New Zealand vs Australia LIVE: T20 World Cup final score, result and latest cricket updates
Follow live coverage as the two great rivals fight to win their first T20 World Cup
Australia were crowned T20 World Cup champions for the first time as twin fifties from Warner and Marsh consigned New Zealand to another runners-up finish on the global stage at Dubai.
Warner’s 53 off 38 deliveries and Marsh’s 77 not out off 50 saw Australia to am eight-wicket win.
Australia were crowned T20 World Cup champions for the first time as twin fifties from Warner and Marsh consigned New Zealand to another runners-up finish on the global stage at Dubai.
Follow all the reaction from the final below.
Australia 15-1 (3 overs) chasing 173 to win T20 World Cup
Mitchell Marsh is the new man in. Three more dots from Boult, and that’s a brilliant over.
Wicket! Australia 15-1 (2.3 overs) chasing 173 to win T20 World Cup
Aaron Finch slams Boult for four but with the very next ball he’s gone, hitting high into the sky where Daryl Mitchell catches brilliantly on the run. A big breakthrough for New Zealand.
Australia 11-0 (2 overs) chasing 173 to win T20 World Cup
David Warner swipes Tim Southee’s second ball over cover for four. New Zealand won’t necessarily mind that if Warner is going to offer up his wicket early, but his accuracy is excellent and with the very next ball he flicks over backward point for another boundary. Ten from the over.
Australia 1-0 (1 over) chasing 173 to win T20 World Cup
Trent Boult produces two dots before showing a shade of swing, which draws the edge of Warner’s bat and runs away for a single. Finch comes in and immediately steps well forwards outside of his crease to try to negate that swing. This is more like an over of Test cricket, finishing with Boult calling for LBW, but nothing given. Excellent bowling.
T20 World Cup final
So here come Australia. Can Warner and Finch survive the speed and swing of Boult and Southee? This powerplay will be fascinating, and potentially crucial too. Sam Curran, speaking on Sky Sports, thinks New Zealand are in the driving seat.
New Zealand 172-4 (20 overs), Australia yet to bat
Starc to bowl the final over. Seifert flicks the first ball off his toes for four behind square leg. Then comes a dot and a single, handing the strike to Neesham. He swings hard but misses and Starc breathes a sigh of relief. Two balls to go. The first is a wide and a pinched single, then Seifert pushes a single from the next. Neesham faces the final ball, runs two, and that is a very respectable total of 172.
New Zealand 162-4 (19 overs), Australia yet to bat
It’s now Jimmy Neesham and Tim Seifert at the crease after those two wickets. Neesham picks up where he left off in the semi-final, crushing a big six straight down the ground of Cummins’ bowling. On the final ball they pinch a second run which was barely there, Neesham just surviving a check on the big screen. One more over.
New Zealand 149-4 (18 overs), Australia yet to bat
An excellent over by Josh Hazlewood, who has been sensational, and he finishes his four overs with figures of 3-16.
Wicket! New Zealand 148-4 (17.5 overs), Australia yet to bat
It’s the big one, Kane Williamson, who nails the fifth ball of the over to Steve Smith at long-off. A brilliant innings of 85 of 48 balls is over.
Wicket! New Zealand 144-3 (17.2 overs), Australia yet to bat
Hazelwood has been magnificent and he picks up another wicket as Phillips flicks the ball to deep midwicket.
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