Final - England v New Zealand

[Spintolose]

Thank the Cricketing Lord that ****** Umpire didn't ruin the final.
That first ball from Archer was never a wide.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Strange feeling. Until the overthrows in the final over I never thought we were going to win all day.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

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

Probably would have got bowled next ball anyway.

 

[trundler]

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.

Don't care. You literally cannot get a more level game
.

 

[OverratedSanity]

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

His shot was weird and I have no idea how he was so far out. He should've actually made it back. Neesham did

 

[thierry henry]

Is there actually serious debate about what just happened? England got an extra 4 absurd runs off the 3rd last ball, turning a loss into a tie

Like is this seriously up for discussion

 

[Teja.]

CongratsEngland, very much deserved and proved a bunch of naysayers wrong.

Really gutted for NZ. Variance tap danced on their crotch for that last 1 hour.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

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.

Wouldnt have an issue with that, I actually thought that was what it was. Most boundaries though, wtf, who cares?!

 

[ImpatientLime]

immense throw from roy under pressure

 

[Prince EWS]

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'.

I agree that sharing the trophy would be unacceptable but I'm not convinced at all by boundaries scored being anything even approximating a good differentiator. England as winner is the right result IMO (assuming we can't just subjectively decide not to give it to them because of the "overthrows") but not for that reason.

 

[Francis]

This is the best day of my life!

That was unquestionably the greatest game of cricket of all time. That's better than Australia/South Africa from 99.

I just can't believe how incredible that script was! Boult choking by stepping on the rope, the fieldsmen piffing the ball into Stokes' bat when it wasn't necessary, a draw, a tied superover, New Zealand forgetting to try and hit a six in the super over just in case it came a draw.

This match had everything! I seriously don't think I've ever been happier than I am right now.

 

[MW1304]

Just trying to take this all in still.

Gonna be tough hearing from NZ players.

 

[vandem]

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'.

Except "it should have gone to the team who lost fewer wickets" used to be how limited over games are decided. And in a World Cup football game, if teams finish 5-5 on penalties, they don't declare the winner to be the team that had the most on-goal shots in normal play, they take more penalties.

So the response was not exactly bizarre ....

 

[andmark]

Is there actually serious debate about what just happened? England got an extra 4 absurd runs off the 3rd last ball, turning a loss into a tie

Like is this seriously up for discussion

Not straight after the match when England fans are trying to enjoy their victory.

 

[nightprowler10]

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

Yeah I said this in an earlier post before the SO. It's always going to favor the team chasing.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

The thing about the overthrows is that a quick throw wasn't needed. The game was in the bag Stokes on strike or not.

 

[Prince EWS]

Don't care. You literally cannot get a more level game
.

Yeah and that's why the game was a tie. You don't have to win the final to win the World Cup though.

 

[Pothas]

Is there actually serious debate about what just happened? England got an extra 4 absurd runs off the 3rd last ball, turning a loss into a tie

Like is this seriously up for discussion

It is sport. Sport can be absurd.

 

[ankitj]

Should just be a rematch right?

They have a reserve day too

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Not straight after the match when England fans are trying to enjoy their victory.

It wasn’t a victory, it was two ties