Final - England v New Zealand

[slippy888]

England fans deserve some luck after so many years of misery, but New Zealand never deserve that fate today.

 

[trundler]

Howe was excellent, yeah. Thanks for entertaining us.

 

[mr_mister]

I believe the game will be recorded as a tie in ICC records.

If the '99 semi was this certainly oughta be

 

[Prince EWS]

best game of cricket

i'm so happy we did CW Comms for this

Looking forward to joining you ****s for the Ashes; I ordered a new mic and all.

 

[andmark]

Yeah, thanks for the commentary Howe and *****. Kept me entertained as if the cricket wasn't enough.

 

[Pothas]

lol imagine trying to call a world cup final a ****ing tie. weak.

everyone knows the rules going into the final.

I mean we would be fine winning the football World Cup on penalties right?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Cricket. Bloody hell.

 

[Spintolose]

Could have called it as a tie and a shared trophy - I don't think there'd have been too many complaints

Everyone's a winner

 

[sunilz]

I doubt Eng are World champions in the eyes of any knowledgeable cricket fan. This match should have joint winner

 

[ankitj]

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

Or standing in the league round which would have meant England still wins. I dunno honestly.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Feel for Boult. Bloke has been huge for us for years.

 

[Heboric]

I hope New Zealand players arent playing any form of cricket after this for awhile. I would need some serious couch time to recover

 

[ImpatientLime]

I mean we would be fine winning the football World Cup on penalties right?

exactly what was in my mind. ****ing bizarre response from some. the most bizarre being 'it should have gone to the team who lost fewer wickets'.

 

[Spikey]

In hindsight, Guptil should have left that ball. Would have been wide

 

[Prince EWS]

Let me reiterate that this was a tie. Official records can get ****ed.

Yeah the game was a tie but the World Cup winner was England. The World Cup winner and the winner of the World Cup final are two very very subtly different things.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

They'll never be able to change that overthrows rule for about 40 years or until NZ win.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Or standing in the league round which would have meant England still wins. I dunno honestly.

Should just replay the thing imo

 

[morgieb]

Or standing in the league round which would have meant England still wins. I dunno honestly.

League positions would be the most logical tiebreaker if the Super Over couldn't split it (it's how Australia went through in 1999), yeah.

 

[trundler]

Guptill definitely choked on the last ball. So did Root.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Congrats England. The jibes about foreign players was only ever a joke btw