Australia beats India to win Cricket World Cup for sixth time as Head hits 137

AP Nov 19, 2023 40 minutes ago |

Australia’s Travis Head celebrates after scoring a century during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne, left, hugs Travis Head as latter celebrates his century during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

India’s Jasprit Bumrah, front, holds his head in disappointment after a not-out decision against Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne was upheld by the third umpire during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Indian fan looks dejected during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Australia’s Travis Head plays a shot during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India’s Kuldeep Yadav reacts after bowling a delivery during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Australia’s Mitchell Starc, right, Steve Smith, left, and Marnus Labuschagne celebrates after the dismissal of India’s KL Rahul during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India’s wicketkeeper KL Rahul reacts as he leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Australia’s Mitchell Starc, right, celebrates with Glenn Maxwell the wicket of India’s Mohammed Shami during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India’s Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Indian fans arrive to watch the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indian Air Force planes perform a display before the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between Australia and India at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India’s Virat Kohli sits in a bus as the Indian team arrives at the airport to play the final match of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indian fans wave flag as team India attends a training session ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Australia players celebrate after wining against India by 6 wickets during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Indian players react after they lost to Australia by 6 wickets during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final match in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Australia won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time Sunday, ending India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a low-scoring final on the back of Travis Head’s 137.

A heavily pro-Indian crowd inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium was silenced as Head combined with Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out ) in a 192-run partnership to chase down the target of 241.

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Australia was wobbling on 47-3 after seven overs but Head and Labuschagne dug in to help their country regain its status as the king of one-day international cricket, adding to its 50-over world titles in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015.

Head was dismissed off what proved to be the next-to-last ball of the match, caught in the deep while attempting to hit a title-clinching boundary. In came Glenn Maxwell and he ran two off his first ball, securing a victory that prompted fireworks above the world’s largest cricket venue.

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The Indians won all 10 of their matches before the final and were seeking a third trophy in their fourth appearance in a title match that brought a country of 1.4 billion people to a virtual standstill. They were outplayed in every department by Australia, though, restricted to 240 all out on a slow pitch after losing the toss with only Virat Kohli (54) and Lokesh Rahul (66) making half-centuries.

Head became only the fifth player to score a century in a men’s World Cup final – and third Australian after Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist – and delivered a significant moment in India’s innings when taking a diving catch running back from cover to remove captain Rohit Sharma (47).

Australia finished the tournament with a run of nine straight wins, after starting with back-to-back defeats to India and South Africa.

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