15/07/2019

Cricket World Cup Final: New Zealand vs England, Lord's - England win thriller for first World Cup

In one of the most dramatic cricket matches ever, England and New Zealand were tied twice after the World Cup Final went to a Super Over.

England 241 & 15-0 / 241-8 & 15-1 New Zealand
England won the World Cup for the first time in one of the most amazing cricket matches ever witnessed that was twice tied at Lord's.
Both sides scored 241 in the regular 50 over innings, and both scored 15 in the Super Over, after which point the deciding factor was boundaries, with England scoring 26 fours and sixes to New Zealand's 17 throughout the match.
It was the first tie in a World Cup final, hardly surprising when you think that a month and a half of cricket would have created a gulf between the sides before the showpiece at the home of cricket.
Photo from The Telegraph
Requiring 15 from the last over of the regulation 50, Ben Stokes hit a six for England, utilising the short boundary on the leg side.
Martin Guptill's attempted run out of Ben Stokes ricocheted off the left hander's bat, going down the ground and hitting the boundary for four runs in addition to the two that Stokes and Adil Rashid had run between the wickets.
That meant that two was required from the last ball for the win, but Mark Wood was run out coming back for the second, meaning the match was tied.
Ben Stokes, who ended the regular innings on 84 not out, was joined by Jos Buttler at the crease as England batted first in the Super Over.
They amassed 15, before Jofra Archer bowled at Jimmy Neesham and Guptill.
Archer's first ball was a wide, and his third went for six, before good running and a misfield from Jason Roy meant that they needed two from the last delivery.
Knowing that they were behind on the boundary count, Guptill and Neesham needed the two.
Guptill was on strike and hit Archer to deep mid-wicket, where Roy atoned for his error with a brilliant throw to Buttler behind the stumps to run out the returning Guptill to send Lord's, and the rest of the country, into euphoria.
Photo from Dawn
At 86-4, it looked as though England were dead and buried, thanks to brilliant bowling and fielding, and tactical brilliance from captain Kane Williamson.
The partnership between Stokes and Buttler was more than just numerical, their century stand helped to steady the England ship.
Buttler was caught at deep point for 59 when going for a maximum, when he departed his side needed 46 from 31 balls.
It was perhaps the perfect end to the fairytale that Stokes was the key man in the chase, after his final over in the 2016 World T20 final was hit for four sixes as England lost.
The Durham allrounder remained while all his partners tumbled.
Liam Plunkett was held at long-off in the 49th over off Neesham, Stokes got some fortune when Trent Boult took a catch but stepped on the boundary rope before releasing the ball, an action that prompted some remarkable sportsmanship from Guptill, signalling the six to the umpires without needing a boundary check.
Archer was out for a golden duck, before two dots in Boult's final over, the huge six over deep mid-wicket, then the miraculous fortune of the four overthrows making six runs off that ball.
Rashid sacrificed himself for a single off the penultimate ball, before Wood was out running back for two as the match ended all square.
Photo from Cricket365
Such a dramatic finale to the match would not have been expected from the rest of the final, an attritional and patient affair on the traditionally tricky sloping Lord's surface.
The Black Caps won the toss and batted, which looked to be a brilliant decision at England's 86-4.
Henry Nicholls made 55 and Tom Latham 47, holding the innings together in front of England's bowling attack.
In a normal ODI series, you'd think that 241 against this England side would be a breeze of a run chase, but in a World Cup final - it's anything but.
Matt Henry had Roy caught behind, Joe Root suffered a similar fate off Colin de Grandhomme, Jonny Bairstow dragged on off Lockie Ferguson, who then took a stunning diving catch at deep point to dismiss Eoin Morgan.

English cricket had already been given a huge boost by making it to the final, ensuring it would be broadcast live on free-to-air television.
But no one could have predicted what was to follow, the greatest World Cup final of all-time, one of the best cricket matches ever and a landmark moment in British sporting history.
English cricket had been building up to this moment since crashing out of the tournament four years ago in Australia.
Former captain and director of cricket Andrew Strauss needs huge praise to get the ball rolling back then, renewing the focus on one-day cricket.
Captain Morgan and coach Trevor Bayliss gave the players freedom, responding with record breaking batting performances.
Three successive victories after being on the brink of missing out on the semi-final was the perfect build up to the final, on the same pitch that England's women achieved the same feat two years ago.
Morgan will be remembered alongside Bobby Moore and Martin Johnson as English sporting legends, lifting the World Cup for the first time in their sports.
As an aside, England became the first country to have won the World Cup in football, rugby and cricket, a huge achievement for sport in our country.

