Cricket World Cup History: 3 times the host nation won the tournament

#3 2015 - Australia

Australia v New Zealand - 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup: Final

The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. It was the second time that the World Cup was hosted by these two neighbouring countries.

Both the host nations performed brilliantly as both of them reached the final of the tournament.

The final was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of a record-breaking crowd of more than 93 thousand. It was the first time that the New Zealand team reached the final but the story was completely different for their counterparts as it was the seventh final for the Aussies.

Team New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first but just managed to score a mere total of 183 runs before getting all out against the strong Australian bowling attack. The Aussies chased this total with ease and comfortably won the match by 7 wickets to get their hands on the World Cup for a record 5th time.

Martin Guptill was the highest run scorer with 547 runs which included a brilliant double century against the West Indies in the quarterfinals. Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult were the joint highest wicket-takers with 22 wickets each.