full, angling into the pads, and he clips it towards deep midwicket, who has to run in off the rope, but not too far. It's a risky second, but they have to take it to win it. A tie isn't good enough, given the boundary count. The throw's at the keeper's end, and Buttler has to take it in front of the stumps. Guptill dives, Buttler dives to break the wicket. It isn't a photo finish. Guptill is well short. England have won the 2019 World Cup. Can't say New Zealand have lost, though
England vs New Zealand, Final at London, Jul 14 2019 - Match Result
RESULT
Final, Lord's, July 14, 2019, ICC Cricket World Cup
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New Zealand • 241/8(50 overs)
55 (77)
3/37 (9)
47 (56)
3/42 (10)
England • 241/10(50 overs)
84* (98)
3/50 (10)
59 (60)
3/43 (7)
SUPER OVER - END OF OVER15 runs • 1 wicket
NZ: 15/1CRR: 15.00
8.05pm Finally, England get their hands on the big prize. It could so easily have been New Zealand today, but you can't grudge Eoin Morgan's team. They're truly the best ODI side in the world, and if they had some holes in their combination before the tournament - the bowling attack conceding plenty, a tendency for their batsmen to crumble on bowling-friendly surfaces - those holes seem to have been filled now. They have two superfast wicket-takers for all conditions in Archer and Wood, and their batting looks so much more battle-hardened, as we saw today during that partnership between Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.
And what of New Zealand? They've been through more close games than any other team in this tournament, and until today they'd been finishing on the right end of those results. Against Bangladesh, South Africa, West Indies, India - have I missed any? Today, in the closest finish imaginable - tied match, tied Super Over, losing on boundary count - they've come out on the wrong side. It's going to take a while for them to get this out of their systems.
We've had so much going on, so much to wrap up. Here's the final boundary count, the effective victory margin for England: 26-17. Is it the right way to separate tied teams? Who knows. It's the method we've got, and on this day it was England who triumphed. The smallest of margins.
Anyway, that is it from all of us for this World Cup. We've had dozens of people bringing you commentary, reports and live reports. We've had a fantastic team of correspondents travelling around England and Wales and bringing you the very best ringside views. There's all the people producing the video content. We have a fantastic desk that puts all this content together. On behalf of all of them, goodbye. We hope you've had as incredible a time as we have.
Eoin Morgan: "There wasn't a lot in that game, jeez. I'd like to comisserate with Kane. The fight, the spirit they showed. I thought it was a hard, hard game. This has been a four-year journey, we've developed a lot over those years, particularly the last two. To get over the line today means the world to us. The guys in the middle keep us cool, the way they play, the experience. It's calming at times. Not a lot between the teams. Just delighted we're lifting the trophy today. As long as he wasn't too cooked [sending Stokes back out for the Super Over]. Full credit to those two boys and Jofra. Every time he plays, he improves. The world is really at his feet at the moment."
Kane Williamson is the Player of the Tournament. "Look, it certainly wasn't just one extra run," he says. "So many small parts in that match that could have gone either way as we saw. Congratulations to England on a fantastic campaign. It's been challenging, the pitches have been a little different to what we expected. Lots of talk of 300-plus scores, but we haven't seen many of those. I'd like to thank the New Zealand team for the fight they showed to keep us in the tournament, and get us this far. A tie in the final. So many parts to it. The players are shattered at the moment. Obviously it's devastating. They've performed at such a high level through the tournament."
He continues, on the match: "We were weighing up the overheads versus the pitch, it was on the drier side. runs on the board, as it proved, was going to be challenging. We would have liked another 20, but in a World Cup final we'll take 240-250. Both sides showed a lot of heart, a lot of fight. For it to go to the last ball, and the last ball of the next match, it was pretty hard. That [the Stokes deflection] was a bit of a shame, wasn't it? You just hope it doesn't happen in moments like that. You can nitpick, but perhaps it just wasn't meant to be for us. It is perhaps tough to review the match, and such small margins."
