ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final



ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final
England vs New Zealand

Latest cricket news of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is that England who was the most favorite team to win the world cup became the new World champions by beating New Zealand in the thrilling final match with some luck and hard work which helped England to win their first  world cup title in the cricket history and became the 6th team to do so. New Zealand was quite unfortunate to lose the match even after a brilliant performance in the match.

England's victory in Semi-Final 2

New Zealand's victory in Semi-Final 1

England vs New Zealand World Cup Final Mat

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand
England vs New Zealand


The Final match between England and New Zealand was played on Super Sunday 14 July 2019 in Lord's London. New Zealand won the crucial toss and elected to bat first but couldn't utilize the advantage of batting first and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Kane Williamson who was the highest  run-scorer in the tournament for Kiwis became the captain to score highest individual run in any ICC Cricket World Cup with 578 runs in 11 innings  and he got out after scoring 30 runs off 53 balls  and Henry Nichols 55 runs (4 fours) of 77 balls and Tom Latham's 47 runs (2 fours, 1 six)  of 56 balls helped Kiwis to score a fighting total of 241-8 in 50 overs.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand, kane Williamson
Kane Williamson
                         The English bowlers bowled tight lines and didn't allow any partnership to grow. Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett picked 3 crucial wickets each, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood got 1 wicket each.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final
 England

               The target was quite competitive and the kiwi bowlers bowled beautifully and picked some quick wickets to put England under pressure but the partnership of 110 runs of 130 balls between Ben Stokes and Jos Butler helped England to get back on track but with the wicket of Jos Butler who scored 59 runs (6 fours) of 60 ballsNew Zealand are on top to win the match but Ben Stokes kept the match alive and the overthrow in the last over gifted 5 extra runs which shifted the momentum towards England but 2 consecutive run outs ends up the match on a tie as England were bowled out on 241 in 50 overs and Ben Stokes remained unbeaten on 84 runs (5 fours, 2 sixes) in 98 balls.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand, ben Stokes,jos butler
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final
Ben Stokes and Jos Butler

           The bowlers bowled brilliantly to restrict England on 241-10 in 50 overs where Lockie Ferguson and Jimmy Neesham picked 3 wickets each and Colin de Grandhomme and Matt Henry got 1 wicket each.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final
New Zealand

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand Super Over

 England vs New Zealand
Super Over

 The match was then to be decided by a super over. Both the team faced 6 balls each with 2 wickets in hand. For England, Ben Stokes and Jos Butler came in bat against Trent Boult and score 15 runs in the over and New Zealand need 16 runs to win.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand super over Jimmy Neesham
Jimmy Neesham
 England vs New Zealand Super over

                     It's Jimmy Neesham and Martin Guptil who came in to chase 16 runs and Neesham scored 14 runs in 5 balls with a six and required just 2 runs to win and Guptil was on strike who was not in a great form connects the yorker well but couldn't complete the 2nd run and got out by brilliant throw by Jason Roy  tied the match up and England won the match by virtue of highest count of boundaries in the match. Despite a magnificent effort, New Zealand couldn't cross the finishing line and the title slipped in 2nd consecutive final.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand, ben Stokes Player of the match
Player of the match
Ben Stokes

                Ben Stokes got the Player of the Match award for his game-changing inning in the final match.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England vs New Zealand, Lane Williamson Player of the Tournament
Kane Williamson
Player of the tournament

         Kane Williamson the captain to lose the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 got the player of the tournament award for his 578 runs with an average of 82 and with 2 centuries and two half-centuries.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Final, England Champions of the tournament
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Champions

And England creates history and became the 6th team to win the ICC Cricket World Cup for their country and Eoin Morgan lift the World Cup for the very first time for England.

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