Australia becomes the World Champion for the fifth time

29th March, Melbourne - Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the final to win the 2015 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Sunday. Australia becomes the World Champion for the fifth time. 

Man of the Match - J Faulkner (Australia)

Palyr of the Tournament - M Starc (Australia)

Scorecard - Ausralia vs New Zealand

Umpires:RA Kettleborough (England) , Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
TV Umpire:M Erasmus (South Africa)
Match Referee:Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire:Ian Gould (England)

Quotes

Michael Clarke - "Obviously, I'm over the moon! What a tournament! I would like to thank Brendon and his boys, they're always a tough team to beat. Australia vs. New Zealand in any format is a tough game. Congratulations to them for a fabulous tournament.

Mitchell Starc - "It's an amazing tournament and a great way to cap off the tournament. New Zealand played a fabulous tournament but we managed to outclass them today. For a number of months, I've tried hard behind the scenes and it's reflecting on my bowling. 

Man of the Tournament - Mitchell Starc 

James Faulkner - It's an amazing feeling, to play in front of 93000 and win a World Cup in amazing. I am trying to chip in and perform my role in the team. What a performance today. It's been an amazing couple of wonderful years in the Australian ODI outfit and we got our A team today. 

Man of the Match - James Faulkner 

Brendon McCullum - It has been one hell of a ride for us. Throughout the tournament we played some outstanding cricket and we ran into an outstanding Australian team tonight who continued to see the way the international cricket. Full credit to them. They are deserving champions. Michael Clarke too deserves to bow out as a World Cup winning champion. All the best to them. They were outstanding in the tournament and deserved to win.

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