Ben Stokes is the Player of the Match. He gets a handshake from Sachin Tendulkar, who's part of the presentation party. "I'm pretty lost for words," he says. "All the hard words that's gone in over these four years, this is where we aspired to be. To do it with such a game, I don't think there will be another like this in the history of cricket. Jos and I knew if we'd be there close to the end, New Zealand would be under pressure. Not the way I wanted to do it, ball going off my bat like that, I apologised to Kane. We backed the new kid, Jofra Archer, the talent that he's got, he showed the world today. The lads, in this one-day team, the Test team, my family, their support has been massive. Now I'm just looking forward to tonight, mate."
7.50pm: Here's a massive question from Vishal Jain: "What if Santner had stolen a bye in 49.6 ball of New Zealand's batting innings?" -- I'm thinking Buttler would have run the non-striker out, and New Zealand wouldn't have got that run anyway, but then again, what if...
Bhanu: "That deflection...got to be Hand of God, version of cricket." -- Absolutely!
Another variant from Raghu: "Hand of God Diego Maradona.. Bat of God Ben Stokes!!"
Jonny Bairstow "Massive commiserations to the New Zealand boys. Edges one way, edges another. The way the guys came back in the Super Over was fantastic, and Stokes was huge. To play at Lord's is one thing, to play a World Cup final at Lord's is something else."
Jos Buttler "I thought I'd seen everythign in cricket, and that game was just ridiculous. Hard to put it in words. We wanted to take it deep. We didn't feel like the run rate would be an issue if we were both there in the end. A couple of good partnerships, we'll chase this down. Trying to put pressure back on New Zealand. Don't know what happened there in the end. Unbelievable."
Joe Root: "It's almost written in the stars for Ben. Everything he's gone through, I can't be more proud and pleased for him."
Liam Plunkett: "Hasn't sunk in yet. What a finish that was. Hats off to the Kiwi boys. Over the moon."
Ben Stokes: "I'm pretty lost for words. All the hard work over four years to get here, and to be champions of the world is an amazing feeling. Playing against New Zealand is always a great event to be a part of. They're a seriously good team, they're a bunch of good lads. I spoke to Kane, I apologised (for the deflection for overthrows)."
Jofra Archer: "Was pretty sure I was going to bowl it. Just had a chat with Morgs (starts chuckling) heart's still racing, sorry. It's probably the only tournament I've ever won in my life. From the beginning, the guys did so well. Would have been disappointed if we didn't win. They've been a really good family to me."
7.40pm England's players troop back through the Long Room and back onto the field. New Zealand's players are slumped on the grass.
Rishabh: "England has been on the receiving end of many heartbreaking losses due to overthrows - Natwest Final 2002, that WT20 game against Netherlands in 2009. Both games at Lord's! What an occasion and place to have a chance to redeem their luck! And redeem they did, and how!" -- Can't think any of those were as random and - Bothamesque, who-writes-your-scripts-esque - as this one with the deflection off Stokes.
Raj: "If, instead of boundaries, they had counted the total wickets taken then it would have been a celebration for NZ. To be honest, that should have been the actual heuristic so it takes into consideration not just the batting but also the bowling figures"
Guru: "So the trend continues WC HOSTS winning the WC" -- Yup. India, Australia, and England now.
7.35pm What scenes at Lord's. Glorious sunshine at 7.35pm. The 1975 final was similar, extending for hours and hours and ending late in the evening with the ground still bathed in sunshine. This is kind of like that, but better. What a match we've had.
Jason Roy was the fielder at deep midwicket, the guy who threw the World Cup-winning throw. What a wonderful, cruel sport this is. I can't imagine how Martin Guptill must be feeling at this moment. Ben Stokes is in tears as he embraces members of his support staff. A smile on Jofra Archer's face. He was such a late addition to this squad. He ended up bowling the last, most nailbiting over of them all.
0.6
1W
Archer to Guptill, 1 run, OUT
Martin Guptill run out (Buttler) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Two to win off one ball. If it's tied, England win it. They're ahead on the boundary count: 26 to 17.
Two of one ball. Guptill gets just the one ball. What a final. What a crazy, beautiful final.
0.5
1
Archer to Neesham, 1 run
digs it in short, gets it up to Neesham's front shoulder. Swings too early through the pull, and he only manages an inside-edge into his body. They sneak the single. Guptill is on strike.
