ICC World Cup 2015: Australia vs New Zealand Final - Stats of the match

After restricting New Zealand to 183/10 in 45 overs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia – riding on fifties from captain Michael Clarke (74 off 72) and Steven Smith (56* off 71) – chased down the target in 33.1 overs to win the 2015 World Cup. Grant Elliott top scored for the Kiwis with an 82-ball 83. Mitchell Johnson and James Faulkner picked up 3 wickets each to run through the middle order, while Mitchell Starc set up the game for his team by dismissing Kiwi captain Brendon McCullum for a duck in the first over of the match. Here are numbers that matter from the game: 

#1 Kumar Dharmasena

Kumar Dharmasena, who was one of the two on-field umpires in the match today, has now featured in two ODI World Cup finals – as an umpire in one and as a player in another; he is the only player to have achieved the feat.

Dharmasena was part of the 1996 World Cup winning Sri Lankan team. He played as the team’s second spinner under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. The 43-year-old has represented his country in 141 ODIs, scoring 1222 runs and picking up 138 wickets.