SCORECARD
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
Match Tied - England won after Super Over - number of boundaries

New Zealand Innings
Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)

Guptill: lbw - b Woakes / 19 / 18 / 105.56 (2, 1)
Nicholls: b Plunkett / 55 / 77 / 71.43 (4, 0)
Williamson: c Buttler - b Plunkett / 30 / 53 / 56.60 (2, 0)
Taylor: lbw - b Wood / 15 / 31 / 48.39 (0, 0)
Latham: c sub - b Woakes / 47 / 56 / 83.93 (2, 1)
Neesham: c Root - b Plunkett / 19 / 25 / 76.00 (3, 0)
de Grandhomme: c sub - b Woakes / 16 / 28 / 57.14 (0, 0)
Santner: not out / 5 / 9 / 55.56 (0, 0)
Henry: b Archer / 4 / 2 / 200.00 (1, 0)
Boult: not out / 1 / 2 / 50.00 (0, 0)

Extras 1nb 17w 0b 12lb 30
Total (50.0 overs) 241-8

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ
Woakes: 9.0 / 0 / 37 / 3 / 4.11
Archer: 10.0 / 0 / 42 / 1 / 4.20
Plunkett: 10.0 / 0 / 42 / 3 / 4.20
Wood: 10.0 / 1 / 49 / 1 / 4.90
Rashid: 8.0 / 0 / 39 / 0 / 4.88
Stokes: 3.0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 6.67

Fall of Wicket - Batsman
29-1 (6.2 ovs) - Guptill
103-2 (22.4 ovs) - Williamson
118-3 (26.5 ovs) - Nicholls
141-4 (33.1 ovs) - Taylor
173-5 (38.6 ovs) - Neesham
219-6 (46.5 ovs) - de Grandhomme
232-7 (48.3 ovs) - Latham
240-8 (49.3 ovs) - Henry

England Innings
Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)

Roy: c Latham - b Henry / 17 / 20 / 85.00 (3, 0)
Bairstow: b Ferguson / 36 / 55 / 65.45 (7, 0)
Root: c Latham b - de Grandhomme / 7 / 30 / 23.33 (0, 0)
Morgan: c Ferguson - b Neesham / 9 / 22 / 40.91 (0, 0)
Stokes: not out / 84 / 98 / 85.71 (5, 2)
Buttler: c sub - b Ferguson / 59 / 60 / 98.33 (6, 0)
Woakes: c Latham - b Ferguson / 2 / 4 / 50.00 (0, 0)
Plunkett: c Boult - b Neesham / 10 / 10 / 100.00 (1, 0)
Archer: b Neesham / 0 / 1 / 0.00 (0, 0)
Rashid: run out - (Santner) / 0 / 0 / 0.00 (0, 0)
Wood: run out - (Neesham) / 0 / 0 / 0.00 (0, 0)

Extras 0nb 12w 2b 3lb 17
Total (50.0 overs) 241 all out

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ
Boult: 10.0 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 6.70
Henry: 10.0 / 2 / 40 / 1 / 4.00
de Grandhomme: 10.0 / 2 / 25 / 1 / 2.50
Ferguson: 10.0 / 0 / 50 / 3 / 5.00
Neesham: 7.0 / 0 / 43 / 3 / 6.14
Santner: 3.0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 3.67

Fall of Wicket - Batsman
28-1 (5.4 ovs) - Roy
59-2 (16.3 ovs) - Root
71-3 (19.3 ovs) - Bairstow
86-4 (23.1 ovs) - Morgan
196-5 (44.5 ovs) - Buttler
203-6 (46.1 ovs) - Woakes
220-7 (48.3 ovs) - Plunkett
227-8 (48.6 ovs) - Archer
240-9 (49.5 ovs) - Rashid
241-10 (49.6 ovs) - Wood

England Super Over
Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)

Stokes: not out / 8 / 3 / 266.67 (1, 0)
Buttler: not out / 7 / 3 / 233.33 (1, 0)


Extras 0
Total (1.0 overs) 15-0

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ
Boult: 1.0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 15.00

New Zealand Super Over
Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)

Neesham: not out / 13 / 5 / 260.00 (0, 1)
Guptill: run out - (Roy) / 1 / 1 / 100.00 (0, 0)

Extras 0nb 1w 0b 0lb 1
Total (1.0 overs) 15-1

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ
Archer: 1.0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 15.00


Results

May
30 England v South Africa, The Oval, England won by 104 runs
31 West Indies v Pakistan, Trent Bridge, West Indies won by seven wickets

