Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets to win their first T20 World Cup – broadcast live! | sports

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Afternoon everyone and welcome to what should be a wonderful occasion. It’s the World Cup Final! Sunday afternoon! With no English Premier League football on its way!

On the other hand… the final does not include the best supported cricket country (India), the most electric performers (Pakistan), or the biggest hitters (England). It is distinguished by the two sides that came second in their group. Both are antipodes, so when the World Cup is won, most of their fans will be fast asleep: play starts at 1am in Sydney and Melbourne, and 3am in Auckland and Christchurch. If cricket scheduling was a matter of common sense, then surely the match would have moved on to this morning.

Still, it’s tastier than it might seem. We guarantee a new name on the cup. New Zealand, the second favorite team of many people, reached the final of the T20 World Cup for the first time. They used to be cricket’s answer to Tim Henman, who was headed forever in the semi-finals, but now, after Jimmy Nessam has knocked England out with a plate of revenge eaten cold, they have a good chance of becoming world champions in the shortest form of international cricket as well as the longest . Bookmakers have NZ down as an underdog today; Ranking makes them the favorites, as they occupy fourth place in the world, two places ahead of their noisy neighbors.

Australia have reached this final before, against England in 2010, but they’ve never won it, which doesn’t sound like much – hence, perhaps, the bookmakers’ beginner’s fault. They needed luck to get this far: all five of their tournament victories came after winning the lottery and choosing to play. The first time they lost the lottery to England, they were reduced to rubble. In contrast, New Zealand managed to achieve three wins out of five the hard way, after losing the lottery. But the Australians still got it right, having played so well to overthrow the once indomitable Pakistan.

They have tournament wicket lead Adam Zampa, the man with the killer mullet – although Ashton Agar, their reserve player, fared better against New Zealand in the T20. They have a quick attack for the test match at Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins (none of them played T20 against NZ). And New Zealand can match them, soccer with soccer, with Southee, Boult and Milne. They have five players who specialize in bowling compared to four players in Australia, which means they don’t hit that deep.

Historically, Australia is New Zealand’s bogeyman, with 14-4 wins in whiteball leagues with five or more teams. But over the past 10 years, as New Zealand has worked its way to the top of the world, the score has been 2-2. Finally, the Australians have a 45 per cent chance of lifting the cup today – which would rise to 66.67 if Aaron Finch wins the lottery. Come back at 1.35pm UK time to see what that inauspicious coin has to say.

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