11 Man of the Match performances in 11 World Cup Finals

#9 Adam Gilchrist - 149 versus Sri Lanka - 2007 World Cup Final

The World Cup sojourn moved for the first time to the Caribbean and Sri Lanka were playing against a rampaging Australia in Barbados in the final match of the tournament.

Australia had not lost a World Cup game since the 1999 edition of the event and had created the record for the most successive wins. Rain was a spoiler which led to a truncated game between the two sides. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first in the 38-over affair.

Adam Gilchrist had been struggling for form in the tournament. Suddenly in the final, he looked to be in a great nick and started to hammer the bowlers from the word go. He built a massive opening stand of 172 with Matthew Hayden and hit as many as 13 boundaries and 8 sixes in his dominating knock of 149 which came from a mere 104 deliveries.

Australia scored a match-winning 281 in 38 overs which was a difficult chase considering the quality Australia had in their bowling.

Sri Lanka got a revised target of 269 in 36 overs owing to rain. Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara had taken Sri Lanka to 123 in 19 overs. Once the duo fell, Sri Lanka's chase was in doldrums and they got bowled out for 211.

Adam Gilchrist's mesmerizing 149 which also became the highest ever individual score in a World Cup final, fetched him a MoM award.