Go Australia Go.. Go Australia Go.. Go Australia Go.. Go Australia Go

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Johnson to Boult, OUT, this could be sensational. It is actually sensation regardless of the result actually. Short of a length, at the hip, defended to short leg, and Maxwell spots from the corner of his eye that Southee is a little lazy getting back into the crease at the non-striker's end

TG Southee run out 11 (11b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100.00

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What a top-dog effort from Australia. They have now taken 79 of the 80 wickets available to them. While it will be pointed out that New Zealand's score is the same as India's in the 1983 final, I am sure Australia would have taken this at the start of the game

"Pretty good stuff from the boys," says James Faulkner. "Pretty good MCG wicket. A little bit slow to start off with. We have worked really hard on our fielding. Outfield is a little quicker than normal."

Australia lost the toss on a flat MCG pitch, which has resulted in scores of 300 every match and easy defence of those totals. What do they do? Mitchell Starc first bowled an excellent first spell, including yorking Brendon McCullum and bowling him out for a duck in the first over. Josh Hazlewood continued doing his best impression of Glenn McGrath, and Mitchell Johnson brought more pressure with his pace and aggression at first change. Grant Elliott and Ross Taylor then put together a partnership, took New Zealand into the Powerplay only three down, but that's when they ran into Australia's clutch player: James Faulkner took two wickets in the first over of the Powerplay, and Australia were back to being all over them. Brad Haddin might not have looked great with his send-offs, but he was absolutely top class with his glove work. Slip fielding was good, and the outfielders were sensational

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