World Cup 2015: Final - Australia vs New Zealand: Venue, date, records and predicted line-ups
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Date and Time: Sunday, 28th March, 2015, 9:00 IST (14.30 local)
All time head-head records:
Matches: 126
Won: Australia – 85; New Zealand – 35
Tied: 0
No Result: 6
Last 5 results:
Australia – WWWWW
New Zealand – WWWWW
Last 5 head-to-head results:
28th February, 2015 – Auckland: New Zealand won by 1 wicket
12th June, 2013 – Birmingham: No result
25th February, 2011 – Nagpur: Australia won by 7 wickets
13th March, 2010 – Wellington: New Zealand won by 51 runs
11th March, 2010 – Auckland: Australia won by 6 wickets
All time top run-scorers:
Australia – Ricky Ponting (13589 runs)
New Zealand – Stephen Fleming (8007 runs)
All time highest wicket-takers:
Australia – Glenn McGrath (55 wickets)
New Zealand – Daniel Vettori (297 wickets)
Top run scorers in WC ’15:
Australia - Steve Smith (346 runs)
New Zealand – Martin Guptill (532 runs)
Highest wicket-takers in WC ’15:
Australia - Mitchell Starc (20 wickets)
New Zealand – Trent Boult (21 wickets)
*Data updated till 28th March, 2015
Predicted line-up
Australia – David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke (C), Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin (wk), James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood
New Zealand – Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (C), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi (wk), Daniel Vettori, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Trent Boult