webfact Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 England win World Cup in Super Over drama to end 44-year wait By Amlan Chakraborty Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup Final - New Zealand v England - Lord's, London, Britain - July 14, 2019 England's Eoin Morgan is presented with the trophy by Britain's Prince Andrew after winning the world cup Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers LONDON (Reuters) - England ended their 44-year wait for a maiden 50-overs World Cup title by beating a gutsy New Zealand side on boundaries after a tied Super Over amidst heart-stopping drama on Sunday. Chasing 242 for victory, Ben Stokes' scintillating 84 not out helped the hosts tie the see-saw contest, forcing the Super Over where more nail-biting excitement unfolded. Jos Buttler and Stokes took 15 runs off Trent Boult's Super Over without losing their wickets. New Zealand also scored 15 runs off Jofra Archer's over but England won on boundary count, triggering wild celebrations at Lord's as the hosts capped a stunning turnaround. "We find it hard to play on wickets like that and today was about getting over the line. Sport is tough at times," England captain Eoin Morgan said after the draining contest. "I was being cooled down by Liam Plunkett, which is not a good sign. I was up and down like a yo-yo." "This has been a four-year journey, we have developed a lot... We are delighted that we are lifting the trophy." After six weeks of cricket, it all boiled down to a boundary count in the final and England were comfortable 26-17 winners. Since being unceremoniously dumped out of the 2015 edition of the marquee tournament in Australia, Morgan's England side have reinvented themselves as a white-ball juggernaut, heading into this World Cup as overwhelming favourites. Back-to-back defeats by Sri Lanka and Australia in the group stage helped England rediscover the attacking brand of fearless cricket which has been the hallmark of the current team. They dismantled India and New Zealand to storm into the semi-finals, where they crushed Australia with another ruthless display of all-round excellence. Sunday's final, England's first since 1992, pitted them against a New Zealand team chasing their own slice of history after spending decades as the tournament's bridesmaids. CONTROLLED BOWLING Morgan lost an important toss, but Plunkett and Chris Woakes led England's controlled bowling display to restrict New Zealand to 241 for eight on a two-paced wicket. Henry Nicholls made 55 and Tom Latham chipped in with 47 but lack of significant partnerships hurt New Zealand, who eventually had to settle for a below-par total. Nicholls and captain Kane Williamson put on 74 runs to bolster the New Zealand innings but Plunkett's two-wicket, cross-seam masterclass took the wind out of their sails. Plunkett dismissed both batsmen just when the partnership was looking dangerous and he eventually finished with 3-42. Woakes claimed three as well, including the wicket of Latham just when the batsman was looking poised to provide the late charge that could have taken New Zealand past the 250-mark. New Zealand's new ball pair of Trent Boult and Matt Henry returned determined not to let it become a cakewalk for the hosts. Henry dismissed the in-form Jason Roy for 10 and Colin de Grandhomme put a struggling Joe Root (7) out of his misery. England could have been in a bigger hole had de Grandhomme not dropped a waist-high return catch from Bairstow, then on 18. England were gasping on 86-4 when Stokes was joined by Buttler for a 110-run stand to revive the chase and tie the scores, producing one of the most thrilling finishes in the history of the game. STROKE OF FORTUNE Needing 15 runs off the final and 50th over of their innings, a stroke of fortune helped Stokes level the scores. With tailender Adil Rashid at the other end, the all-rounder twice refused to take singles and hit the third ball from Boult over mid-wicket for a six. The next delivery also yielded six runs albeit in an extraordinary manner. Stokes hit to deep midwicket and dived forward to complete the second run. As Martin Guptill fired in his throw, the ball was deflected off Stokes' outstretched bat and ran to the boundary for another four runs. "That was a bit of a shame wasn't it?" Williamson said. "That's the game we play. You can't nitpick, it just wasn't meant to be." It was a second successive defeat in the final for New Zealand and Williamson found little solace in his player-of-the-tournament award. "We have showed heart and fight to get to this stage and a tie in the final - it wasn't meant to be," he said. "The guys are shattered. It's devastating. Tough to swallow." Stokes' batting heroics earned him the player-of-the-match honour and the all-rounder said the sport may never again see anything to match the frantic finish to the contest. "I'm pretty lost for words," he said. "All the hard work that's gone in over these four years, this is where we aspired to be. To do it with such a game, I don't think there will be another like this in the history of cricket." (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty; editing by Ken Ferris) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-15 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBKK Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Congrats! sorry but everyone was watching Wimbledon and F1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Unbelievable finish. I thought with 3 or 4 overs to go that we were toast. Hats off to both teams for an amazing performance, and an ending you just couldn't make up. Have to feel sorry for the New Zealand players who fought tooth and nail and have lost by the tiniest margin possibly imaginable. Congratulations England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadilo Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 51 minutes ago, BobBKK said: Congrats! sorry but everyone was watching Wimbledon and F1 Clearly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadilo Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 34 minutes ago, darksidedog said: Unbelievable finish. I thought with 3 or 4 overs to go that we were toast. Hats off to both teams for an amazing performance, and an ending you just couldn't make up. Have to feel sorry for the New Zealand players who fought tooth and nail and have lost by the tiniest margin