Williamson's padded up. Of course he is.
New Zealand require 3 runs off 2 balls.
0.4
2
Archer to Neesham, 2 runs
full, pretty close to the blockhole, clipped to the right of deep midwicket this time, and they run two again! The throw at the non-striker's end is good, but Guptill beats it easy
New Zealand require 5 runs off 3 balls.
0.3
2
Archer to Neesham, 2 runs
fullish outside off, swiped away to the left of deep midwicket, and Jason Roy, swooping down on the ball, gets up too early to throw, and ends up fumbling, allowing an easy second. New Zealand need five off three!
New Zealand require 7 runs off 4 balls.
0.2
6
Archer to Neesham, SIX runs
JIMMY NEESHAM, JIMMY NEESHAM, JIMMY NEESHAM! Full, but this time he doesn't nail the yorker. Clears his front leg and whips it over the deep midwicket boundary, over the shorter boundary
0.1
2
Archer to Neesham, 2 runs
in the blockhole close to off stump, stabbed down towards long-off, rolls slowly through the outfield and they can take two.
0.1
1w
Archer to Neesham, 1 wide
looks for the wide yorker, ends up bowling a wide. Marginal, just beyond the tramline, but beyond it is, and Neesham doesn't even play at it.
SUPER OVER - END OF OVER15 runs
ENG: 15/0CRR: 15.00
Can he throw in another big memory?
One out-of-form opening batsman, who'll be remembered in years to come for two throws from the deep.
It's Martin Guptill and Jimmy Neesham.
Okay, this is too much. Can't take it anymore. England break away from their huddle. Who's opening for New Zealand?
Archer stands by, silent, outwardly calm.
Sixteen runs, six balls. One World Cup title. Some sort of consultation between Eoin Morgan and the umpires.
The most Jofra Archer has conceded in an over in his ODI career is 15 runs. according to our stats whiz Bharath Seervi. New Zealand need 16 to win the Super Over.
Who will come out to bat for them? It's Jofra Archer to bowl.
Those four overthrows. They've been pivotal in getting the game this far. Will those overthrows continue to haunt New Zealand in the coming years?
0.6
4
Boult to Buttler, FOUR runs
Buttler finishes with a boundary, and England end their Super Over with 15. Looks for the yorker again, but it's a low full-toss, and he whips it away firmly to the left of deep square leg
0.5
2
Boult to Buttler, 2 runs
in the blockhole on off stump, makes a bit of room and jabs it away towards sweeper cover, where Nicholls sees it late and is slow coming in to attack the ball. That means they can run two
Looks like Archer will bowl England's over. He's sitting by the edge of the boundary, ball in hand.
0.4
1
Boult to Stokes, 1 run
full-toss wide of off, was looking for the wide yorker. Sliced to the fielder at backward point, Ferguson
0.3
4
Boult to Stokes, FOUR runs
full again, a bit of late inswing towards middle and leg, and that's a super shot from Stokes! Gets down low and sweeps with a roll of his wrists to beat deep midwicket throwing himself to his left on the boundary
0.2
1
Boult to Buttler, 1 run
full on middle stump, swiped away along the ground to deep square leg. Didn't look like a particularly threatening ball, neither fast nor an obvious change of pace. Still, just a single
0.1
3
Boult to Stokes, 3 runs
full slower one on off stump, clears his front leg and slogs but doesn't get hold of it. Loops in the air between short third man and backward point, and lands out of reach of both. They can run three, but it leaves Stokes winded
7.07pm Thanks, Deiva. So... the Super Over. England will bat first. The teams have only two wickets each. And what happens if we get another tie now? the team that has hit more boundaries in their innings and the Super Over will win.
Who will New Zealand nominate as their bowler? Boult? Right after he's finished the most draining of final overs? Lockie Ferguson, with his changes of pace? The New Zealand players are gathered in a circle, and all kinds of deliberations must be going on. They look pretty calm, though.
