WC 2015: A look at past World Cup finals

Melbourne, March 29: Hosts Australia and New Zealand were playing the final of the 2015 cricket World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here on Sunday.

It was the seventh World Cup final for Australia while the first for New Zealand. Here is a list of brief results of World Cup finals played so far:

• West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs at Lord's in London in 1975 [West Indies 291/8 in 60 overs, Aus 274 in 58.4 overs]
  Toss: Australia
  Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd (WI)
  
  
• West Indies beat England by 92 runs at Lord's in London in 1979 [WI 286/9 in 60 overs, Eng 194 in 51 overs] Toss: England
  MoM: Vivian Richards (WI)
  
  
• India beat West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's in London in 1983 [India 183 in 54.4 overs, WI 140 in 52 overs] Toss: WI
  MoM: Mohinder Amarnath (India)
  
  
• Australia beat England by 7 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 1987 [Aus 253/5 in 50 overs, Eng 246/8 in 50 overs]
  Toss: Aus
  MoM: David Boon (Aus)
  
  
• Pakistan beat England by 22 runs at MCG in Melbourne in 1992 [Pak 249/6 in 50 overs, Eng 227 in 49.2 overs]
  Toss: Pak
  MoM: Wasim Akram (Pak)
  
  
• Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in 1996 [Aus 241/7 in 50 overs, SL 245/3 in 46.4 overs]
  Toss: SL
  MoM: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
  
  
• Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets at Lord's in England in 1999 [Pak 132 in 39 overs, Aus 133/2 in 20.1 overs]
  Toss: Pak
  MoM: Shane Warne (Aus)
  
  
• Australia beat India by 125 runs at Wanderers in Johannesburg in 2003 [Aus 359/2 in 50 overs, India 234 in 39.1 overs]
  Toss: India
  MoM: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
  
  
• Australia beat Sri Lanka by runs (D/L) at Kensington Oval in Barbados in 2007 [Aus 281/4 in 38 overs, SL 215/8 in 36 overs]
  Toss: Aus
  MoM: Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
  
  
• India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets at Wankhede in Mumbai in 2011 [SL 274/6 in 50 overs, India 277/4 in 48.2 overs]
  Toss: SL
  MoM: MS Dhoni
  

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