possibly imaginable. Congratulations England. Superb performance considering many had written England off following their defeats against India and Australia. NZ will be gutted to lose in such a way but was an Epic final and it doesn’t get any more dramatic than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 53 minutes ago, BobBKK said: Congrats! sorry but everyone was watching Wimbledon and F1 F1 had finished well before the cricket got exciting... sorry for NZ they should have won, they can go home with heads held high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius verus Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Didn't know it was even on. Dont recall any media build up. Women soccer controversy aka Trump stole the show. Glad my side Australia lost. Alot of them are cheats. Good someone else won it for a change. Sounds like NZ were pretty stiff. England won by nought runs???? Should of been all over when England were bowled out for 241. ICC medelling with the rules as usual . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, darksidedog said: Unbelievable finish. I thought with 3 or 4 overs to go that we were toast. Hats off to both teams for an amazing performance, and an ending you just couldn't make up. Have to feel sorry for the New Zealand players who fought tooth and nail and have lost by the tiniest margin possibly imaginable. Congratulations England. Agree with you and it made for one of the most exciting matches I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Lucius verus said: Didn't know it was even on. Dont recall any media build up. Women soccer controversy aka Trump stole the show. Glad my side Australia lost. Alot of them are cheats. Good someone else won it for a change. Sounds like NZ were pretty stiff. England won by nought runs???? Should of been all over when England were bowled out for 241. ICC medelling with the rules as usual . More like you not knowing the rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sujo Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 58 minutes ago, Baerboxer said: More like you not knowing the rules! Could also be the umpires not knowing the rules. There is now an issue with the overthrow. Seems England may have been give 1 Run too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Sujo said: Could also be the umpires not knowing the rules. There is now an issue with the overthrow. Seems England may have been give 1 Run too many. How so? They ran 2 and the overthrow went for 4. 4 + 2 = 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick501 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Newspapers are reporting the rule is that runs are accrued at the instant of release of the throw, and the batsman must have crossed. Otherwise no run (apparently they had not crossed ). Of of course that changes the complexion of the last two balls, and pointless speculating on what might have occurred. hell of a game and hats off to both teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nauseus Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Sujo said: Could also be the umpires not knowing the rules. There is now an issue with the overthrow. Seems England may have been give 1 Run too many. The score was correct according to the rules of cricket. If that were not the case then I think there would have been some instantaneous on-field complaints from the Kiwis. I don't think that there will ever be a more exciting, closer 50-over WC game. Fantastic advert for cricket. Very well done to England and the very unlucky NZ team. It was a bugger trying to keep up with this and the Federer-Djokovic final set/tie-break ding-dong at exactly the same time with one screeen! Have to buy another one. Another fantastic match in a full sports day. Go Lewis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Great match, watched from beginning to end < the 4 overthrows off the bat deflection most unfortunate for NZ.. I think without that they would have won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nauseus Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, natway09 said: Great match, watched from beginning to end < the 4 overthrows off the bat deflection most unfortunate for NZ.. I think without that they would have won Yup, they would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nong38 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Cricket is a great game, a team game and an individual's game and this final, in fact the whole tournament has been fantastic entertainment, the Kiwis came within a whisker I thought they were going to win but it was not to be. After this I am just hoping the Ashes will not be an anti-climax! I look forward to updates on the Thai TV sports desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamini Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 The captain is Irish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thairealist Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 34 minutes ago, gamini said: The captain is Irish! Correct, and I think one NewZealander a couple from S Africa and 4 Yorkshiremen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sujo Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 16 hours ago, 7by7 said: How so? They ran 2 and the overthrow went for 4. 4 + 2 = 6. When there is an overthrow. The 4 counts. The first run counts. But for the 2nd run to count the batsmen must cross before the ball leaves the fielders hand. They had not crossed at that time so it should have been 5. some reporting on this has recently come out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius verus Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Taking nothing away from NZ they always seem to get a good ride through the WCC competition. They had a very easy draw for this tournament their toughest match against India was abandoned due to rain but got 2 points anyway. In the previous World Cup in Australia ,NZ played all its matches in NZ even against the host. They managed to win the semi final in Sydney then were thrashed in Melbourne. NZ just doesn't seem to have what it takes to get over the line. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Are we going to hear about this every day for the next 50 years, probably the next time they will win it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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