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Australia bags 5th World Cup title

Australia lift fifth World Cup, give fairytale sendoff to Clarke

Guptill, at the other end, got a freak six when his intended pull off a Josh Hazlewood short delivery flew behind the wicketkeeper for a six. Before that, he had hit a copybook square drive. Both Guptill and Williamson were cautious during the first 10 overs in which New Zealand scored 31 runs as they got rid of the impetuosity that brought about McCullum's downfall. The best shot during that particular phase was a straight drive from Williamson off Hazlewood's bowling.