Melbourne: Scoreboard of Australia vs New Zealand, World Cup 2015 final played at Melbourne Cricket Ground here Sunday.
A collective display of disciplined bowling from the Australians helped them restrict a nervous New Zealand to a paltry 183 in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup.
A mid-innings collapse, which saw New Zealand lose their last seven wickets for only 33 runs in 10 overs, effectively ended their hopes of putting up a respectable total despite semi-final hero Grant Elliott's gutsy innings of 83 off 82 balls.
Seamer James Faulkner's brilliant change-ups during the middle overs saw him end with impressive figures of 3/36 in 9 overs as the Black Caps collapsed from a decent 150/3 after 35 overs to 183 all-out in 45 overs in about an hour.
Faulkner was well complimented by the two Mitchells -- Starc (2/20 in 8 overs) and Johnson (3/30 in 9 overs) -- who had the opposition batsmen in trouble with pace and movement on a lively MCG track in front of 91,000 plus spectators.
New Zealand innings: 183 all out in 45 overs
| Martin Guptill | b Maxwell | 15 |
| Brendon McCullum | b Starc | 0 |
| Kane Williamson | c & b Johnson | 12 |
| Ross Taylor | c Haddin b Faulkner | 40 |
| Grant Elliott | c Haddin b Faulkner | 83 |
| Corey Anderson | b Faulkner | 0 |
| Luke Ronchi | c Clarke b Starc | 0 |
| Daniel Vettori | b Johnson | 9 |
| Tim Southee | run out (Maxwell) | 11 |
| Matt Henry | c Starc b Johnson | 0 |
| Trent Boult | not out | 0* |
| Extras | (lb 7, wd 6) | 13 |
| Total | all out | 183 |
| Overs | innings break | 45 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-1 (McCullum, 0.5 ov), 2-33 (Guptill, 11.2 ov), 3-39 (Williamson, 12.2 ov), 4-150 (Taylor, 35.1 ov), 5-150 (Anderson, 35.3 ov), 6-151 (Ronchi, 36.2 ov), 7-167 (Vettori, 40.6 ov), 8-171 (Elliott, 41.5 ov), 9-182 (Henry, 44.5 ov), 10-183 (Southee, 44.6 ov) |
Bowling
| Bowling | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Mitchell Starc | 8 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 8 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 9 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| James Faulkner | 9 | 1 | 36 | 3 |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Australia innings: 186/3 in 33.1
| D Warner | c Elliott b Henry | 45 |
| A Finch | c & b Boult | 0 |
| S Smith | not out | 56 |
| M Clarke | b Henry | 74 |
| S Watson | not out | 2 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 6) | 9 |
| Total | (3 wickets; 33.1 overs) | 186 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-2 (Finch, 1.4 ov), 2-63 (Warner, 12.2 ov), 3-175 (Clarke, 31.1 ov) |
Did not bat: G Maxwell, J Faulkner, B Haddin, M Johnson, M Starc, J Hazlewood
Bowling:
| Bowling | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket |
| T Southee | 8 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| T Boult | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| D Vettori | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| M Henry | 9.1 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| C Anderson | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
