In Pictures: Australia peak at right time to beat New Zealand and win T20 World Cup final in UAE

Australia captain Aaron Finch celebrates with his teammates after winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai, UAE. The Aussies beat New Zealand by eight wickets last night.

Party time! The Aussies cruised to victory thanks to Mitchell Marsh who plundered a ferocious 77 not out from 50 balls. Australia got to their 173 target with seven deliveries to spare.

Finch raises the trophy with his teammates. Australia won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup for the first time.

Marsh (left) celebrates the win with his teammates at the end of the match. The all-rounder shared a dominant stand of 92 with opener David Warner as the Aussies made light work of the 173 target.

After Glenn Maxwell hit the winning runs, Marsh was mobbed by his team-mates and dropped to his knees, overcome with emotion having produced his finest Twenty20 innings on the biggest stage.

Finch (right) and New Zealand's Martin Guptill embrace after the match. New Zealand have now been beaten in three consecutive white-ball finals.

The New Zealand team watch the presentation at the end of the match and wonder what might have been... They were arguably favourites at the halfway stage after Kane Williamson had hit 85 runs from 48 balls to help give them a total of 172-4. But the Aussies hit form at the right town and were easily able to chase down the target.

It's a funny old game... Australia had lost 5 consecutive series ahead of the T20 World Cup and were also bowled out for 62 by Bangladesh. They looked woefully out of form and many didn’t even feel they would get past the group stages - but they are now the T20 world champions.