The final of the

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was played on 5 October 2009 between

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and

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at the

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. Australia qualified into the final by defeating

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in the first semi final while New Zealand defeated

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in the second semi final. Australia won the final by 6 wickets, their second consecutive Champions Trophy final victory.

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earned the

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award while

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was named the man of the series for scoring 288 runs throughout the tournament.

Road to the final

Australia

Australia dominated throughout the tournament. In the group stage, they defeated West Indies and Pakistan while the match with India ended in a no result due to rain. They played the first semi-final against England in

. England batted first and set target of 258 which Australia achieved in 41.2 overs.

and

scored 136 and 111 runs—both

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—sharing 252 runs from 242 balls, Australia highest partnership in

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s (ODIs). Watson was given

award.

New Zealand

After losing the first match to South Africa, New Zealand made a comeback by defeating Sri Lanka and England in the group stage. They played the second semi-final against Pakistan in

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. Pakistan batted first and set target of 234 which New Zealand achieved in 47.5 overs with

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being the highest run-scorer.

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earned the man of the match award for his all-round performance; he took 3 wickets for 43 runs in 10 overs and scored 41 runs.

Match details

Match officials

Source: * On-field

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(Pak) and

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(Eng) * TV umpire: Asad Rauf (Pak) * Reserve umpire:

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(SL)

Summary

Australia remained unchanged from the side that played the semi-final, while New Zealand brought

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in place of injured captain

. New Zealand's new captain

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won the toss and elected to bat first. They had a poor start as McCullum was cheaply dismissed by Siddle. Redmond's 26 and Guptill's 40 runs contribution stabilized the innings but later they were dismissed by Hauritz, leaving them on 77 off 3. Soon, Taylor and Elliott were also dimissed early, but Broom's 37, Franklin's 33 and J. Patel's 16 * led them to an average total of 200 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. Hauritz was the best bowler for Australia as he picked up 3 wickets, while

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got 2 wickets.

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and Siddle got 1 wicket each. Australia, in reply had a poor start to the chase as they lost Paine and Ponting early leaving them on 6 off 2, thanks to good bowling display by

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and Kyle Mills. As

and

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were playing in a "Test match-mode" but later the momentum shifted as they managed a partnership of 128 runs before the dismissal of White on 62. Soon, Hussey was cheaply dismissed by Mills leaving them on 156 off 4. Later, Hopes joined Watson and they managed to stabilize the innings. Watson scored 105 * from 129 balls, thanks to his back-to-back sixes, he completed his century and achieved the target in 45.4 overs, as Australia won the match by 6 wickets. This was the second consecutive occasion for Watson earning man of the match award in the final of

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. It was Australia's fifth consecutive win after becoming finalists in multi-team tournaments since 1999. During the post-match presentation, the iconic white jackets were given for the first time to Australia, who were the winners of the tournament and this tradition has been continued in later editions.

Scorecard

Source: Fall of wickets: 1/5 (McCullum, 3.2 ov), 2/66 (Redmond, 18.3 ov), 3/77 (Guptill, 22.2 ov), 4/81 (Taylor, 23.1 ov), 5/94 (Elliott, 26.4 ov), 6/159 (Broom, 40.5 ov), 7/166 (Franklin, 41.6 ov), 8/174 (Butler, 43.4 ov), 9/187 (Mills, 46.4 ov) Fall of wickets: 1/2 (Paine, 1.2 ov), 2/6 (Ponting, 2.2 ov), 3/134 (White, 34.5 ov), 4/156 (Hussey, 38.3 ov) Key * * –

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* –

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* c ''Fielder'' – Indicates that the batsman was dismissed by a catch by the named fielder * b ''Bowler'' – Indicates which bowler gains credit for the dismissal

References

External links

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