New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): England created history after lifting their first ever trophy in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup at the Lord's Cricket Ground.

Team England defeated New Zealand in a match that had to be settled with the help of a super over. Cricketers Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes helped England to tie the 241-run total, that was set by New Zealand.

The winner could not be decided as both the normal 50 overs and super-over action ended up in a tie. In the super over, England scored 15 runs and they were able to restrict New Zealand to 15 runs. They won the match as they had scored more boundaries in the match.

As soon as England won after a thrilling match, fans from all over the world took to social media to congratulate the team members for their efforts. Several Bollywood celebrities too shared their thoughts after England's historic win against the Kiwis. 

Some celebrities hailed England for their excellent gameplay. However, a few of them were unhappy with the way England won the match depending on the maximum number of boundaries in the match.

Varun Dhawan, who is a cricket buff, wrote, "What a #WorldCupfinal. Unbelievable my entire family is awake. Who u got."

 

Riteish Deshmukh congratulated the England cricket team for their win but called the Black Caps "the uncrowned champs."

"Cricket at its best - Epic #WorldCupFinals - Congratulations @englandcricket the Champions of world cricket. My heart goes out to @BLACKCAPS - they were so so good- for me they are the uncrowned champs of #WorldCup2019," he tweeted.

 

Ace filmmaker Karan Johar, who was rooting for New Zealand, tweeted, "England had a better kundli! NZ had the better game!!! #NZLvENG."

 

Just like all the other cricket fans, Sidharth Malhotra too found the match "crazy, mad and emotional."

"What an epic final! Amazing cricket from both sides, intense crazy, mad, emotional what a high! #ICCCricketWorldCup2019 #EnglandvsNewzealand," he wrote.

 

Terming the rule as "stupid", Anurag Kashyap called New Zealand the "true winner."

"England is a winner because of stupid fuckin rules. New Zealand is a true winner," he tweeted.

 

While, Anupam Kher called cricket "the true winner". He also congratulated England and called New Zealand a "team of heroes."

"CRICKET IS THE WINNER in this #WorldCupFinal2019. What an unbelievable match!!! Congratulations England. Amazing Victory!! And #NewZealand is a team of Heroes. Jai Ho!!," he wrote alongside a video from the stadium.

 

Many other celebrities including Farhan Akhtar, Raveena Tandon, Mira Kapoor, Hazel Keech, Surveen Chawla, Paresh Rawal, and Vivek Oberoi took to Twitter to share their reactions on England's win. (ANI) </s> Several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter and shared their thoughts after England's historic win against New Zeland

A great finish to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as England emerged victorious in a nail-biting Super Over thriller. Eoin Morgan's boys are the new world champions in the 50-over format of the gentleman's game and the crown couldn't have come at a better place than the historic Lord's, the home of cricket.

The winner could not be decided as both the normal 50 overs and super-over action ended up in a tie. In the super over, England scored 15 runs and they were able to restrict New Zealand to 15 runs. They won the match as they had scored more boundaries in the match.

As soon as England won after a thrilling match, fans from all over the world took to social media to congratulate the team members for their efforts. Several Bollywood celebrities too shared their thoughts after England's historic win against the Kiwis.

Some celebrities hailed England for their excellent gameplay. However, a few of them were unhappy with the way England won the match depending on the maximum number of boundaries in the match.

Varun Dhawan, who is a cricket buff, wrote, "What a #WorldCupfinal. Unbelievable my entire family is awake. Who u got."

Riteish Deshmukh congratulated the England cricket team for their win but called the Black Caps "the uncrowned champs."

"Cricket at its best - Epic #WorldCupFinals - Congratulations @englandcricket the Champions of world cricket. My heart goes out to @BLACKCAPS - they were so so good- for me they are the uncrowned champs of #WorldCup2019," he tweeted.

Ace filmmaker Karan Johar, who was rooting for New Zealand, tweeted, "England had a better kundli! NZ had the better game!!! #NZLvENG."

Just like all the other cricket fans, Sidharth Malhotra too found the match "crazy, mad and emotional."

"What an epic final! Amazing cricket from both sides, intense crazy, mad, emotional what a high! #ICCCricketWorldCup2019 #EnglandvsNewzealand," he wrote.

Terming the rule as "stupid", Anurag Kashyap called New Zealand the "true winner."

"England is a winner because of stupid fuckin rules. New Zealand is a true winner," he tweeted.

Amitabh Bachchan wrote, "There have been far too many PLUCKY losers in the World of Sport the past few days .. well played India .. well played New Zealand .. well played Federer"

Shahid Kapoor wrote, "I was not supporting either. Just watched a great match. And at the end just felt for the kiwis. England played amazing cricket. But so did the kiwis. They didn’t deserve to be second. No way"

Many other celebrities including Farhan Akhtar, Raveena Tandon, Mira Kapoor, Hazel Keech, Surveen Chawla, Paresh Rawal, and Vivek Oberoi took to Twitter to share their reactions on England's win.

Electing to bat first, New Zealand put up 241/8 in 50 overs. Chasing the target, England rode Stokes' unbeaten 84 off 98 balls with Jos Buttler also scoring 59. The pair added 110 runs for the fifth wicket to tie the game at 241 all out and take it to a Eliminator.

