Michael Clarke, playing his last ever ODI, is the new man. Brendon McCullum has plenty of catchers in the slips and in front of the wicket for the short ball, which has been Clarke's Achilles heel in this tournament. But he survives the rest of Henry's over.

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Kevin Pietersen
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"This is where sometimes the big bats the guys use these days can be your downfall. He's not tried to club that, he's just tried to ride that ball and he'd have known deep square leg was back - no-one can pull a six at the MCG unless you go over fine leg."

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One shot too many from David Warner - he mullers Matt Henry to the midwicket fence, but top-edges the same shot next ball and Grant Elliott, who has done very little wrong for New Zealand in the knockout stages, bags the catch running in. But he's contributed 45 valuable runs to the cause - damage done?

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Kevin Pietersen
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I'd be attacking the stumps here. Look for lbws, or a nick behind. Or run him out!"

It's just not happening for New Zealand - David Warner almost chops Trent Boult onto his stumps but the ball bounces just over the bails.

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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"There have been five ducks in this World Cup final, which is a few behind the eight recorded in 1979. The other nine finals combined clocked up just seven."

Matt Henry does a decent job of slowing the charge, conceding just two runs from his latest over, but economy is no good to New Zealand - they need another breakthrough.

Australia 56-1 from 10 overs (target 184)

Batsmen: Warner 39 from 36, Smith 13 from 19

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Finch 0)

Bowling figures: Southee 3-0-23-0, Boult 5-0-23-1, Vettori 1-0-3-0, Henry 1-0-4-0

New Zealand 183 (45 overs): Elliott 83, Johnson 3-30, Faulkner 3-36

NZ won toss

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Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special

"The ball's not swinging, and it's hitting the middle of the bat..."

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David Warner is bullocking towards the finish line - he absolutely creams Trent Boult through the covers for another four to take his strike rate above 100. Boult hits him on the pad next ball but it's going down leg - there's more than a hint of desperation in Boult's wide eyes as he appeals vainly for the wicket.

Kevin Pietersen
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I'm all for playing your way. But I think in a World Cup final, against Mitchell Starc with a swinging ball, Brendon McCullum didn't give himself an opportunity - he missed his first ball, ran at the second, and was out to the third. It might come off occasionally, and I know he has hundreds of runs in powerplays - but if he'd played normally he might have got off strike second ball.

"Some of Glenn Maxwell's dismissals in the Big Bash left people dumbfounded - now he gives himself 10 balls to get his eye in. But hindsight's a wonderful thing - before the game we were all saying McCullum had to take the attack to the Australians."

Matt Henry, who only a week ago was playing regional cricket in front of sparse crowds, is thrown the ball and asked to haul New Zealand back in to a World Cup final in front of 92,000 people.

His first ball is swatted aerially behind square by Warner and for a brief moment it looks like Corey Anderson at fine leg might be in business, but the ball lands agonisingly short of his grasp as he runs round. You can't help but feel that those near misses have got to go to hand for New Zealand.

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Kevin Pietersen
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"If I were McCullum, I'd try to get a new ball as it's stopped swinging. Steve Smith's started like a solid rock again."

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Melbourne

"The sun is going down on the World Cup, the floodlights are taking effect in Melbourne. New Zealand shuffle the pack, go through their options, tinker with the field. Throughout the tournament, McCullum has taken the option of looking for wickets. Now he has no choice. The crowd looks more golden than it has at any other point in the day, as if more Aussie fans appear the closer they get to glory."

The skiddy left-arm swing of Trent Boult still looks New Zealand's best bet for a wicket. The swing that has been his main weapon looks to be wearing off though - and it's all too easy for Steve Smith to punch him to mid-off on what still looks a pretty flat wicket.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"Vettori doesn't quite have to perform a miracle, but my goodness, the captain needs something from him here. Warner's had a funny tournament, a big hundred against Afghanistan but little else."

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Can Daniel Vettori, the old stager, provide it on what looks set to be his farewell ODI appearance? He still looks to be struggling with a leg injury, but it's in the fingers that the old magic resides. He can't summon it first up though - Australia safely negotiate three from a tidy over.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Smith's keeping that left foot out of the way of the line of the ball as he knows exactly what Boult's trying to do, swinging it back into the stumps."

Australia are cantering along at over a run a ball - New Zealand need to knock this runaway train off the tracks before it chugs any nearer to the finish line. Steve Smith, who has been in serene form, plays out four watchful dots to Trent Boult then swivels on a poor short ball and dispatches it to the boundary. The Kiwis need another wicket here.

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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It's amazing. When was the last time Brendon McCullum only had one slip in place at this stage in a World Cup match? If Warner stays in, we'll be having a swift one in 90 minutes."

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