TODAY host Tim Gilbert has rubbed salt into the wounds of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key after the Aussies claimed victory in the Cricket World Cup final.

Gilbert spotted Mr Key, who was doing an interview in Melbourne with TVNZ this morning, and yelled out to him: “Hey guys I didn’t see the result. Who won?”

Managing to snare Mr Key for a quick live interview, Gilbert asked him what he thought of last night’s clash.

“Amazing spectacle and look Australia turned up with the A-team last night,” Mr Key said.

“But I’m really proud of the Kiwis they played incredibly well to get to the final. They had individual heroes in every game but they were heroes collectively too I think. The rivalry is there.”

Fellow host Karl Stefanovic then asked Mr Key when he was coming across the ditch to fix our Budget and if he minded if the TODAY show came to New Zealand.

“You’ll pay for it yeah?” Stefanovic prompted.

“We’ll pay for it of course, I mean, it would be rude of us not to, given our economy is going to be larger than yours in a year or two, we’ve got the cash,” Mr Key said.

“We are the Saudi Arabia of Australasia. We always buy the beers, don’t worry about that.”

Gilbert also got the chance to ask Mr Key what he thought of Stefanovic’s mea culpa, prompted by comments he made about New Zealand and Indian cricket fans that created a social media storm.

“The thing I kinda liked actually, because the funny thing was my wife recorded it, was the way you described this is a good government in New Zealand,” Mr Key said.