 321, India was bowled out for 158 in 37.5 overs, as Ken MacLeay, the right-arm seamer, finished with career-best figures of 6 for 39, while Tom Hogan dismissed Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Kapil – India’s top two scorers in the innings. Match 2: Australia v India at County Ground, Chelmsford in World Cup 1983 In the virtual quarter-final, India chose to bat first and produced a comprehensive all-round performance to win by 118 runs. Yashpal Sharma made 40, Sandeep Patil chipped in with 30 and Kapil Dev contributed 28, as India made 247 before being bowled out in 55.5 overs. That India could not play 25 deliveries in its innings was largely because of Rodney Hogg and Jeff Thompson, who picked up three wickets each. On the field, the seam bowling pair of Madan Lal and Roger Binny led India. The two reaped four wickets each as Australia was bowled out for 129 in 38.2 overs.

Australia was reduced from 46 for 1 to 78 for 7 at one stage before Allan Border, who top-scored with 36, added 51 runs for the last two wickets. Match 3: India v Australia at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai in World Cup 1987 In the first of the many thrilling World Cup encounters between the two teams, Australia held its nerve to beat India by one run. India needed six runs in the final over with one wicket in hand, but Steve Waugh bowled Maninder Singh with the penultimate ball of the match. That the target was 271 and not 269 was because one of Dean Jones’s two sixes, which was initially signalled a boundary, was later changed to a six in the innings break after Kapil Dev, India’s captain, concurred with Australia’s claim. Australia’s base was built by Geoff Marsh’s 110 , and his partnerships of 110 and 64 with David Boon and Jones for the first and second wicket respectively.

India’s chase got off to a solid start as Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Navjot Singh Sidhu made 70 and 73 respectively. But, once Sidhu was the third wicket to fall on 207, Craig McDermott picked up four scalps as India was bowled out for 269 in 49.5 overs. Match 4: India v Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi in World Cup 1987 India’s convincing 56-run win helped it to top the group and book a semi-final encounter at home. Put into bat, India recorded four half-centuries to post 289 for 6, and then bowled Australia out for 233 in 49 overs. India got off to a solid start as Sunil Gavaskar (61) and Krishnamachari Srikkanth put on 50 runs within the first ten overs. And, after Srikkanth became the first of three Craig McDermott wickets, Gavaskar added 75 runs for the second wicket with Navjot Singh Sidhu (51).

The duo was complemented well by Dilip Vengsarkar (63) and Mohammad Azharuddin, who made an unbeaten 45-ball 54 – his third consecutive fifty in the tournament. Though David Boon made 62 and Steve Waugh added 42, none of the other Australian batsmen could get going against Maninder Singh, who took three wickets, and Azharuddin, who finished with career-best figures of 3 for 19. Match 5: Australia v India at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in World Cup 1992 In a rain-affected game, Australia did well to dismiss India for 234 and win by one run. India needed 13 runs in the final over bowled by Tom Moody with three wickets in hand. The equation came down to four runs off the last delivery with just a wicket in hand. Javagal Srinath swung, but Steve Waugh fielded the ball inside the boundary and threw it to David Boon, the stand-in wicketkeeper, who beat Venkatapathy Raju while the batsmen were going for the third run to tie the contest.

The game started with Australia riding on Dean Jones’s 90 to post 237 for 9, and India had reached 45 for 2 in 16.2 overs when bad weather halted proceedings for 15 minutes. After the break, India’s target was revised to 236 in 47 overs. That India got so close to the target was largely because of Mohammad Azharuddin’s captain’s knock of 93 and a brisk 47 from Sanjay Manjrekar. Match 6: India v Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in World Cup 1996 Mark Waugh’s classy 126 and Damien Fleming’s career-best figures of 5 for 36 overshadowed Sachin Tendulkar’s attacking 90, as Australia beat India by 16 runs. Having decided to bat first, Waugh and Mark Taylor put on an opening stand of 103 runs before Venkatapathy Raju sent Taylor back for 59.

