sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Its great isn't it
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Final - England v New Zealand
- Thread starter James
- Start date
It is bad luck. Luck is a thing.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
You could be more gracious, come on.
And it was a wide. What's up with that controversy?
G.I.Joe
International Coach
The team benefiting from it winning the World Cup has guaranteed that they can’t fix it without (a) looking like absolute idiots, and (b) spoiling the premier world tournament for fans on all sides.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Stop embarrassing yourself and have some humility ffs.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
alright I'm gonna go back to staying off the internet, that was working well. laters guys.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
people absolutely seething at umpires applying the rules that every bloke out there is aware of.
people asking for rules to be reviewed in light of it all.
feels good
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Nowhere near as odd as Stokes bunting a thigh high full toss on legstump when we needed 2 to win.
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Seriously I hope Guptill is OK right now.
Jezroy
State Captain
I mean we all know what happened. England were awarded the World Cup after a tied game where New Zealand had multiple chances to finish them off and couldn’t.
Complaining about the rules as to why England won, is as good as the Pakistan supporters who complained that semi finals should have been decided by head to head and not net run rate.
It hurts. It stings. But man I’m proud of what that team achieved in spite of their weaknesses and that terrible run in where they lost 3 games. Such a gut wrenching performance.
Yes I feel ripped off as a New Zealand fan, but rules are rules. They suck sometimes.
And you can probably blame Trent Boult as much as the rules. To see him step on the rope taking that catch was so unusual, as he’s consistently shown great judgement in that kind of situation before. But pressure.
It was just the best damn game of ODI cricket ever.
Cricket, you terrible mistress. You’ve really gone and hurt me this time. But I still love you.
Complaining about the rules as to why England won, is as good as the Pakistan supporters who complained that semi finals should have been decided by head to head and not net run rate.
It hurts. It stings. But man I’m proud of what that team achieved in spite of their weaknesses and that terrible run in where they lost 3 games. Such a gut wrenching performance.
Yes I feel ripped off as a New Zealand fan, but rules are rules. They suck sometimes.
And you can probably blame Trent Boult as much as the rules. To see him step on the rope taking that catch was so unusual, as he’s consistently shown great judgement in that kind of situation before. But pressure.
It was just the best damn game of ODI cricket ever.
Cricket, you terrible mistress. You’ve really gone and hurt me this time. But I still love you.
hazsa19
International Regular
Amazing, never seen some of the stuff that went on at the end in 20 previous years of watching cricket.
The deciding factor definitely feels arbitrarily picked, but so is any other way of deciding in these circumstances. Lots of people would say NZ only made the semis due to an arbitrary stat.
The deciding factor definitely feels arbitrarily picked, but so is any other way of deciding in these circumstances. Lots of people would say NZ only made the semis due to an arbitrary stat.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
I Was thinking this before the tournament. Just give them another 6 balls and another 2 wickets and keep going until someone wins.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Good post this. Rightly identifies that NZ just simply couldn't get it done. No shame in that.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Eventually the mafia would decide they'd broken some sort of zoning rules, but yeah playing until then at least could work.
Forcing them to use a different bowler and different batsmen could be cool too.
cnerd123
likes this
The Laws of Cricket and ICC WC Playing Conditions were circulated to all teams before the WC. England won fair and square.
It's fair enough to complain if you feel the Laws or PCs need changing/improvement, but when it comes right after you've lost a WC final due to said Law/PC, it's naturally going to come off as sour grapes. Like all the Pakistani fans moaning about NRR earlier this tournament.
Absolutely no doubt that NZ were unlucky this WC. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Ridiculously heartbreaking and I feel for all the fans for suffering through that. But no need to rain on England's moment.
What a great moment in history tbh. England are finally a good ODI side and have the WC to show for it. Winning the greatest game of ODI cricket ever at Lords, on FTA, in a WC final. What a moment. Incredible.
It's fair enough to complain if you feel the Laws or PCs need changing/improvement, but when it comes right after you've lost a WC final due to said Law/PC, it's naturally going to come off as sour grapes. Like all the Pakistani fans moaning about NRR earlier this tournament.
Absolutely no doubt that NZ were unlucky this WC. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Ridiculously heartbreaking and I feel for all the fans for suffering through that. But no need to rain on England's moment.
What a great moment in history tbh. England are finally a good ODI side and have the WC to show for it. Winning the greatest game of ODI cricket ever at Lords, on FTA, in a WC final. What a moment. Incredible.