World Beaters

CLASSIC FINALS INCLUDE: AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND: 1/02/81. 3rd Final, MCG Underarm game: Australia wins by 6 runs. Australia 235 (Wood 72, Chappell 90), New Zealand 8/229 (Edgar 102 n.o., G. Chappell 3/43, T.Chappell 2/57). AUSTRALIA V SOUTH AFRICA: 23/1/94 2nd Final SCG Australia wins by 69 runs. Australia 247 (Jones 79, M. Waugh 107, Donald 4/40), South Africa 178 (Rhodes 52, Warne 3/42, McDermott 3/39). AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN: 2nd Final 4/02/00. SCG Australia wins by 152 runs. Australia 337 (M Waugh 53, Gilchrist 51, Ponting 78,) Pakistan 185 (McGrath 5/49, Lee 3/51). AUSTRALIA V WEST INDIES: 9/02/01. 2nd Final MCG Australia wins by 39 runs. Australia 338 (M. Waugh 173, Ponting 63, Bevan 58), West Indies 299 (Samuels 63, Warne 4/48, McGrath 2/48 , Fleming 2/49). AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND: 25/01/03. 2nd Final - MCG Australia wins by 5 runs. Aus 229 (Hogg 71 n.o, Hayden 69), England 224 49.3 overs Vaughan 60, Stewart 60, Lee 5/30). England needed just 14 off last 3 overs with 4 wickets in hand. Warne chaired off MCG in his last ODI for Australia there. AUSTRALIA V INDIA: 8/2/04. 2nd Final SCG Australia wins by 208 runs. Australia 359 (Hayden 126, Martyn 67, Symonds 66 off 39), India 151 (Lee 2/39, Gillespie 2/52). AUSTRALIA V SRI LANKA: 4/03/12. 1st Final Gabba Australia wins by 15 runs. Australia 321 (Warner 163, Wade 64), Sri Lanka 306 (Kulasekara 73 off 43, D.Hussey 4/43, Watson 3/33,Lee 3/59).

BONUS MATCHES INCLUDE: AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND: 17/01/14. Gabba, Australia wins by 1 wicket, with 3 balls remaining. England 300 (Morgan 106, Maxwell 2/31), ustralia 301 (Marsh 55, Maxwell 54, Faulkner 69 n.o. off 47. Last wicket partnership 57 off 39 balls. AUSTRALIA V ICC WORLD XI: 7/10/05. Docklands Stadium, Melbourne. Australia wins by 55 runs. Australia 328 (Gilchrist 103 off 79, Ponting 66, Martyn 54), ICC 273(Gayle 54, Sangakkara 61, Flintoff 42, Bracken 3/43). AUSTRALIA V ZIMBABWE: 4/02/01. WACA Australia wins by 1 run. Australia 302 (Martyn 144), Zimbabwe 301 (Carlisle 119, McGrath 2/46). AUSTRALIA V BANGLADESH: 6/08/03. Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin. Australia wins by 112 runs. Australia 254 (Ponting 101, Bevan 57), Bangladesh 142 (Harvey 4/16).

1/01/96 SCG Australia v West Indies. Final two overs: Michael Bevan hits final ball for 4 22/01/04 SCG Australia v India. Final over: Brett Lee and Andy Bichel hit 11 runs for victory 14/02/06 Gabba Australia v Sri Lanka. Adam Gilchrist scores the fastest ever ODI hundred in Australia off just 67 balls.