India pulled back things through Venkatesh Prasad and Raju, and some good fielding to bowl Australia out for 258 off the last ball of the 50th over. India was reduced to 7 for 2 in its chase, but Tendulkar was in a belligerent mood. That by the time Mohammad Azharuddin was out at the team score of 70 and his contribution was only ten spoke for the kind of form Tendulkar was in. But, Waugh got Tendulkar stumped off a wide ball, and India found the going tough after that. Fleming returned to pick up the last wicket of Anil Kumble as India was bowled out for 242 in 48 overs. Match 7: Australia v India at the Kennington Oval in London in ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 India, deciding to field first, used as many as seven bowlers but could not stop Australia from notching up 282 for 6. In the second half of the game, Glenn McGrath’s incisive bowling gave Australia, the eventual champions, a massive 77-run win.

Australia’s batting was front-ended by Mark Waugh’s 83, and his stands of 97 and 60 runs with Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting for the first and second wicket respectively. After Waugh and Ponting fell in a space of one run, Steve Waugh and Darren Lehmann put on 60 runs to keep the momentum with Australia. McGrath drove India further away from the game with three early wickets as India was reduced to 17 for 4 in the first 6.2 overs of the chase. Though Ajay Jadeja remained unbeaten on 100 and Robin Singh made 75, India could never make a comeback from the initial collapse, and was dismissed for 205 in 48.2 overs. Match 8: Australia v India at the SuperSport Park in Centurion in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 In India’s second game of the tournament, it was found wanting against the pace pair of Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie.

Having chosen to bat first, India was bowled out for 125 in 41.4 overs before Australia chased down the target for the loss of one wicket in 22.2 overs. Lee was the first to strike when he had Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag caught behind in subsequent overs. None of the top six batsmen except for Sachin Tendulkar, who made 36, reached double-digit scores. Lee finished with figures of 3 for 36, while Gillespie, who trapped Tendulkar in front of the wicket, was sensational with returns of 3 for 13 in 10 overs. In the chase, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden put on 100 runs for the opening wicket before Anil Kumble had Gilchrist stumped for 48. Hayden was unbeaten on 45, while Ricky Ponting was on 24 when the victory was achieved.

Match 9: Australia v India at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Ricky Ponting’s superlative 140 and his unconquered 234-run stand for the third wicket with Damien Martyn set up Australia’s 125-run win and its second World Cup title in as many editions. Put in to bat, Australia started off with a 105-run opening-wicket stand between Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, before Harbhajan Singh removed the duo in the space of 20 runs. But that was to be India’s last success as Ponting, over the course of 121 balls, recorded one of the best innings in World Cup finals. And, he was supported well by Martyn, who made 88 not out in 84 balls. Though India used eight bowlers, it could not stop Australia from posting 359 for 2 – the highest score in World Cup finals. Glenn McGrath then removed Sachin Tendulkar in the first over of India’s chase, and things unravelled after that pretty fast.

Virender Sehwag’s 82 and rain delayed the inevitable before India was bowled out for 234 in 39.2 overs. Match 10: India v Australia at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera in Ahmedabad in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Yuvraj Singh’s all-round performance helped India beat Australia in a World Cup encounter for the first time since 1987 and qualify for the semi-final. Having chosen to bat first, Australia started off well through Brad Haddin ’s 53. After Yuvraj sent Haddin back in the 23rd over, Ricky Ponting took over. Though India kept picking up wickets at regular intervals, Ponting’s 55-run stand for the sixth wicket with David Hussey ensured that Australia reached 260 for 6. India lost Virender Sehwag in the ninth over of its chase, but Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir added 50 runs at a brisk pace to keep the innings on track.

