World Cup 2015 Final Australia v/s New Zealand: Kiwis bowled out for paltry 183
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Australia dismissed New Zealand for a paltry 183 from 45 overs in the cricket World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday after Kiwi captain Brendon McCullum was bowled for a duck in Mitchell Starc’s opening over.
Only Pakistan, who succumbed for 132 against Australia at Lord’s in 1999, have scored fewer runs in the first innings of a 50 overs World Cup. The Australian pace attack, adroitly handled by Michael Clarke playing in his last one-day international, bowled with sustained accuracy and hostility and only Grant Elliott with a composed 83 offered any serious resistance. McCullum was beaten by the first two balls he faced and bowled off stump by the third, a late inswinging yorker, after he had won the toss and elected to bat on a perfect late summer’s day in Melbourne before a capacity crowd of more than 91,000.
The departure of New Zealand’s most destructive batsman electrified the Australian supporters and elated the home team with Starc moving the ball both ways off a full length in an excellent opening spell of four overs costing only eight runs. Martin Guptill cover drove the first boundary of the day off Josh Hazlewood and top-edged a six before Clarke turned to Mitchell Johnson’s pace and Glenn Maxwell’s off-spin.
The move was immediately successful when Guptill was bowled by Maxwell’s second ball for 15, making room to punch off the back foot a ball which turned less than he anticipated. Kane Williamson off drove Hazlewood stylishly to the boundary but had made only 12 when he pushed a simple catch back to Johnson.
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