aus vs nz world cup match 2015

The 2015 Cricket World Cup started on 14 February and was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia across 14 venues. Fourteen teams were divided into two pools of seven, with the top four from each pool progressing to the quarter-finals.[4] The final was played on 29 March and was a day-night match contested between New Zealand and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[5] It was New Zealand's first World Cup Final.[6] They had previously lost the semi-final on six occasions between 1975 and 2011. Australia played in their record seventh final, having won four (1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and lost two (1975, 1996). It was the second consecutive time that two co-hosts contested the final: in 2011, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final while a third co-host Bangladesh exited in the pool stages. It was also the first time since 1987 that there was no Asian team in the final.[7] The match was also the last One Day International (ODI) for Australian captain Michael Clarke (who announced that he would retire before the match),[8] Brad Haddin,[9] and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori,[10] the latter two announcing their retirements after the match.