June

1 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Cardiff, New Zealand won by 10 wickets
1 Afghanistan v Australia, Bristol, Australia won by seven wickets
2 South Africa v Bangladesh, The Oval, Bangladesh won by 21 runs
3 England v Pakistan, Trent Bridge, Pakistan won by 14 runs
4 Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Cardiff, Sri Lanka won by 54 runs
5 South Africa v India, Southampton, India won by six wickets
5 Bangladesh v New Zealand, The Oval, New Zealand won by two wickets
6 Australia v West Indies, Trent Bridge, Australia won by 15 runs 
7 Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Bristol, Match abandoned without a ball bowled
8 England v Bangladesh, Cardiff, England won by 106 runs
8 Afghanistan v New Zealand, Taunton, New Zealand won by seven wickets
9 India v Australia, The Oval, India won by 36 runs
10 South Africa v West Indies, Southampton, Match abandoned; no result
11 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Bristol, Match abandoned; no result
12 Australia v Pakistan, Taunton, Australia won by 41 runs
13 India v New Zealand, Trent Bridge, Match abandoned without a ball bowled 
14 England v West Indies, Southampton, England won by eight wickets
15 Sri Lanka v Australia, The Oval, Australia won by 87 runs
15 South Africa v Afghanistan, Cardiff, South Africa won by nine wickets (DLS method)
16 India v Pakistan, Old Trafford, India won by 89 run (DLS method)
17 West Indies v Bangladesh, Taunton, Bangladesh won by seven wickets
18 England v Afghanistan, Old Trafford, England won by 150 runs
19 New Zealand v South Africa, Edgbaston, New Zealand won by four wickets
20 Australia v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge, Australia won by 48 runs
21 England v Sri Lanka, Headingley, Sri Lanka won by 20 runs
22 India v Afghanistan, Southampton, India won by 11 runs
22 West Indies v New Zealand, Old Trafford, New Zealand won by five runs
23 Pakistan v South Africa, Lord's, Pakistan won by 49 runs
24 Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Southampton, Bangladesh won by 62 runs
25 England v Australia, Lord's, Australia won by 64 runs
26 New Zealand v Pakistan, Edgbaston, Pakistan won by six wickets
27 West Indies v India, Old Trafford, India won by 125 runs
28 Sri Lanka v South Africa, Chester-le-Street, South Africa won by nine wickets
29 Pakistan v Afghanistan, Headingley, Pakistan won by three wickets
29 New Zealand v Australia, Lord's, Australia won by 86 runs
30 England v India, Edgbaston, England won by 31 runs

July

1 Sri Lanka v West Indies, Chester-le-Street, Sri Lanka won by 23 runs
2 Bangladesh v India, Edgbaston, India won by 28 runs
3 England v New Zealand, Chester-le-Street, England won by 119 runs
4 Afghanistan v West Indies, Headingley, West Indies won by 23 runs
5 Pakistan v Bangladesh, Lord's, Pakistan won by 94 runs
6 Sri Lanka v India, Headingley, India won by seven wickets
6 Australia v South Africa, Old Trafford, South Africa won by 10 runs

9-10 First semi-final: India v New Zealand, Old Trafford, New Zealand won by 18 runs

11 Second semi-final: Australia v England, Edgbaston, England won by eight wickets
14 Final: New Zealand v England, Lord's, Match Tied - England won after Super Over - number of boundaries

Final Group Stage Standings

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1India970115
2Australia970214
3England960312
4New Zealand950311
5Pakistan950311
6Sri Lanka93048
7South Africa93057
8Bangladesh93057
9West Indies92065
10Afghanistan90090

Tournament Stats

Most runs
PlayerMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR1005004s6s
R Sharma (IND)99164814081.0065998.335106714
D Warner (AUS)1010164716671.8872489.36330668
S Al Hasan (BAN)881606124*86.5763196.03250602
K Williamson (NZ)109257814882.5777174.96220503
J Root (ENG)1111255610761.7762189.53230482
J Bairstow (ENG)1111053211148.3657392.842226711
A Finch (AUS)1010050715350.70497102.012314718
B Azam (PAK)881474101*67.7154087.77130502
B Stokes (ENG)111034658966.4249993.180503811
J Roy (ENG)87044315363.28384115.361405112


Most wickets
PlayerMatInnsOversMdnsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR45
M Starc (AUS)101092.25502275-2618.595.4320.522
L Ferguson (NZ)9983.43409214-3719.474.8823.910
J Archer (ENG)1111100.58461203-2723.054.5730.200
M Rahman (BAN)8872.12484205-5924.206.7021.602
J Bumrah (IND)9984.09371184-5520.614.4128.010
M Wood (ENG)101089.42463183-1825.725.1629.800
M Amir (PAK)8873.05358175-3021.054.9025.701
T Boult (NZ)101099.04479174-3028.174.8334.920
S Afridi (PAK)5547.13234166-3514.624.9617.611
C Woakes (ENG)111185.06446163-2027.875.2431.800


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