Final - England v New Zealand

[GIMH]

Rules were clear before the super over.

Amazing ODI. Best team in the tournament won the WC. And yes of course I’m bloody biased.

And emotional. And in a few hours I’ll be drunk.

God bless you England. ****ing beautiful.

 

[hendrix]

Nah I think people have heard of it but just didn't really care about it until it decided a World ****ing Cup.

Again though I can't think of any superior method in which NZ would've been adjusted to have won.

wickets in hand

 

[OverratedSanity]

i mean the really colossally unfair thing was the "six". seriously, wtf.

God hates nz

 

[Spark]

also, boult really really had to complete that catch. or not let it go for six!

 

[slippy888]

Could have anything been done about the deflection 4 runs from stokes

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Someone check on Guptill, seriously.

 

[Furball]

Hard not to feel for New Zealand, doesn't seem like a particularly satisfactory way to end it.

 

[Moss]

Congratulations England. Well played NZ. Amazing final. That's all for now. Too exhausted to ponder any more.

 

[sunilz]

No way that overthrow should have been given 6. Biased ICC umpires.

 

[add_sauce]

Could have anything been done about the deflection 4 runs from stokes

Nope... and this is where England won the game. On pure luck. Great match, but seriously WTF...

 

[OverratedSanity]

Could have anything been done about the deflection 4 runs from stokes

Been saying it for years. It should be dead ball.

 

[vandem]

England win the Cricket World Cup due to Stokes accidental Six. Is this a joke?

But he did apologise.

I wonder if Kane thought about appealing for obstruction?

 

[straw man]

Only thing I'll say is that I'm massively proud of NZ's players - they scrapped like nothing else, played some brilliant cricket in the semi and this final, and deserved to win, barring awful luck and a bizarre tie-breaker. They did everything they could've (barring Boult's catch) and can hold their heads very high. It wasn't meant to be.

England played some good cricket and will be happy to lift the trophy. But I'm not feeling it for them.

 

[Victor Ian]

That is the cruelest result ever. What should have been the best ever result, 2 ties, has been sullied by the modern dictate to force a result on the day.
Grats to England. Completely worthy.
Commiserations to New Zealand. I don't know how you will come to live with those last two overs.
I hope, come Kane's speech he just screams 'faaaaark!'

 

[The Hutt Rec]

This is the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. Great game my ass

 

[morgieb]

Nah I think people have heard of it but just didn't really care about it until it decided a World ****ing Cup.

Again though I can't think of any superior method in which NZ would've been adjusted to have won.

You could argue total wickets was a better differentiator than boundaries. Still obviously not ideal but it was the common way of deciding ties pre-Super Over.

 

[Burner]

I feel so sad for Kane. Beaten by the Gods

 

[Smudge]

Just woke up as I had no interest in having my nerves stretched by the final.

I feel like I made the right call.







Oh, and **** cricket. **** it right off.

 

[Prince EWS]

Could have anything been done about the deflection 4 runs from stokes

Aside from changing the rules to reflect long-standing convention before the tournament, no.

It's one of those thing that the dickhead in the room will always say "imagine if that happened in the last over of a World Cup.." about when it happens, and everyone rolls their eyes at. But now it's happened, and the dickhead has a point.

 

[slippy888]

If you gonna separate teams New Zealand should be winners considering they lose less wickets in 50 overs