Tendulkar made 53, and Gambhir (50) was the fourth wicket to fall when the score was 168 in the 34th over. Not long after Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught at point off Brett Lee, India was left needing 74 runs in the last 12 overs. In what looked like a tense chase, Yuvraj, in the company of Suresh Raina , ensured that the job was done with five wickets in hand and 15 balls to spare. What to Expect in #cwc2015 Though Australia had the better of India during the recent triangular series, both the teams have been in terrific form in the 2015 ICC World Cup . While India have bowled out opponents in all its seven matches to remain unbeaten in the competition so far, Australia beat England by 111 runs in the tournament opener to set the ball rolling. Australia lost to New Zealand by one wicket , but that apart its bowlers led by Mitchell Starc , the highest wicket-taker in the World Cup, have ensured that the team has had a smooth run into the semi-finals.

The two teams meet each other in the second semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday (March 26), and though it could be easily billed as a contest between Australia’s bowling and India’s batting, the contest could well come down to who handles the big occasion better in a knockout game. Share this article: Cricket World Cup: Australia beat India by 95 runs to reach final – as it happened | Sport | The Guardian Cricket World Cup: Australia beat India by 95 runs to reach final – as it happened Geoff Lemon at the SCG and John Ashdown Thursday 26 March 2015 07.41 EDT First published on Wednesday 25 March 2015 22.45 EDT 07:41 Right, that’s it from me. Thanks for your company, your tweets and your emails. Stick around on site for all the reports and reaction from the SCG. And join us again for the final from Melbourne on Sunday. But for now, cheerio. And here’s Michael Clarke: “I was really proud of the execution under pressure from our bowlers.” “We’re playing some really good cricket at the moment.

Losing to New Zealand gave us a kick up the backside.” “We have to play our best to beat these great teams and New Zealand will be no different.” 07:36 Here’s MS Dhoni, who has no plans to retire just yet: “Overall Australia played very good cricket. Over 300 is a difficult score to chase. I felt the fast bowlers could’ve done slightly better.” “We got to a good start. Shikhar’s dismissal was on the softer side. But there is pressure when you’re chasing 320.” “I’m 33. I’m still running, I’m still fit. I’ll decide after the World T20 next year whether I can carry on to the 2019 World Cup.” 07:27 Here’s the man of the match, Steve Smith: “We thought 330 was around par, we knew we had to bowl and field well and the boys did a great job. Bring on Melbourne. It’s going to be one helluva day.” 07:23 Australia win by 95 runs Pretty comprehensive really.

India had their moments, but the final flurry from Johnson and Faulkner with the bat just took the target too high. The chase started well but the loss of Dhawan and Kohli in quick succession meant India were always struggled to stay up with the required rate. So, it’s a New Zealand v Australia final. 07:21 WICKET! Yadav b Starc 0 (India all out 233) Starc catches Yadav in the chin with a short ball. The bowle, Michael Clarke and David Warner are quickly over to him to check that he’s OK. Good to see. A couple of balls later it’s all over, Starc clean bowling the No11 to put India out of their misery. Updated 07:16 WICKET! M Sharma b Faulkner 0 (India 232-9) Mohit Sharma goes first ball to Faulkner, who is on a hat-trick. Not that anyone in the UK saw that live, as the TV broadcasters were showing an advert for Russell Crowe’s latest film. 07:13 WICKET!

Ashwin b Faulkner 5 (India 232-8) The SCG begins to empty as India’s fans give up the ghost. Faulkner sends down three dots at Ashwin, then the fourth beats the bat and clatters into the stumps. He knows that India’s goose is cooked. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters That goose is now well and truly burnt as Ravichandran Ashwin is bolwed by James Faulkner. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Updated 07:09 WICKET! Dhoni run out (Maxwell) 64 (India 231-7) That’s that! Sensational fielding from Maxwell who has one stump to aim at from midwicket … and strikes it. Dhoni’s gone and so have India’s gossamer-thin chances. MS Dhoni of India is run out by Glenn Maxwell. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Maxwell celebrates all but cementing Australia’s place in the final.

Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Updated 07:05 44th over: India 228-6 (Dhoni 63, Ashwin 3) 101 required from 36 balls Johnson pegs Dhoni back with the first, and he’s only able to clip a single to leg from the second. Ashwin pierces the off-side field, but again it’s only a single. The fourth is another accurate delivery, and again Dhoni can only squeeze the ball out for a single. Yep, a single from the fifth. And the last … ANOTHER SINGLE. All played in orthodox, passive fashion. It was a good over from Johnson, but that good? 07:01 43rd over: India 223-6 (Dhoni 60, Ashwin 1) 106 required from 42 balls SIX! Dhoni brings up his half-century by advancing down the ground and crashing Watson over the covers. SIX! And he follows it up with another, this one straight down the ground. He swats a full toss away for a single from the third. Ashwin plays-and-misses at the fourth.

He lofts the fifth down to third man that puts the captain back on strike … but Dhoni can only dig out a single. Updated 06:56 42nd over: India 208-6 (Dhoni 47, Ashwin 0) 121 required from 48 balls There’s been very little in the way of panicked slog from Dhoni, which you can read either as a sign of the ice in his veins or as a strange misjudgment, depending on your point of view. That wicket surely finishes this contest (if it wasn’t already over). Updated 06:55 WICKET! Jadeja run out (Smith) 14 (India 208-6) Steve Smith is having the game of his his life. He’s scored a 100, heard a nick that owls would’ve struggled to pick up, and now he’s run out Jadeja with a direct hit from backward point. India’s Ravindra Jadeja is run out for 16 runs. Photograph: Rob Griffith/AP Dead-eye Steve Smith celebrates with team-mates.

Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Updated 06:48 41st over: India 204-5 (Dhoni 45, Jadeja 14) Into the final 10 overs: 132 required. Dhoni helicopters Hazelwood into the Sydney night sky. Clarke makes the ground … but shells the catch. He was running at full tilt in fairness, but it was very catchable. You’ve (really not) just dropped the World Cup. Hazlewood drops a touch short and wide to Jadeja, who late cuts for four. Eight from the over. 06:45 40th over: India 196-5 (Dhoni 42, Jadeja 9) A great stat: Dhoni has been not out 40 times in India ODI run chases – of those they have won 38 and tied one. Again they just deal in singles here as Faulkner continues. Four from the over. “An onwards India nudge and nurdle, towards the England dressing-room of Thirteen-An-Over,” suggests Steve Anthony.

06:41 39th over: India 192-5 (Dhoni 40, Jadeja 7) Dhoni skitters for two from the first ball of Starc’s latest over, then bunts a single into the off side. Ones and twos won’t be enough here, though. And, as type that, Starc sends a full one down the leg side and Jadeja flicks economically to fine leg for four. 06:37 38th over: India 183-5 (Dhoni 38, Jadeja 3) Faulkner restricts the batsmen to a couple of singles from his first three balls. And a couple of singles from the final three balls. “Oh, can I do one?” writes David Griffiths.

“The required run rate has just entered the fizzing outer reaches of the cockroach-infested post-nuclear-accident urban barnacle of Twelve-An-Over.” 06:33 37th over: India 179-5 (Dhoni 36, Jadeja 1) Maxwell and Smith were the pair on the off side that suggested the review for Rahane’s wicket. Very well played. And very well played Mitchell Starc – another superb over, just two from it. His figures read: 6-0-17-1. Updated 06:29 WICKET! Rahane c Haddin b Starc (India 178-5) Mitchell Starc, with five overs still to bowl, charges in again. Rahane gropes rather blindly at one outside off. There’s a strange delay as everyone looks at each other, then very quietly we get a review from Australia. There was no appeal from the bowler, no appeal from the keeper, but someone out there has played a blinder for Australia. Snicko shows a tell-tale spike and Rahane has to walk.

