CRICKET WORLD CUP
ENGLAND ARE THE CHAMPIONS
| FINAL Sun 14-Jul | 10:30 | NEW ZEALAND | 241-8 | 15-1 (Super Over) | |
| Lord's | ENGLAND | 241 | 15-0 (Super Over) |
▪️ MATCH TIED - ENGLAND won on boundaries scored during the match (26-17)
Player of the match: Ben Stokes (84* & 8*)
ENGLAND won the Cricket World Cup for the first time ever after beating New Zealand on boundaries scored following an astonishing tie in the Final at Lord's.
Even a Super Over could not separate the teams with Jason Roy running Martin Guptill out off the last ball of the match as the Kiwi scrambled back in a forlorn attempt to make the winning run.
In all honesty, it is difficult to know where to start with this epic match. Just how on earth did England win this?
Well, to begin at the beginning - New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat, a decision which looked pretty reasonable despite the overhead conditions.
Opener Henry Nicholls (55) and captain Kane Williamson (30) cautiously built a steady partnership of 74 following the early loss of Guptill (19).
However, Liam Plunkett has been an incredibly important factor to England's journey to the top of the One-Day International rankings - and the Middlesbrough-born paceman dismissed both set batsmen.
Mark Wood soon joined the party as he trapped a static Ross Taylor in front for 15 although replays would show the ball was bouncing over the stumps.
The Black Caps had already used their review, having earlier foolishly requested the plumb lbw decision made against Guptill to be looked at again.
Tom Latham then attempted to turn the tide - but the wicketkeeper-batsman regularly lost partners at the other end as Chris Woakes and Plunkett finished with three wickets apiece.
At 241-8 off their 50 overs, New Zealand looked a bit short. Out of the six bowlers employed by England, only Ben Stokes went for more than five per over - and he only bowled three overs.
Meanwhile, Jofra Archer - a vital figure in the hours to come - took 1-42 off his full allocation.
The Kiwis, nevertheless, had at least scored 58 runs more than four years ago when they were hammered in the Final against Australia by seven wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Impressively, New Zealand had also defended 239-8 as they shocked India by 18 runs in their semi final at Old Trafford.
By contrast, England had blasted their way to a first Final in 27 years, thrashing Australia by eight wickets at Edgbaston - and, in their previous match to that, had beaten the New Zealanders by the not-so-small matter of 119 runs at Chester-le-Street.
In the Final at Lord's, though, it was always going to be completely different - especially as New Zealand started well with the ball.
Prodigious opener Roy was caught behind by Latham off Matt Henry, and Joe Root soon followed after an uncharacteristically scratchy innings in which he scored just seven off 30 balls.
Captain Eoin Morgan appeared to be faring better, scoring six runs off his first seven deliveries - but he too became bogged down and was out for just nine after he hoicked Jimmy Neesham's first ball to the impressive Lockie Ferguson.
Ferguson produced a superb catch, diving forwards - having already bowled Jonny Bairstow for a patient 36 - and, at 86-4 in the 24th over, England were in deep trouble.
Enter Stokes and Jos Buttler. Finally, England had found two batsmen willing to rotate the strike and make inroads into the chase which had suddenly become mammoth.
The required rate continued to creep upwards, however - and, just as England were preparing for a few last big overs, Ferguson struck again to take the big wicket of Buttler.
Woakes followed in Ferguson's next over before Neesham accounted for both Plunkett and Archer in the 49th.
Neesham nearly also had Stokes' wicket too - but, as Boult took the catch, he trod on the boundary rope - and instead England picked up a vital six runs.
Heading into the last, the hosts still required 15 runs to win, or 14 to tie with Stokes and Adil Rashid at the crease, and Stokes on strike.
Looking to make amends, the Black Caps' main bowler Boult held the ball - and his team's destiny - in his hands and he started well with two yorkers which Stokes could barely get off the square.