England have nominated Stokes and Buttler as their two openers. It's Trent Boult to bowl. Neither of these three players deserves to be on the losing team. Neither team deserves to be the losing team. But we must have a winner. A World Cup winner. Here we go.
end of over 5014 runs • 2 wickets
ENG: 241/10CRR: 4.82
Ben Stokes84 (98b 5x4 2x6)
Trent Boult 10-0-67-0
James Neesham 7-0-43-3
7.07pm Thanks, Deiva. So... the Super Over. England will bat first. The teams have only two wickets each. And what happens if we get another tie now? the team that has hit more boundaries in their innings and the Super Over will win.
Who will New Zealand nominate as their bowler? Boult? Right after he's finished the most draining of final overs? Lockie Ferguson, with his changes of pace? The New Zealand players are gathered in a circle, and all kinds of deliberations must be going on. They look pretty calm, though.
England have nominated Stokes and Buttler as their two openers. It's Trent Boult to bowl. Neither of these three players deserves to be on the losing team. Neither team deserves to be the losing team. But we must have a winner. A World Cup winner. Here we go.
7.03pm CRAZY SCENES at Lord's. We will have a Super Over shootout to decide the winner. Karthik Krishnaswamy is back to close it out for good
49.6
1W
Boult to Stokes, 1 run, OUT
Holy Moly! It's a freaking tie. We're not done yet. We will have a Super Over to decide the winner of the 2019 World Cup. This is a full-toss on middle, Boult searches for the yorker, but can't get it right, hacked down to long-on. The fielder hares in, gathers the ball. Stokes tears back for the second, Wood dishes out a desperate full-length dive, but the throw is to the bowler's end and Wood is caught metres short
Mark Wood run out (Neesham/Boult) 0 (0b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
Okay, it's down to 2 off 1 ball. Breathe
49.5
1W
Boult to Stokes, 1 run, OUT
middle-stump yorker, Stokes backs away outside leg and stabs it down to long-off. Santner hunts down the ball at long-off and throws it to Boult, who takes the bails off in ice-cool fashion. Stokes had to go for the second, he had to be on strike, but Rashid is caught short by a long way. Gone for a duck without facing a ball
Adil Rashid run out (Santner/Boult) 0 (0b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 0
England need 3 off 2 balls. Williamson chats with Boult, he is slowing things down
49.4
6
Boult to Stokes, 6 runs
It's all happening at Lord's. Full-toss on middle, smeared away to deep midwicket. Guptill attacks the ball and sets himself up for a direct hit. It might have well been a direct hit had Stokes not inadvertently deflected it away with his outstretched bat, diving forward to save himself from being run-out. The deflection ensures the ball tickles away to the boundary. It's six runs in the end. Wouldya believe it? It's ridiculous
49.3
6
Boult to Stokes, SIX runs
Whacked over midwicket. Lord's raises itself to a massive roar. Boult ditches the yorker. Slower ball, full and outside off, in the slot. Stokes drops down to one knee and smokes a slog-sweep over midwicket
49.2
•
Boult to Stokes, no run
mighty full and outside off, not quite a perfect yorker, jabbed more or less straight to Williamson at extra-cover
49.1
•
Boult to Stokes, no run
yorker just outside off, jabbed to the left of extra-cover. Stokes keeps the strike as Williamson swoops down on the ball
Right, it's down to England needing 15 off the last over
end of over 499 runs • 2 wickets
ENG: 227/8CRR: 4.63 • RRR: 15.00
Ben Stokes70 (92b 5x4 1x6)
James Neesham 7-0-43-3
Trent Boult 9-0-53-0
48.6
W
Neesham to Archer, OUT
Archer bags a first-ball duck in the final. Pressure can make you do strange things. Another legcutter variation, full on middle, Archer does not spot it. He swings for the hills, deflects this slower ball off the pad onto the stumps
Jofra Archer b Neesham 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 0
48.5
1
Neesham to Stokes, 1 run
back of a length on middle stump, punched down to long-on. Just a single for Stokes
48.4
6
Neesham to Stokes, SIX runs
Is that six? Yes it is! Crazy scenes at Lord's. Boult nearly pulls off a hokey-pokey catch at the edge of the midwicket boundary. He catches the ball near the boundary, but well the momentum takes his over the ad boards. His foot is on the ad board as he relays the ball to Guptill. Fine margins. It could have been a match-winning catch. Instead, it's a six. Stokes manufactures some swinging room, full on the stumps, Stokes belts it in the air...
