2015 Cricket World Cup final
The MCG during the final. | |||||||||
| Event | 2015 Cricket World Cup | ||||||||
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| Australia won by 7 wickets | |||||||||
| Date | 29 March 2015 | ||||||||
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | ||||||||
| Player of the match | James Faulkner (Aus) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 93,013 | ||||||||
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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. It was played between the tournament's two co-hosts, New Zealand and Australia. Australia went into the game as favourites and won by 7 wickets for a fifth World Cup triumph. The match was played in front of 93,013 spectators, a record crowd for a day of cricket in Australia. This was Australia's first ever World Cup final win by chasing the target, unlike their four previous World Cup wins.