But, in response, the Christchurch-born all-rounder turned the tables by smashing the paceman over midwicket for six off the next ball - and the fourth ball then also counted for six in the most extraordinary way.
Stokes smeared a full toss away to midwicket where it was collected - but, as the luckless Guptill lined up a direct hit, Stokes - desperate to make his ground - got in the way, and he inadvertently deflected the ball with his outstretched bat.
The ball trundled towards the boundary - and there was simply nothing New Zealand could do as umpire Kumar Dharmasena signalled with six digits on his two hands, although it has subsequently emerged that he should have only used five.
Law 19.8 advises that the two batsmen must have crossed for their second run prior to Guptill throwing the ball for the run to count.
However, this - in itself - appears inconsistent with the general principle applied in other Laws that all of the play is taken into account on each ball until the ball becomes considered dead - i.e. when it hit the boundary rope.
Regardless, it is to the immense credit of the New Zealanders that they have not collectively made a big deal of the umpiring error - though it can surely only have compounded their disappointment.
Still, despite that, the Black Caps could have won. Boult had two deliveries remaining - and, with the first, he found his yorker length again - but Stokes played it well.
This time, the ball trundled to Mitchell Santner at long-off - and, this time, the run out was enacted as Boult dismissed Rashid by a long way.
England had completed one run, however, and so needed two off the final ball for victory.
Instead, there was another run out, though again England had completed a single before Wood was out well short of a second.
Incredibly, the Final had gone to a Super Over.
Now, England batted first, nominating Buttler and the unbeaten Stokes as their batsmen as Boult again took the ball in hand.
Four runs came off the first two balls before Stokes doubled that with a boundary through midwicket off the third delivery.
The second part of the over followed a similar pattern as three runs off the next two balls were topped off by a four when Buttler found the fence at deep square leg.
England therefore had scored a very decent 15 off their six balls - as Guptill and Neesham came out to bat for the Kiwis.
Archer - the raw 24-year-old Barbados-born fast-bowler had been just about a last-minute pick by the selectors - and yet he was now given the responsibility of winning the game for England.
Rather understandably, Archer started nervously with a wide called off his attempt before he was hit for six by Neesham off only his second legal delivery.
Suddenly, New Zealand needed just seven to win off four balls - but Archer found a fuller length to restrict the Black Caps to four off the next two.
The next ball was banged in short and Neesham, failing to connect on the pull, had to settle for a single, bringing Guptill on strike for the first time in the over - just in time for the last ball.
New Zealand needed two runs to win as Archer again went full. Guptill managed to clip the ball to deep midwicket - but, as the Kiwi batsmen tried in vain to make the 22 yards, Roy found his range and finally finished the contest.
More than nine hours of play featuring 643 balls - including wides, no balls and the Super Over deliveries - had not been enough to separate the two teams on the scorecard.
England had scored 241 runs and 15 in the Super Over - New Zealand had done likewise - and, though it was in the rules at the start of the tournament, the boundary count seems a slight arbitrary next tiebreaker.
After all, right up until the end of the Super Over, all of the runs - no matter how they had been scored - had counted equally.
So, as much of a cop-out as it sounds, this was a Cricket World Cup Final in which a tie should have meant just that - a shared trophy.
England will have still got the plaudits which they have deserved for their hard work over the last four years.
But New Zealand too would have something to take from this epic occasion, rather than being left only with perhaps indelible scars caused by this absolute heartbreak.
Even a couple of days later, that still seems a little too cruel on the Black Caps.
But New Zealand too would have something to take from this epic occasion, rather than being left only with perhaps indelible scars caused by this absolute heartbreak.
Even a couple of days later, that still seems a little too cruel on the Black Caps.
