Summary

  • Australia's first Men's T20 World Cup

  • Chase 173 with seven balls to spare

  • Highest chase in T20 World Cup final

  • Marsh 77* (50), Warner 53 (38)

  • Maxwell 28* (18), Boult 2-18

  • NZ 172-4: Williamson 85 (48)

  • Guptill 28 (35), Phillips 18 (17)

  • Hazlewood 3-16, Starc 0-60

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Tim Southee is back.

  2. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Adam Milne got back into that over.

  3. Aus 30-1

    Target 173

    Mitchell Marsh has to settle for a single, before David Warner plays out a couple of dots to end the over.

    15 runs from the first four balls of the over!

  4. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Could this be the Mitchell Starc over in reverse?

    Adam Milne just can't decide what length to bowl.

  5. Aus 29-1

    Three in a row for Mitchell Marsh!

    This sits up nicely for the all-rounder, who heaves a pull away through mid-wicket for four.

  6. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Mitch Marsh just waited for that and played it really late. It was like a Kane Williamson shot, actually.

    Adam Milne will be feeling the pressure now.

  7. Aus 25-1

    Edged - but four!

    Delicately played by Mitchell Marsh, reaching outside his off stump, and a thick outside edge is angled nicely enough to roll down to the boundary.

  8. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is glorious. What a shot. What a pick-up.

    He thwacked it with a little bit of finesse.

  9. 6 runs

    Aus 21-1

    WHAT a shot that is!

    Mitchell Marsh picks his first ball off his pads and whips it pleasingly, gloriously, into the crowd for six.

  10. Here's Adam Milne for the Black Caps.

  11. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Warner is looking dangerous.

  12. Aus 15-1

    Target 173

    Dot, dot, dot ends an excellent Trent Boult over.

  13. Aus 15-1

    Mitchell Marsh is the new batter for Australia.

    That's an absolutely bliding catch from Daryl Mitchell. He made the ground, judged it well, and then clung on as he slid along the turf.

  14. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Good catch. It was a wonderful shot from Aaron Finch earlier because you sort of know what he's going to do because he looks to pitch it up and swing it but the wonderful bowler that Trent Boult is has just surprised Finch there.

    It was a very canny bit of bowling.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Finch c Mitchell b Boult 5 (Aus 15-1)

    Gone!

    Aaron Finch advances and tries to go aerial again but there's extra bounce from Trent Boult and Daryl Mitchell, charging around in the deep, takes a superb catch before sliding along the outfield in celebration. Lovely stuff.

  16. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Australia are looking to be attacking. It is a different approach to the one that New Zealand took in the powerplay.

  17. Aus 15-0

    Shot!

    Aaron Finch shuffles forward and sends Trent Boult flying back down the ground for a one-bounce four.

  18. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Tim Southee needs to bowl pads and stumps early on.

  19. The Best of Kane Williamson. Coming to a screen near you soon.

  20. Aus 10-0

    Target 173

    Aaron Finch is off the mark in streaky style as another inside edge just evades the stumps.

    That's a pricey over, though, with 10 runs coming from it.