India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right, reacts after fellow batsman Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images Updated 06:26 36th over: India 177-4 (Dhoni 35, Rahane 44) Faulkner rumbles in to send down the first over of the batting powerplay. A play-and-a-miss from Dhoni and a play-and-a-miss from Rahane sandwiches a couple of singles. From the fifth ball, Dhoni finds the gap backward of point for four, and there’s a single from the last. Seven from the over. The required run-rate has left the plague-ridden hamlet of Ten-An-Over and is just entering the outskirts of the abandoned funfair of Eleven-An-Over. 06:22 35th over: India 170-4 (Dhoni 29, Rahane 43) Johnson once more. It’s good stuff from the left-armer, denying the batsmen room.

The batsmen take three singles off the first five balls, then From the last Rahane cuts loose with a flail over point … but Starc makes a decent stop on the rope and they can pick up only two. 06:16 34th over: India 165-4 (Dhoni 27, Rahane 40) Another 172 runs required off the final 17 overs. Not impossible. Very unlikely, but not impossible. Rahane skips down the track to Watson and lofts him down the ground for four, then can’t get the ball away for a couple before guiding to third man for two more. A big flailing pull drops well short of Hazlewood at deep backward square and they run a single, so Dhoni has one ball of the over to face … and it’s another single. 06:10 33rd over: India 157-4 (Dhoni 26, Rahane 33) Tick, tock, tick, tock. Time is running out for India here – the required run-rate has arrived wheezing and spluttering in the plague-ridden hamlet of Ten-An-Over.

Johnson returns and finds Rahane’s edge but the ball flies just wide of Michael Clarke’s dive at slip. The ball runs away for a boundary Rahane’s first, but he’s gobbling up deliveries like a microbe gobbling up prawns* on a two-day old seafood pizza. *Please note: I am not a microbiologist. 06:04 32nd over: India 150-4 (Dhoni 25, Rahane 28) Dot, dot, dot, dot. Rahane is piling the pressure on his team here as he struggles to get Watson away. He does get the fifth away uppishly towards cow corner for a single. Dhoni adds a single off the last. Stat! “I have bad news for India supporters,” writes Brendan Jones. I ‘looked at the data’ and India’s best score-doubling effort in this World Cup so far was against Bangladesh in the quarters, where they doubled their score after 33 overs and five balls - moving from 151-3 to 302-6.

The half-way score required here is 165, they are four wickets down, and we are there or thereabouts overs-wise.” Updated 06:00 31st over: India 148-4 (Dhoni 24, Rahane 27) OOF! Dhoni tees off against Hazlewood, skipping down the track and crashing the ball to the rope at long on. He follows that up with a gentle cut away for a single. Rahane can’t get him away for a couple, but then taps him to leg for another single. And from the last there’s too much width – Dhoni sends a top edge down to third man for his second boundary of the over. Ten from it. A birds eye view of the action. Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Getty Images Updated 05:56 30th over: India 138-4 (Dhoni 15, Rahane 26) Shane Watson gets the chance to turn his arm over for the first time. Dhoni continues to keep his powder dry. Five from the over.

The required run-rate leaves the desolate windswept industrial town of Nine-An-Over and heads off in search of the plague-ridden hamlet of Ten-An-Over. 29th over: India 133-4 (Dhoni 14, Rahane 23) Hazlewood returns and Dhoni skews one high but short of third man. Again the bowler finds that nagging line-and-length that is so difficult to hit. Just three from the over. Geoff Lemon Sport (@GeoffLemonSport) Can't fathom this approach by India. Sure, the bowling's good. But to need 9 an over and be prodding dots and singles? #CWC15 05:48 28th over: India 130-4 (Dhoni 11, Rahane 23) Maxwell (4-0-13-0) enters his fifth over as this pair continue their rebuilding work. More nudging and nurdling. The required rate has left the quiet riverside village of Eight-An-Over behind and arrived in the desolate windswept industrial town of Nine-An-Over.

