australia finished second in pool a, losing against new zealand, having a game cancelled due to rain against bangladesh and winning their other four matches. in their quarter-final, they defeated pakistan by 6 wickets at the adelaide oval, with josh hazlewood taking 4 wickets to help restrict pakistan to 213 runs. they then qualified for the final by beating defending champions india by 95 runs in the semi-final at the sydney cricket ground. man of the match was steven smith, who scored 105 runs for australia.