CRICKET WORLD CUP | MIKE ATHERTON
Cricket World Cup: Australia stun India to claim sixth trophy
Ahmedabad (Australia won toss): Australia beat India by six wickets
Australia broke the hearts of thousands inside the stadium by clinching the trophy
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You have to hand it to them: Australia are a wonderful cricket team. In a year during which they have already won the World Test Championship and retained the Ashes, they added a record sixth World Cup to break the hearts of millions on a wild and tumultuous evening in the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
They had to do it the hard way, in front of a massive, partisan crowd on a low, slow pudding of a pitch far removed from the bouncy surfaces of home and against an unbeaten team in top form. India, for almost the first time in the competition, were not at their best and when the dream died they left the field bitterly disappointed.
As in the semi-final, Australia’s