05:45 27th over: India 125-4 (Dhoni 7, Rahane 22) Dhoni is a yard short of holing out at deep square leg, but Warner can’t quite make the ground. Otherwise India stick to quiet accumulation. Also in the YouTube round-up is this cracking camera phone footage of the final ball of the other semi-final … 05:43 26th over: India 121-4 (Dhoni 5, Rahane 20) Maxwell continues. And this time India are able to get some proper milking done – six singles worked all around the wicket. 05:35 24th over: India 110-4 (Dhoni 1, Rahane 13) So MS Dhoni. If he can lead India to victory from here it would go down as his crowning achievement. He’s off the mark straight away as Maxwell continues to twirl, but things are looking pretty bleak for India. 23rd over: India 108-4 (Dhoni 0, Rahane 12) And that’s over.

In other news, somebody has mentioned microbes. I’m not eating the pizza. 05:33 WICKET! Raina c Haddin b Faulkner 7 (India 108-4) James Faulkner returns in far more felicitous circumstances than his earlier spell. He disappears to the boundary once more, with Raina belting him sweetly down to cow corner for four. From the next, though, he’s gone. A nothing shot outside off to a ball that just holds its line sees the batsman send an edge through to Haddin, who makes no mistake. That’s twice now that Australian bowlers have followed boundaries with wickets from the very next ball. 05:28 22nd over: India 102-3 (Raina 2, Rahane 11) Maxwell again. Raina gets off the mark (I mistakenly awarded him a run a couple of overs ago, apologies) with a single that takes India to three figures. And singles is all the batsmen can muster on this occasion. The required rate has crept over eight an over. Suresh Raina shouts for a quick single.

Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images Updated 05:25 21st over: India 98-3 (Raina 0, Rahane 9) Rahane flaps wildly at a Starc bouncer; Haddin appeals for a catch, presumably just for something to do. The bowler finds a bit of reverse swing from the fourth ball – there was a definite wobble there. From the fifth, Raina blocks out a full ball, Starc picks up and throws back at the stumps, the ball slaps the batsman on the pad, and Starc appeals for comedy effect. I get the sense that Australia fancy they can psyche out Raina. He’s faced five balls without getting off the mark. 05:18 20th over: India 95-3 (Raina 0, Rahane 8) Maxwell gets the chance to turn his arm over for the first time, with Clarke perhaps thinking he can sneak a couple of quiet ones in from his lesser bowlers while India are looking to recuperate. He drags one down but Rahane can’t find the gap on the leg side and misses out. Just the single from the over.

05:17 19th over: India 94-3 (Raina 0, Rahane 7) Clarke sniffs blood in the water and brings back Mitchell Starc. Rahane plays out three dots then guides a straight drive down the ground for a couple. A problem: Every email I get that says “Eat the pizza” makes me not want to eat the pizza. “Why do they want me to eat the pizza?” I think. Every email saying “Don’t eat the pizza” makes me want to eat the pizza. “Screw you, I’ll eat what I want,” I think. Although to be honest the main tone has been: “Why would you get a seafood pizza? What is wrong with you?” Which is fair enough. Updated 05:11 WICKET! Sharma b Johnson 34 (India 91-3) What a comeback this is! A bat-pad comes in as Johnson looks to test Rahane with some more chin music. Well, chest music perhaps. I’d call it rib music, but for some reason that just brings to mind the sort of plinking piano you might listen to while eating a steak.

Anyway, the batsman just about copes on this occasion, flapping the second ball away for a single. The fifth ball is smashed into the stands at cow corner by Rohit Sharma. But the last ball of the over is a jaffer, a fizzing delivery that tears through the defences and crashes into middle stump. What a response. ‘ave it. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images Updated

Question: Who did Australia beat in the final of the 2015 ICC World Cup?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND