article_snippet: For everyone in Australian cricket it
article_snippet: team-mate Phillip Hughes would have approved of the manner in which Australia crushed their trans-Tasman cousins, even if the neutrals were deprived of the climax which the tournament – if it’s honest with it
article_snippet: Here were the pre-tournament favourites doling out a painful lesson to a team taking part in a team first World Cup final.
article_snippet: After eight successive games on their smaller, less intimidating, home grounds, their never came to terms with either the occasion or the relentlessness of the Australian attack.
article_snippet: Australia v New Zealand is always an exciting contest and tonight was no different.'
article_snippet: I think us've played some outstanding cricket and us ran into an outstanding Australia team tonight who continue to set the way in international cricket and full credit to an outstanding Australia team, an outstanding Australia team deserve to be champions. '
article_snippet: us were the second-best team on the day and all credit to Australia.'
article_snippet: New Zealand admitted the first New Zealand side to reach a World Cup final were second best on the day . '
article_snippet: Obviously We're not able to lift the trophy but the brand of cricket and the entertainment that We've been able to give people throughout our country and