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Final - England v New Zealand

Who will win the match?

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91Jmay

International Coach
sledger said:
May as well just have 3 finals imo. Or as many as it takes to get the result the people whining the loudest want.
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Yeah after I typed it I realised how arbitrary it all is.

Almost like sport (and anything designed by humans) is by definition arbitrary.
 
mr_mister

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
A minor point re the emotions: all southern hemispherers posting/arguing in this thread have just pulled all nighters
 
Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
NZ...:(

Looking at Guptill at the end was hard.

Was a blast following the game with zo and howe on commentary with a muted streem.

Wish I could relive the final again with no memories.
 
Amirfan

Amirfan

School Boy/Girl Captain
What a happy happy day! Congratulations England! I was supporting England like I would support my own team today. I just could not have accepted any other result. The fact that it was so close makes it all the more sweet.

On a side note, what a silly decision to give Kane the MOS award! What the hell!!!!! He wasn't even the top run scorer by a 100 runs and the guy at the top played a game less.
 
trundler

trundler

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Home team has won the world cup thrice in a row* now. Sucks to be a Pakistan fan, lel.

*Fairly obvious
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
sledger said:
May as well just have 3 finals imo. Or as many as it takes to get the result the people whining the loudest want.
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Would definitely beat getting stuck with a world champion side staffed with foreign ring-ins and thugs and cheered on by the likes of you :p
 
Neil Young

Neil Young

State Vice-Captain
Amirfan said:
What a happy happy day! Congratulations England! I was supporting England like I would support my own team today. I just could not have accepted any other result. The fact that it was so close makes it all the more sweet.

On a side note, what a silly decision to give Kane the MOS award! What the hell!!!!! He wasn't even the top run scorer by a 100 runs and the guy at the top played a game less.
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My favourite poster.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
trundler said:
Home team has won the world cup thrice in a row* now. Sucks to be a Pakistan fan, lel.

*Fairly obvious
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Obviously home advantage is huge but this is a bit of a fluke in a way too. England wouldn't have won in 2011 if it was in England, for example.
 
The Hutt Rec

The Hutt Rec

International Vice-Captain
Adamsk45 said:
All I can say is New Zealand are a credit to the sporting world. It's a silly way to decide a game. Minute margins to say the least...and debatable deciding factors - with the number of boundaries. NZ played great cricket throughout this tournament, ( superhuman highlight reel in the field especially) and were immense today. From most people I spoke to here, NZ were a 2nd favourite team throughout the tournament. The team we would tune in to watch highlights of. I would have raised a glass to the black caps had they won. The level of sportsmanship with the despondent players (Kane Williamson took it on the chin like a gent and a man)... and on this forum...is a credit to New Zealand Sport. You guys deserved it, on another day would have won it, and I hope you taste it one day.
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Congrats to England as well, did damn well to get there to the tie when it looked out of reach a few times in the final five overs. Hope you guys enjoy it, it must be an amazing feeling winning your first.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Prince EWS said:
Obviously home advantage is huge but this is a bit of a fluke in a way too. England wouldn't have won in 2011 if it was in England, for example.
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Yeah was about to say: India in 2011 and Australia in 2015 were the best sides in the world at the time anyway, as was the case with England in 2019.
 
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