England win WC in dramatic style

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England’s captain Eoin Morgan raises the trophy after winning the Cricket World Cup final match between England and New Zealand at Lord’s cricket ground in London on July 14. England won after a super over after the scores ended tied after 50 overs each. (AP)

Poms shatter NZ dreams in Super Over

LONDON, July 14, (Agencies): England won the Cricket World Cup for the first time in extraordinary circumstances, beating New Zealand by a tiebreaker of boundaries scored after the match was tied after regulation play and then the first Super Over in the tournament’s history.

England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler ran out Martin Guptill off the last ball of the Super Over as the New Zealand opener scrambled back for a second run that would have earned the Black Caps also their first world title.

Both teams scored 241 after the regulation 50 overs per side, with England hitting 14 off the last over – including a six made up of two runs followed by an accidental four deflected off the bat of the diving Ben Stokes – to tie New Zealand’s 241-8.

That meant the World Cup’s first ever Super Over, which fans watched with hands around their heads and with a rule explainer required on the big screens inside the home of cricket.

Stokes and Jos Buttler were England’s first designated batsmen and they struck 15 – including two fours – off six balls delivered by Trent Boult.

New Zealand pair Jimmy Neesham and Guptill also struck 15 off Jofra Archer but England won courtesy of a superior boundary count – 22 to 14 – in regulation play.

While New Zealand has lost two straight finals, the country that invented cricket has finally become its world champion.

England vs New Zealand Scoreboard

LONDON, July 14, (RTRS): Scoreboard at close of play of final between New Zealand and England on Sunday at London, England Match Tied (England win the one-over eliminator)

NEW ZEALAND

M. Guptill lbw Chris Woakes……… 19

H. Nicholls b Liam Plunkett……….. 55

Williamson c J. Buttler b Plunkett… 30

R. Taylor lbw Mark Wood………….. 15

T. Latham c (Sub) b Woakes……… 47

Neesham c Joe Root b Plunkett…. 19

Grandhomme c (Sub) b Woakes…. 16

Mitchell Santner not out……………… 5

Matt Henry b Jofra Archer………….. 4

Trent Boult not out……………………. 1

Extras…………………………………. 30

Total: 241-8 (50.0 overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-29 Guptill, 2-103 Williamson, 3-118 Nicholls, 4-141 Taylor, 5-173 Neesham, 6-219 de Grandhomme, 7-232 Latham, 8-240 Henry did not bat: Ferguson Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex Chris Woakes 9 0 37 3 4.11 4w 1nb Jofra Archer 10 0 42 1 4.20 5w Liam Plunkett 10 0 42 3 4.20 Mark Wood 10 1 49 1 4.90 2w Adil Rashid 8 0 39 0 4.88 Ben Stokes 3 0 20 0 6.67 2w

ENGLAND

J. Roy c Tom Latham b Henry……….17

J. Bairstow b Lockie Ferguson………..36

J. Root c Latham b Grandhomme……..7

Morgan c Ferguson b Neesham………9

Ben Stokes not out………………………84

J. Buttler c (Sub) b Ferguson………….59

Woakes c Latham b Ferguson…………2

Plunkett c Boult b Neesham…………..10

J. Archer b Jimmy Neesham…………..0

Extras…………………………………………17

Total: 241 (50.0 overs) all out

Fall of Wickets : 1-28 Roy, 2-59 Root, 3-71 Bairstow, 4-86 Morgan, 5-196 Buttler, 6-203 Woakes, 7-220 Plunkett, 8-227 Archer, 9-240 Rashid, 10-241 WoodDid Not Bat : Rashid, Wood Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex Trent Boult 10 0 67 0 6.70 2w Matt Henry 10 2 40 1 4.00 Colin de Grandhomme 10 2 25 1 2.50 1w Lockie Ferguson 10 0 50 3 5.00 3w Jimmy Neesham 7 0 43 3 6.14 1w Mitchell Santner 3 0 11 0 3.67 1w

ENGLAND

Ben Stokes not out………………………..8

Jos Buttler not out………………………….7

Extras…………………………………………..0

Total: (1.0 overs)………………………15-0

NEW ZEALAND

Jimmy Neesham not out……………….13

Martin Guptill run out

Jason Roy……………………………………1

Extras: 1 Total: 15-1 (1.0 overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-15

Guptill did not Bat: Nicholls, Williamson, Taylor, Latham, de Grandhomme, Santner, Henry, Boult, Ferguson

Umpire Marais Erasmus Umpire Handunnettige Dharmasena Video Rodney Tucker Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle

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