LIVE Cricket World Cup 2015 Final Australia v/s New Zealand: First time finalists against 4-time champions
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6:45 IST Sunday, 29 March 2015
Welcome to the LIVE coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup Final between Australia and New Zealand, to be held in Melbourne. The match will begin at 9 am IST.
We have come to the last game of a six-week long tournament. New Zealand and Australia have reached the finals after playing some outstanding cricket. So outstanding have been their performances that when these two sides met in a league match, New Zealand bowled Australia out for 151 and Australia took 9 wickets before a six finished off the game. Thus, we are certainly looking at the two best teams in the competition, in a grand finale.
New Zealand have been unbeaten in all of their 8 games so far, and challenged only by Australia in the league stage and South Africa in the semifinal. Australia on the other hand have laid waste to all opposition with the exception of the Kiwis. It couldn’t get closer than this. Here’s the match preview
Truth be told, one hopes it gets really close, because New Zealand will be playing for the first time on an Australian wicket, having played all their games in New Zealand. Melbourne is a huge ground, one of the biggest in the world and it will take some long hits to clear the fence. Moreover, the Kiwis have rarely played in Australia in six years, so the Kangaroos go in as favourites to lift the trophy for a fifth time.
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