CRICKET WORLD CUP
SEMI FINAL RESULTS
| SF1 Tue 09-Jul | 10:30 | INDIA | 221 49.3 | ▪️ NEW ZEALAND won by 18 runs |
| Old Trafford | NEW ZEALAND | 239-8 | ||
| SF2 Thu 11-Jul | 10:30 | AUSTRALIA | 223 49.0 | ▪️ ENGLAND won by eight wickets |
| Edgbaston | ENGLAND | 226-2 32.1 |
GROUP STAGE TABLE
GROUP STAGE RESULTS
| Pos | Team | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
| (Q) | INDIA | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.809 | 15 |
| (Q) | AUSTRALIA | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.868 | 14 |
| (Q) | ENGLAND | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.152 | 12 |
| (Q) | NEW ZEALAND | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.175 | 11 |
| (5) | PAKISTAN | 5 | 3 | 1 | -0.430 | 11 |
| (6) | SRI LANKA | 3 | 4 | 2 | -0.919 | 8 |
| (7) | SOUTH AFRICA | 3 | 5 | 1 | -0.030 | 7 |
| (8) | BANGLADESH | 3 | 5 | 1 | -0.410 | 7 |
| (9) | WEST INDIES | 2 | 6 | 1 | -0.225 | 5 |
| (10) | AFGHANISTAN | 0 | 9 | 0 | -1.322 | 0 |
GROUP STAGE RESULTS
| 01 Thu 30-May | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 311-8 | ▪️ ENGLAND won by 104 runs |
| The Oval | SOUTH AFRICA | 207 39.5 | ||
| 02 Fri 31-May | 10:30 | PAKISTAN | 105 21.4 | ▪️ WEST INDIES won by seven wickets |
| Trent Bridge | WEST INDIES | 108-3 13.4 | ||
| 03 Sat 01-Jun | 10:30 | NEW ZEALAND | 137-0 16.1 | ▪️ NEW ZEALAND won by 10 wickets |
| Cardiff | SRI LANKA | 136 29.2 | ||
| 04 Sat 01-Jun | 13:30 | AUSTRALIA | 209-3 34.5 | ▪️ AUSTRALIA won by seven wickets |
| Bristol | AFGHANISTAN | 207 38.2 | ||
| 05 Sun 02-Jun | 10:30 | BANGLADESH | 330-6 | ▪️ BANGLADESH won by 21 runs |
| The Oval | SOUTH AFRICA | 309-8 | ||
| 06 Mon 03-Jun | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 334-9 | ▪️ PAKISTAN won by 14 runs |
| Trent Bridge | PAKISTAN | 348-8 | ||
| 07 Tue 04-Jun | 10:30 | AFGHANISTAN | 152 32.4 | ▪️ SRI LANKA won by 34 runs DLS |
| Cardiff | SRI LANKA | 201 36.5 | ||
| 08 Wed 05-Jun | 10:30 | INDIA | 230-4 | ▪️ INDIA won by six wickets |
| Southampton | SOUTH AFRICA | 227-9 | ||
| 09 Wed 05-Jun | 13:30 | BANGLADESH | 244 49.2 | ▪️ NEW ZEALAND won by two wickets |
| The Oval | NEW ZEALAND | 248-8 47.1 | ||
| 10 Thu 06-Jun | 10:30 | AUSTRALIA | 288 49.0 | ▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 15 runs |
| Trent Bridge | WEST INDIES | 273-9 | ||
| 11 Fri 07-Jun | 10:30 | PAKISTAN | ▪️ NO RESULT - rain | |
| Bristol | SRI LANKA | |||
| 12 Sat 08-Jun | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 386-6 | ▪️ ENGLAND won by 106 runs |
| Cardiff | BANGLADESH | 280 48.5 | ||
| 13 Sat 08-Jun | 13:30 | AFGHANISTAN | 172 41.1 | ▪️ NEW ZEALAND won by seven wickets |
| Taunton | NEW ZEALAND | 173-3 32.1 | ||
| 14 Sun 09-Jun | 10:30 | AUSTRALIA | 316 | ▪️ INDIA won by 36 runs |
| The Oval | INDIA | 352-5 | ||
| 15 Mon 10-Jun | 10:30 | SOUTH AFRICA | 29-2 7.3 | ▪️ NO RESULT - rain |
| Southampton | WEST INDIES | |||
| 16 Tue 11-Jun | 10:30 | BANGLADESH | ▪️ NO RESULT - rain | |
| Bristol | SRI LANKA | |||
