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The final of the 2015 Cricket World Cup took place on 29 March 2015 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. It was played between the tournament's two co-hosts, New Zealand and Australia. Australia went into the game as favourites [2] [3] and won by 7 wickets for a fifth World Cup triumph. The match was played in front of ...
JP Duminy (SA) became the first South African to take a World Cup hat-trick when he dismissed Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara and Tharindu Kaushal, [6] and only the second South African in ODI history. [7] This was South Africa's first win in the knockout stage of a World Cup. [8] This was the shortest ever World Cup knockout match. [9]
When Australia and New Zealand bid for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in 2006, they said that it will see a 50–50 split in games. Finally, it was decided on 30 July 2013 that Australia would host 26 matches, while New Zealand got a share of 23 matches in the tournament.
The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015).
Australia has the better record in the Cricket World Cup, having faced India 14 times. In the 2003 Cricket World Cup Final, Australia knocked out India tremendously.The last time the two cricket frenzy nations clashed in 2023 Cricket World Cup final match played at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Australia again dominated India and Australia won by 6 wickets.
With his time representing Australia, Clarke won multiple ICC titles with the team: the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2015 Cricket World Cup which he was the winning captain, and the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. Nicknamed "Pup", [2] Clarke was a right-handed middle-order batsman, an occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler and also a slip catcher.
The 2015 Carlton Mid Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Australia. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, England and India. [ 1 ] Australia defeated England by 112 runs in the final to claim their 20th Australian Tri-Series title.
The full schedule for the tour was announced by Cricket Australia on 9 July 2015. [3] Australia won the ODI series 4–1. The series broke the record for the most runs scored in a bilateral ODI series of five matches or fewer, with a total of 3,159. [4] Eleven centuries were also scored in the ODI series, which was also a record. [4]