October 6, 2009 5:13 AM

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Australia lifts Champions Trophy

Australia beat New Zealand by six wickets in the final to win the ICC Champions Trophy. Shane Watson hit an unbeaten 129-ball 105 (10X4, 4X6) and starred in a 128-run stand with Cameron White (62) which guided Aussies to achieve victory target of 201 in 45.2 overs.Earlier, a rudderless New Zealand, without their injured skipper Daniel Vettori, fumbled and faltered their way to 200 for nine. The Kiwis had just two decent partnerships in their innings but Martin Guptill (40) and Aaron Redmond (26) took 15.1 overs to raise 61 runs for the second wicket, while Neil Broom (37) and James Franklin (33) added 65 in 14.1 overs, which underlined their struggle in the middle.For Australia, Nathan Hauritz claimed three for 37.

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