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Australia bowler Mitchell Starc has been named player of the tournament at the Cricket World Cup after they defeated New Zealand in Sunday’s final at the MCG.

Michael Clarke hit 74 in his final ODI for Australia, helping his side win the World Cup for a fifth time, with a convincing seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the final in Melbourne.

Follow our over-by-over coverage of the Cricket World Cup 2015 final as Australia face Brendon McCullum's New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australian bowlers James Faulkner and Mitchell Johnson reflect on their team's seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the World Cup final in Melbourne

Mitchell Starc was unquestionably the player of the tournament for his 22 wickets at only 10 runs each and an economy rate of 3.5 runs per over

Michael Clarke has dedicated Australia's World Cup win to former team-mate Philip Hughes, who died tragically in November last year after being struck by a cricket ball.

This year's ICC Cricket World Cup will go down on record as being the most popular in the tournament's 40-year history.

Nasser Hussain called Australia deserved winners of the World Cup after their seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the final at the MCG.

Michael Vaughan: Unless England find real pace able to match Australia and New Zealand then it will be hard to compete in 2019

Australia (186-3) beat NZ (183) by seven wickets The most remarkable number on night was probably this: Aussies have won four CWCs since England last won knock-out game in World Cup

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