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Recent Match Report - England vs New Zealand, World Cup, Final | ESPNcricinfo.com


Super
the Mound Stand
Archer
agony.-
Blackcapped
Nos
First Buttler


Daniel Vettori
Nicholls
Buttler 59
Jimmy Neesham
Jofra Archer's
Martin Guptill
Jason Roy's
Jos Buttler
Ben Stokes
Trent Boult
Tom Latham
Kane Williamson
Lockie Ferguson
Matt Henry
Joe Root
Colin de Grandhomme
Bairstow
Eoin Morgan
Madan Lal
Henry Nicholls
Chris Woakes
Liam Plunkett - DRS
Ross Taylor
Ben Stokes'
Felt


English

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England 241
Stokes 84
Marais Erasmus


New Zealand
England
Christchurch
Kolkata
Hotstar
India
New Zealand's
USA
Erasmus
Edgbaston


England 15
World Cup
a World Cup
the World Cup

Positivity     39.00%   
   Negativity   61.00%
The New York Times
SOURCE: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/report/1144530/england-vs-new-zealand-final-world-cup
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Summary

Stokes finished unbeaten on 89, though like Guptil he too could not manage a two from the final ball of England's innings to win the game in regulation time.New Zealand had gone into the final over believing that the trophy was in their grasp. Williamson, who made only 30 but captained with nerves of steel and was named man of the tournament, called the runs via Stokes' deflection "a shame" but suggested that for New Zealand, beaten finalists for the second World Cup running, it was just not meant to be.The very first delivery of England's chase gave an indication of how nerve-shredding a contest this would become. As in the group match between these two, Nicholls was given out lbw on zero by a Chris Woakes delivery that was going over the stumps; this time, on the biggest stage, he had the wherewithal to use New Zealand's review.England thought they might have removed Guptill inside the first couple of overs, too, only for Erasmus to correctly adjudge that the ball from Archer had flicked the batsman's trousers rather than outside edge. But he has climbed back up and, on the biggest occasions, when his team need him most, it was Stokes who always his hand upThe former umpire said only five runs should have been rewarded to England for the overthrow that hit Ben Stokes' bat and ran to the boundaryYou couldn't have scripted the end of the World Cup final better and it will take a long time to make sense of it.

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