Australia has beaten New Zealand by seven wickets to win the Cricket World Cup.
Australia win the cup for the fifth time on the back of a world class performance, a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand sending most of the 93,013 fans - a world record for a cricket match - at the Melbourne Cricket Ground into delirium and captain Michael Clarke into ODI retirement a world champion.
For New Zealand, it's an abject end to a stunning tournament for them, where they made it to the final undefeated and thrilling the world with an exceptional brand of cricket. Australia has gone from strength to strength since that one-wicket loss to the Black Caps in the pool stages, and peaked at the right time to reclaim the trophy from India.
Source: ABC