| 17 Wed 12-Jun | 10:30 | AUSTRALIA | 307 49.0 | ▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 41 runs |
| Taunton | PAKISTAN | 266 45.4 | ||
| 18 Thu 13-Jun | 10:30 | INDIA | ▪️ NO RESULT - rain | |
| Trent Bridge | NEW ZEALAND | |||
| 19 Fri 14-Jun | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 213-2 33.1 | ▪️ ENGLAND won by eight wickets |
| Southampton | WEST INDIES | 212 44.4 | ||
| 20 Sat 15-Jun | 10:30 | AUSTRALIA | 334-7 | ▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 87 runs |
| The Oval | SRI LANKA | 247 45.5 | ||
| 21 Sat 15-Jun | 13:30 | AFGHANISTAN | 125 34.1 | ▪️ SOUTH AFRICA won by nine wkts DLS |
| Cardiff | SOUTH AFRICA | 131-2 28.4 | ||
| 22 Sun 16-Jun | 10:30 | INDIA | 336-5 | ▪️ INDIA won by 89 runs DLS |
| Old Trafford | PAKISTAN | 212-6 40.0 | ||
| 23 Mon 17-Jun | 10:30 | BANGLADESH | 322-3 41.3 | ▪️ BANGLADESH won by seven wickets |
| Taunton | WEST INDIES | 321-8 | ||
| 24 Tue 18-Jun | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 397-6 | ▪️ ENGLAND won by 150 runs |
| Old Trafford | AFGHANISTAN | 247-8 | ||
| 25 Wed 19-Jun | 10:30 | NEW ZEALAND | 245-6 48.3 | ▪️ NEW ZEALAND won by four wickets |
| Edgbaston | SOUTH AFRICA | 241-6 49.0 | ||
| 26 Thu 20-Jun | 10:30 | AUSTRALIA | 381-5 | ▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 48 runs |
| Trent Bridge | BANGLADESH | 333-8 | ||
| 27 Fri 21-Jun | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 212 47.0 | ▪️ SRI LANKA won by 20 runs |
| Headingley | SRI LANKA | 232-9 | ||
| 28 Sat 22-Jun | 10:30 | AFGHANISTAN | 213 49.5 | ▪️ INDIA won by 11 runs |
| Southampton | INDIA | 224-8 | ||
| 29 Sat 22-Jun | 13:30 | NEW ZEALAND | 291-8 | ▪️ NEW ZEALAND won by five runs |
| Old Trafford | WEST INDIES | 286 49.0 | ||
| 30 Sun 23-Jun | 10:30 | PAKISTAN | 308-7 | ▪️ PAKISTAN won by 49 runs |
| Lord's | SOUTH AFRICA | 259-9 | ||
| 31 Mon 24-Jun | 10:30 | AFGHANISTAN | 200 47.0 | ▪️ BANGLADESH won by 62 runs |
| Southampton | BANGLADESH | 262-7 | ||
| 32 Tue 25-Jun | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 221 44.4 | ▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 64 runs |
| Lord's | AUSTRALIA | 285-7 | ||
| 33 Wed 26-Jun | 10:30 | NEW ZEALAND | 237-6 | ▪️ PAKISTAN won by six wickets |
| Edgbaston | PAKISTAN | 241-4 49.1 | ||
| 34 Thu 27-Jun | 10:30 | INDIA | 268-7 | ▪️ INDIA won by 125 runs |
| Old Trafford | WEST INDIES | 143 34.2 | ||
| 35 Fri 28-Jun | 10:30 | SOUTH AFRICA | 206-1 37.2 | ▪️ SOUTH AFRICA won by nine wickets |
| Chester-le-Street | SRI LANKA | 203 49.3 | ||
| 36 Sat 29-Jun | 10:30 | AFGHANISTAN | 227-9 | ▪️ PAKISTAN won by three wickets |
| Headingley | PAKISTAN | 230-7 49.4 | ||
| 37 Sat 29-Jun | 13:30 | AUSTRALIA | 243-9 | ▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 86 runs |
| Lord's | NEW ZEALAND | 157 43.4 | ||
| 38 Sun 30-Jun | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 337-7 | ▪️ ENGLAND won by 31 runs |
| Edgbaston | INDIA | 306-5 | ||
| 39 Mon 01-Jul | 10:30 | SRI LANKA | 338-6 | ▪️ SRI LANKA won by 23 runs |
