Australia vs New Zealand Match Review Highlights Cricket World Cup Final 2015
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Australia vs New Zealand Match Review Highlights Cricket World Cup Final 2015
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New Zealand 183 (45.0 ov)
Australia 186/3 (33.1 ov)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 101 balls remaining)
Michael Clarke has announced the final will be his final ODI, at the age of 33. With an average of 44.42 across 222 innings, Clarke ranks among Australia's very good middle-order batsmen, though a rung below greatness. He has not scored as many as he would like in this tournament, having hit only one fifty and a 47 in his five innings so far. He will hope the big occasion, now tinged with sentiment, will spur him and his team to glory. Victory would see his name go down alongside those of Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, who have won the World Cup before him.
Of all New Zealand's current lot, Daniel Vettori has had the most fascinating career. Once a big-turning spinner, picked virtually out of obscurity in his teenage years, Vettori has been forced to refine his game, as injuries undercut his spin. By the mid 2000s, he was among the best slow bowlers in the world, probing even on New Zealand's unresponsive pitches via mastery of flight and guile. A much improved batsman as well in his later years, at one stage it seemed like Vettori was the only competent cricketer in the side he eventually captained. Now the statesman in a rockstar team, the final may well be his last international. A World Cup seems like only fair reward for a career of lonesome toil.
Two attacking captains will lead their aggressive teams in the battle for the World Cup. Who will prevail? © AFP
Key contests
Trent Boult v David Warner
It's said there will be no swing at the MCG, but don't be surprised if Trent Boult finds some movement in the air - it wouldn't be the first time he has swung the ball when no other bowler could. Boult has been excellent to all batsmen this World Cup, but he is particularly good against left-handers. With David Warner likely to attack him at the top of the innings, the victor of this battle could define Australia's batting Powerplay.
Mitchell Starc v New Zealand lower order
No bowler has been as effective with the yorker as Mitchell Starc in this World Cup, and as he proved in Auckland, this ball can prove lethal against the tail. New Zealand pride themselves on batting deep, but 150kph toe-crushers are more than most lower orders can handle. If the match gets as tight as New Zealand's game against South Africa, expect Starc to get the ball homing in on the stumps.
Daniel Vettori v Australia top order
Of Australia's top six, five are right handers. In the Auckland match, Vettori came on after Australia's solid start and began to find the length that bothered both Shane Watson and Steven Smith out of their wickets. In Clarke and Smith, the hosts have two batsmen who are adept at playing spin in Australia, but the likes of Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell and Watson may be more susceptible to Vettori's subtlety.
Corey Anderson v Glenn Maxwell
This one is a match-up as well as a contest. With perhaps the two best attacks of the tournament on show, there is a chance both Maxwell and Anderson are exposed at an earlier stage in the innings than they are accustomed to. This may compel them to curb some of their attacking instincts, and turn their efforts towards rebuilding. It may also bring them up against each other's bowling. Neither man bowls anything particularly menacing, but have had a knack of taking wickets through the tournament.
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New Zealand 183 (45.0 ov)
Australia 186/3 (33.1 ov)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 101 balls remaining)
Michael Clarke has announced the final will be his final ODI, at the age of 33. With an average of 44.42 across 222 innings, Clarke ranks among Australia's very good middle-order batsmen, though a rung below greatness. He has not scored as many as he would like in this tournament, having hit only one fifty and a 47 in his five innings so far. He will hope the big occasion, now tinged with sentiment, will spur him and his team to glory. Victory would see his name go down alongside those of Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, who have won the World Cup before him.
Of all New Zealand's current lot, Daniel Vettori has had the most fascinating career. Once a big-turning spinner, picked virtually out of obscurity in his teenage years, Vettori has been forced to refine his game, as injuries undercut his spin. By the mid 2000s, he was among the best slow bowlers in the world, probing even on New Zealand's unresponsive pitches via mastery of flight and guile. A much improved batsman as well in his later years, at one stage it seemed like Vettori was the only competent cricketer in the side he eventually captained. Now the statesman in a rockstar team, the final may well be his last international. A World Cup seems like only fair reward for a career of lonesome toil.
Two attacking captains will lead their aggressive teams in the battle for the World Cup. Who will prevail? © AFP
Key contests
Trent Boult v David Warner
It's said there will be no swing at the MCG, but don't be surprised if Trent Boult finds some movement in the air - it wouldn't be the first time he has swung the ball when no other bowler could. Boult has been excellent to all batsmen this World Cup, but he is particularly good against left-handers. With David Warner likely to attack him at the top of the innings, the victor of this battle could define Australia's batting Powerplay.
Mitchell Starc v New Zealand lower order
No bowler has been as effective with the yorker as Mitchell Starc in this World Cup, and as he proved in Auckland, this ball can prove lethal against the tail. New Zealand pride themselves on batting deep, but 150kph toe-crushers are more than most lower orders can handle. If the match gets as tight as New Zealand's game against South Africa, expect Starc to get the ball homing in on the stumps.
Daniel Vettori v Australia top order
Of Australia's top six, five are right handers. In the Auckland match, Vettori came on after Australia's solid start and began to find the length that bothered both Shane Watson and Steven Smith out of their wickets. In Clarke and Smith, the hosts have two batsmen who are adept at playing spin in Australia, but the likes of Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell and Watson may be more susceptible to Vettori's subtlety.
Corey Anderson v Glenn Maxwell
This one is a match-up as well as a contest. With perhaps the two best attacks of the tournament on show, there is a chance both Maxwell and Anderson are exposed at an earlier stage in the innings than they are accustomed to. This may compel them to curb some of their attacking instincts, and turn their efforts towards rebuilding. It may also bring them up against each other's bowling. Neither man bowls anything particularly menacing, but have had a knack of taking wickets through the tournament.