England need 22 off nine balls. Here comes Jofra Archer
48.3
W
Neesham to Plunkett, OUT
Legcutter from Neesham, 114ks, Plunkett aims to launch it over long-off. Nope, he can't clear Boult at the boundary. This was full and outside off, Plunkett got underneath it and swung it in the air... but was done in by the lack of pace
Liam Plunkett c Boult b Neesham 10 (10b 1x4 0x6 13m) SR: 100
48.2
1
Neesham to Stokes, 1 run
inch-perfect leg-stump yorker, floors Stokes, clipped to deep square leg. Neesham gets Stokes off the strike
Round the wicket
48.1
1
Neesham to Plunkett, 1 run
slower legcutter, finishes on leg stump, hauled away to the left of deep midwicket. Nicholls moves swiftly to his left and gathers the ball in the outfield
England need 24 from 12. Plunkett on strike. Williamson #Unleash(es)theNeesh. Try to breathe if you can...
end of over 4810 runs
ENG: 218/6CRR: 4.54 • RRR: 12.00
Liam Plunkett9 (8b 1x4)
Ben Stokes62 (89b 5x4)
Trent Boult 9-0-53-0
Lockie Ferguson 10-0-50-3
47.6
1
Boult to Plunkett, 1 run
middle-stump yorker from Boult, squeezed down to long-on. Santner in the thick of the action once again. He hunts down the ball and keeps it to one
47.5
2
Boult to Plunkett, 2 runs
full-toss on leg stump, Plunkett pumps it in the air, but it does not carry to Santner at long-on. He tears across to his left and collects the ball
47.4
•
Boult to Plunkett, no run
short and angling across off stump, Plunkett aims to bosh it over the leg side. He can't touch it and that's a dot
47.3
2
Boult to Plunkett, 2 runs
length ball on middle, clubbed away to the right of long-on. Santner swoops to his right and collects the ball. He made a similar superb stop at the edge of the boundary against India. NZ are switched on under pressure. Stokes stands between them and WC glory
47.2
1
Boult to Stokes, 1 run
near-yorker on leg stump, squeezed away behind square. Henry hunts down the ball at long leg
47.1
4
Boult to Stokes, FOUR runs
muscled away between deep midwicket and deep square leg. Boult searches for a yorker, but misses his length marginally. Stokes gets under it and launches it over the boundary like a boss
WATCH - Substitute Southee takes superb catch to dismiss Buttler (Australia, UK and SEA only). Here is Boult from over the wicket
end of over 475 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 208/6CRR: 4.42 • RRR: 11.33
Liam Plunkett4 (4b 1x4)
Ben Stokes57 (87b 4x4)
Lockie Ferguson 10-0-50-3
James Neesham 6-0-34-1
46.6
•
Ferguson to Plunkett, no run
Ferguson finishes his spell with another magical slower ball outside off, Plunkett does not spot it. He swings waaaaay too early, loses his shape, and watches the ball float to Latham
Midwicket whisked to the deep now
46.5
4
Ferguson to Plunkett, FOUR runs
back of a length and angling into middle, Plunkett sizes it up and slugs it over midwicket. He absolutely middled that, Plunkett
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
ENG
84 runs (98)
5 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
flick
20 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
84%
ENG
59 runs (60)
6 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
20 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
82%
Best performances - bowlers
ENG
O
9
M
0
R
37
W
3
ECO
4.11
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
ENG
O
10
M
0
R
42
W
3
ECO
4.2
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
Match details
| Lord's, London | |
| Toss | New Zealand, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2019 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | England won the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup |
| Match number | ODI no. 4192 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 10.45 start, First Session 10.45-14.15 Interval 14.15-14.45, Second Session 14.45-18.15 |
| Match days | 14 July 2019 - day (50-over match) |
| Umpires | |
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| Match Referee | |
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