| Chester-le-Street | WEST INDIES | 315-9 | ||
| 40 Tue 02-Jul | 10:30 | BANGLADESH | 286 48.0 | ▪️ INDIA won by 28 runs |
| Edgbaston | INDIA | 314-9 | ||
| 41 Wed 03-Jul | 10:30 | ENGLAND | 305-8 | ▪️ ENGLAND won by 119 runs |
| Chester-le-Street | NEW ZEALAND | 186 44.5 | ||
| 42 Thu 04-Jul | 10:30 | WEST INDIES | 311-6 | ▪️ WEST INDIES won by 23 runs |
| Headingley | AFGHANISTAN | 288 | ||
| 43 Fri 05-Jul | 10:30 | PAKISTAN | 315-9 | ▪️ PAKISTAN won by 94 runs |
| Lord's | BANGLADESH | 221 44.1 | ||
| 44 Sat 06-Jul | 10:30 | INDIA | 265-3 43.3 | ▪️ INDIA won by seven wickets |
| Headingley | SRI LANKA | 264-7 | ||
| 45 Sat 06-Jul | 13:30 | SOUTH AFRICA | 325-6 | ▪️ SOUTH AFRICA won by 10 runs |
| Old Trafford | AUSTRALIA | 315 49.5 | ||
166 David Warner (Australia) v Bangladesh
153 Aaron Finch (Australia) v Sri Lanka
153 Jason Roy (England) v Bangladesh
148 Eoin Morgan (England) v Afghanistan
148 Kane Williamson (New Zealand) v West Indies
140 Rohit Sharma (India) v Pakistan
124* Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) v West Indies
122* Rohit Sharma (India) v South Africa
122 David Warner (Australia) v South Africa
121 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) v England
118 Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) v Sri Lanka
117 Shikhar Dhawan (India) v Australia
113 Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) v India
111 Jonny Bairstow (England) v India
111 KL Rahul (India) v Sri Lanka
107 Joe Root (England) v Pakistan
107 David Warner (Australia) v Pakistan
106* Kane Williamson (New Zealand) v South Africa
106 Jonny Bairstow (England) v New Zealand
104 Avishka Fernando (Sri Lanka) v West Indies
104 Rohit Sharma (India) v Bangladesh
103 Jos Buttler (England) v Pakistan
103 Rohit Sharma (India) v Sri Lanka
102* Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) v Australia
102 Rohit Sharma (India) v England
101* Babar Azam (Pakistan) v New Zealand
101 Carlos Braithwaite (West Indies) v New Zealand
100* Joe Root (England) v West Indies
100 Aaron Finch (Australia) v England
100 Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) v Bangladesh
100 Faf du Plessis (South Africa) v Australia
FIVE-FORS
6-35 Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) v Bangladesh
5-26 Mitchell Starc (Australia) v New Zealand
5-29 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) v Afghanistan
5-30 Mohammad Amir (Pakistan) v Australia
5-31 Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand) v Afghanistan
5-44 Jason Behrendorff (Australia) v England
5-46 Mitchell Starc (Australia) v West Indies
5-59 Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) v India
5-69 Mohammad Shami (India) v England
5-75 Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) v Pakistan
All scheduled start times are BST
Full 50 overs batted unless stated
DLS = Result decided using Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
NRR = Net run rate
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