Final: Australia Vs. New Zealand - - Australian Bowlers Contained Injury Proned New Zealand to a Total of 200

CENTURION: New Zealand succeeded in completing 50 overs as they made exactly 200 runs for nine wickets against Australia in the final of the sixth ICC Champions Trophy here at the Super Sport Park on Monday.

Winning the toss, New Zealand stand-in captain Brendon McCullum elected to bat and set a target of 201 runs for Australia.

The main scorers for New Zealand were Martin Guptill (40), Neil Broom (37), James Franklin (33) and Aaron Redmond (26).

For Asutralia, Nathan Hauritz bagged three wickets for 37 and Brett Lee claimed two for 45 while Peter Siddle and Mitchell Johnson took one wicket each.

McCullum is captaining New Zealand in place of Daniel Vettori who has pulled a hamstring and missed the final. Jeetan Patel replaced Vettori in the team while Australia are playing unchanged.

Teams:
Australia: Shane Watson, Tim Paine (wk), Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Hussey, Callum Ferguson, Cameron White, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle.


New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (captain & wk), Aaron Redmond, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Jeetan Patel, Ian Butler, Shane Bond.

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Ian Gould (ENG), TV umpire: Asad Rauf (PAK)
Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL)
Reserve umpire: Billy Bowden (NZ).