Final - England v New Zealand

[wellAlbidarned]

well ****

 

[trundler]

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

 

[hendrix]

I also think the super over kinda favoured England in that they were just batting in the same conditions and had their eye in.

 

[fredfertang]

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

 

[sunilz]

Why Boult delivered the last over instead of Ferguson ?

 

[Pothas]

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.

Hey this is way more than that. This feels a lot better than any win since that away ashes and I don't think I have celebrated so much since 2005.

So hard on New Zealand, we know we had all the luck.

 

[morgieb]

I also think the super over kinda favoured England in that they were just batting in the same conditions and had their eye in.

I guess that's why they batted first, which is a significant disadvantage in a super over sort of situation unless you put on 20+.

 

[harsh.ag]

For me, they are both the World Champions

One of the greatest games of cricket. Will post thoughts tomorrow.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Should just be a rematch right?

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Seems weird England players saying how they pulled it off when they didn’t actually win either the game or the super over

 

[Jezroy]

Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler did an amazing job. With that partnership it was a huge New Zealand victory

 

[cnerd123]

best game of cricket

i'm so happy we did CW Comms for this

Congrats England. My deepest commiserations to New Zealand. You literally can not get closer to winning a WC final and still not win it. It's ridiculous. Heartbreaking. I can't imagine what you all must be going through now.

But what a game. Imagine all the kids who were watching this around the world. Imagine a day where Cricket went up against several other sports in the schedule and outshone all of them. What an incredible moment. It was so back and forth. Could not believe what I was seeing. You think you've seen everything, and a game like this comes along. The batting, the bowling, the fielding, the swings in momentum, that missed catch by Boult, that ****ing richochet off the bat for 4. A ****ing superover, CricketWeb's very own Neesham putting in a superhuman allround effort - what a ****ing legend - and then it all ends up in another tie again.

If you were to write the script to an incredible cricket game, you wouldn't be able to write anything better. What a ****ing game.

Great World Cup.

 

[vandem]

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

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

 

[social]

lol at England winning the WC

They won nothing!

The WC was a draw and I have no idea what that last crap was all about

 

[ImpatientLime]

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

everyone knows the rules going into the final.

 

[slippy888]

Why Boult delivered the last over instead of Ferguson ?

Lockie seems to go to man for me in pressure moments.

 

[Spintolose]

Congratulations should also go to tuk tuk Root. Without that innings we wouldn't have had such an AMAZING final. Lol!

 

[harsh.ag]

Hearty congratulations to the England fans, the English nation, and the players and crew who have worked so hard for this for the last 4 years.

 

[mr_mister]

Great job commentating btw Howe and *****

 

[rythy]

What a match. Seriously one of the most heart stopping and one of the greatest odi ever.

Sad to see NZ on the losing side as both team equally deserved it.

Happy for England as they have been the best ODI side of last few years and deserved WC too.