Sport360 takes a look through the seven victories and a loss that took Australia to their fifth World Cup title.
Sport360 takes a look through the seven victories and a loss that took Australia to their fifth World Cup title.
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Australia began their World Cup campaign with a dominant 111-run win over England. Mitchell Marsh starred with five wickets while Aaron Finch made 135 with the bat.
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The men in gold suffered their first set-back against co-hosts New Zealand in a bizarrely low-scoring game. Australia were skittled out for 151 and the Black Caps made the total with a wicket to spare.
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Normal service resumed with a 275-run victory over World Cup minnows Afghanistan. David Warner was torturer-in-chief with 178 runs.
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Despite a world-record fourth-consecutive ton from Kumar Sangakkara, Australia played a perfect game to beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs.
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Australia's fine form continued into their next match against Scotland and the hosts claimed a 7-wicket victory with Mitchell Starc taking 4/22.
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In the quarter-final Australia's batsmen had to overcome a hostile spell of bowling from Pakistan's Wahab Riaz.
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In what was a big wake-up call for the hosts, Shane Watson courageously batted through to book Australia's place in the semi-finals.
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India's fans travelled in force with the team throughout the World Cup and Michael Clarke comented that it was like 'being the away team' in their semi.
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Test captain Steve Smith's 105 guided Australia to a 95-run victory to set up an all-Antipodean final.
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After Man-of-the-tournemt Mitchell Starc bowled New Zealand talisman Brendan McCullum it was plain sailing.
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Fittingly Michael Clarke's 74 runs laid the foundations for his coutnry's record fifth World Cup victory.
