The festival of T-20 finally came to an end yesterday with the usual suspects from the previous generations, Australia winning yet another final against their neighbours, the Kiwis, by 8 wickets to lay their hands on this elusive cup for the first-ever time.

It was yet another heartbreak for Newzealand. It's actually becoming a bad habit for them. This loss makes it seem like that win in the world test championship final was just an aberration. They're soon becoming a team that'll punch above its weight throughout the tournament and knockout pre-tournament favourites on its way, only to falter at the final hurdle.

On the biggest night of his life, in the cricketing sense at least, Aaron Finch won the all-important toss. As is the trend in this tournament, he chose to bowl and the majority of the people knew what was to follow. The ever-impressive Josh Hazlewood kicked off things for Australia by picking up the wicket of the semi-final's hero, Daryl Mitchell.

What followed after the first wicket, was some strange approach to the batting by the Kiwis. All of a sudden, they went into test mode and never really looked to take any chances. Guptill in particular batted like his feet were stuck in the mud, as he struggled ever so hard to get going. At the halfway stage, the Kiwis were on just 57 for the loss of one wicket and really needed some aggressiveness injected into the innings.

After the 10 over mark, Kane Williamson brought out his different self and played some mesmerizing strokes. He stole 19 runs off Mitchell Starc's over and gave some real signals of what their intent is gonna be from here on. Trying to emulate his captain, Guptill slogged one to clear the deep mid boundary, but only to fall short just a few millimetres from the rope. His misery came to an end with 28 from 35 balls.

But Captain Kane was in his zone. He didn't seem to be too affected with what's happening at the other end nor who's batting. His six hitting prowess just went to another level as he smacked Maxwell for two more sixes, as the Aussies looked in disbelief. Hazelwood finally got rid off Williamson at the backend of the innings and he walked out after making a splendid 85 off just 48 deliveries. Neesham and Seifert together pushed the total to 172 and walked off believing they've got enough on the board. Josh Hazlewood was the pick of the bowlers again with the figures of 16 for 3 in his four.

For the Kiwis to have a good chance of defending this, they had to make early inroads with the new ball. Trent Boult stood up to the task and provided them with the early breakthrough by removing the opposition skipper, Aaron Finch on just 5. In the first three overs, it was all Newzealand as they tightened the screws and reduced the score to 15 for 1.

Mitchell Marsh walked to the crease at 3 and from the moment he arrived, it was all Australia. Adam Milne bowled a short one first up to Mitch, which he pulled it into the stands towards deep square stands. He scored back to back boundaries of the next two balls and totally shifted the momentum in their favour in the space of just three balls.

David Warner at the other end was batting like his old self. After many people had written him off before the start of the tournament, runs have never stopped flowing from his bat. After playing an important knock in the semis, he bettered his score in the finals as well and brought up a well deserved fifty off 34 balls. Sensing the game drifting away, Kane brought his strike bowler Boult into the attack and got the rewards as he cleaned up Warner on 53.

Glenn Maxwell walked in at 4 and there really wasn't much for him to do. Mitch Marsh at the other end was batting like a dream and never at any stage in that innings, the Kiwis felt they were in with a chance. Luck also played its part in helping the Aussies a little bit with as many as 3 hits of the bat fell just short of the fielders in the deep.

Just like both the semis, the finals too ended with one over to spare as Maxi reverse swept one to the third man boundary to hit the winning runs. Mitch Marsh remained unbeaten on 77 off 50 balls with six fours and four massive sixes. The risk taken from the Aussie think tank to invest in Mitchell Marsh as a number 3 batter in the West Indies and the Bangladesh series reaped plenty of rewards in the all-important final.

For his heroics with the bat, Marsh received the Man of the match award and David Warner got the man of the tournament award for his consistent run with the bat.

Brief Scores: New Zealand 172/4 in 20 overs (Kane Williamson 85; Josh Hazlewood 3-16) lost to Australia 173/2 in 18.5 ov (Mitchell Marsh 77*, David Warner 53) by 8 wickets