Final - England v New Zealand

[trundler]

Nah who cares about what happened before. So many ifs there. But the boundary thing is ****ing ridiculous. England and NZ share this trophy.

 

[mr_mister]

I just remember they split the trophy in case of washout

So to not split in this context is stupid

 

[Groundking]

To all those moaning ****s moaning about the boundary rule, **** of we won anyway as it wasn't a wide fist ball, erasmus ****ed up.

 

[Grasshopper]

Congratulations, England.

 

[Member Berry]

Guptill's shot was just odd

it was the shot of a man with no confidence whatsoever. instead of trying to be the hero, he basically decided he just didn't wanna get out and be the villain.

 

[Prince EWS]

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.

It's probably less stupid than boundaries but I still think it's stupid.

 

[Dissector]

I also think the boundary rule is stupid but England ranked higher in the round-robin and beat NZ earlier which would be better alternatives. I think one other possibility is to give the tie to the team that has lost the toss which would also be England.

 

[vandem]

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

IIRC not unless the umpire has stopped play, e.g. given a "out" decision, or called for a third umpire review. Otherwise the ball is live.

 

[nightprowler10]

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

Yeah if there's a rule change needed it's this. Should be dead ball after hitting the bat or something. 7 off 2 still very doable though.

Rules were clear before the super over.

Agreed. Still a **** way to decide though.

 

[Uppercut]

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

Haha when Stokes got the 6 off the bat my brother asked why that rule hadn’t been changed and I gave the same answer. Such a long history of waiting until the most embarrassing possible moment to fix obvious flaws in the rules.

 

[chicane]

That was an incredible game. Has to be the most dramatic game ever.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Brilliant game. Delighted we won. Hard luck NZ a cruel way to lose a game that.

As for conspiracy theorists well you haters are gonna hate and I don't care.

Appetiser taken care of, bring on the main course.

 

[Shri]

if this was an icc game, nz would have won for losing fewer wickets

 

[add_sauce]

One Over to determine a match like this is ridiculous.

 

[Pothas]

I still don't think all this happened.

 

[andmark]

Just can't wait for Stokes to hit winning runs. That will make him fume.

Pretty much ****ing called it

 

[ankitj]

Boundaries rule is stupid. NZ lost fewer wickets. That should have counted.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That was an incredible game. Has to be the most dramatic game ever.

By a few country miles

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha when Stokes got the 6 off the bat my brother asked why that rule hadn’t been changed and I gave the same answer. Such a long history of waiting until the most embarrassing possible moment to fix obvious flaws in the rules.

Haha I just made a post about this as well.

 

[Jay London]

Thought I'd be delighted by an England win but feel rather empty. The luck went against NZ big time in ways that feel uncomfortable. Anyway, it appears that god is an Irishman after all.