AUSTRALIA WINS THE WORLD CUP, BEATING NEW ZEALAND BY SEVEN WICKETS: ICC Cricket World Cup is the flagship event of the international cricket calendar and takes place every four years. So far ten ICC Cricket World Cups has been held in which five different teams have won the tournament. The 2015 edition will be the 11th of the tournament and will be jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia. Australia, one of the most successful World Cup team having won the tournament four times, and were runner up another three times. Australia and New Zealand faced at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today for the final of the World Cup and Australia overwhelmed New Zealand to win the World Cup for a fifth time at an ecstatic Melbourne Cricket Ground. Michael Clarke guided his side to a comprehensive seven-wicket win against New Zealand in front of an Australian record crowd. Michael Clarke has ended his one-day international career in fairytale fashion, top-scoring with 74 in an seven-wicket thrashing of trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand to claim Australia’s fifth World Cup title at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Electing to bat first, New Zealand were dismissed for 183 in 45 overs against Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup finals at MCG on Sunday.
- 14 competing teams
- Engaging one fifth of the world’s population
- Expected television audience of more than a billion people
- More than 400 accredited players and officials
SCORES:
AUSTRALIA: 186/3 (33.1) – Winner
NEW ZEALAND : 183 (45.0) – Runner
World Cup final, Melbourne:
New Zealand 183 (45 overs): Elliott 83, Johnson 3-30, Faulkner 3-36
Australia 186-3 (33.1 overs): Clarke 74, Smith 56*
World Cup Winners List
The following is a list of the winning country and runner up for each Cricket World Cup.
| year | winner | runner-up |
| 2015 | Australia | Newzeland |
| 2011 | India | Sri Lanka |
| 2007 | Australia | Sri Lanka |
| 2003 | Australia | India |
| 1999 | Australia | Pakistan |
| 1996 | Sri Lanka | Australia |
| 1992 | Pakistan | England |
| 1987 | Australia | England |
| 1983 | India | West Indies |
| 1979 | West Indies | England |
| 1975 | West Indies | Australia |
Steve Smith, talking to Shane Warne:
An unbelievable feeling, you know. We said we wanted to play our best game towards the end of the tournament. To win this threedown to final, I thought the boys were outstanding tonight. The bowlers set it up for us, 180 on that wicket. They’ve done it all tournament. Thanks for all the fans coming out tonight. What a better occasion. It was unbelievable.