In the Eliminator, Stokes and Buttler helped England post 15 which New Zealand matched but in heart-wrenching fashion, fell behind due to inferior position in the points table.

Also Read: World Cup 2019: England create history, win World Cup 2019 in Super Over Thriller

Catch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates </s> England, who reach their fourth final, the first since 1992, are the favourites to win ICC Men Cricket World Cup 2019 when they take on underdogs’ New Zealand in the final at the Lord’s on Saturday.

But what if the match turns into a tie? The World Cup final could be decided by a Super Over in case the match ends in a tie.

While some fans have wildly guessed if the ICC would have a bowl-out that used to be used as T20 tie-breakers, the rules for the finals are simple and easy in case of a tie.

Replicating the arrangements of the previous edition of the cricket World Cup in 2015, the ICC Board reinstated the use of a ‘Super Over’ in the event of a tie in the final of the 50-over showpiece event.

However, if the final and reserve day are washed out then the two finalists share the trophy.

On-field umpires taking charge of the final between New Zealand and England will be Sri Lankan Kumar Dharmasena and South African Marais Erasmus.

Follow the Cricket World Cup 2019 live updates and real-time analysis on IndianExpress.com. Check the ICC Cricket World 2019 Schedule, Teams and Points Table. </s> Hosts England won a thrilling 2019 Cricket World Cup final Sunday, beating New Zealand after the match went to a dramatic super over following a tie at Lord's:

New Zealand went into bat after winning the toss and produced a competitive total of 241 for eight from their 50 overs.

The Kiwis then produced a brilliant bowling display to move to the brink of victory. Lockie Ferguson was the key for the Black Caps with three wickets and a superb catch to dismiss captain Eoin Morgan.

However, England hit back through a late surge from Ben Stokes. He managed 84 not out from 98 balls to drive the hosts to 241 and send the final into a super over.

Stoke and Jos Buttler then came back out to hit 15 in their super over which New Zealand matched but could not beat to give England their first World Cup win.

This article will be updated to provide more information soon.

Get the best sports content from the web and social in the new B/R app. Get the app to get the game. </s> LONDON (AP) — In the 48th game of the Cricket World Cup, in the astonishing ninth hour of the final, with shadows creeping across the Lord’s pitch and the heartbeats of 28,500 spectators on pause, the outcome hung on one last ball.

The first ever Super Over after the first ever tied final in World Cup history brought the mounting tension to breaking point.

Two runs scored, and New Zealand would win the World Cup for the first time.

One or no runs scored, and England would win the World Cup for the first time.

How had it come to this?

After 100 regular overs of the final, the scores were tied on 241 when New Zealand ran out England’s last two batsmen on the last two balls.

An unprecedented Super Over decider was required, and the rules were displayed on the video boards for stumped spectators.

Teams nominate three batsmen, get only two wickets, and face one bowler.

Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, who engineered England’s recovery from 86-4 with a century partnership, faced Trent Boult, who had just bowled the last regular over.

Stokes, who finished regulation on 84 not out, ran himself out of breath as he and Buttler scored 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, each greeted by a roar from the home crowd. What a time to pull out England’s highest scoring over all day.

“I encouraged them to smile, laugh, enjoy, because it was such a ridiculous situation where there was quite a lot of pressure in that particular moment,” captain Eoin Morgan said. “It was to release a bit of tension and the guys responded brilliantly.

“To play in a Super Over at the end of an extremely draining day takes a huge amount out of you, so it was, remain calm but make sure we enjoy this. Whether we win or lose, we have done incredible things.”

As England took the field, Buttler rechecked the rules with umpire Marais Erasmus. A tie in the Super Over would give England the trophy on a countback of boundaries and sixes in the 50-over final and Super Over. England led that count by 26-16. Erasmus told Buttler that New Zealand needed an ungettable 11 boundaries. Buttler told him they would try not to give the Kiwis even one.

Jofra Archer, the fast-bowling sensation for whom England changed its rules to clothe in blue just weeks before the tournament, charged up the Lord’s slope at Jimmy Neesham, the New Zealand allrounder who was close to retiring from cricket in 2017.

Archer started with a wide. Neesham then hit 2, a 6 into the Mound Stand, 2 off a Jason Roy misfield, 2, 1. Guptill only had to run, and was on strike for the first time.

One ball left. Trophy on the line.

Archer angled the delivery into the pads of Guptill, the batting star who has struggled to score in this World Cup.

Guptill guided the ball to deep midwicket, and scored one run. He turned for the second and glory but by the time he was halfway down the pitch, Roy’s throw was rocketing to wicketkeeper Buttler, who smashed the bails with Guptill out by at least three meters.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson didn’t regret asking Guptill to bat.

“He is such a fast runner and that is all he had to do, and he was short by a little bit,” the skipper said. “Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. It is one of those days.”

Archer, playing only his 14th ODI, wheeled away to slide across the grass in joy.

“I was pretty sure I was going to bowl,” he said. “Heart’s still racing.”

Stokes, named the player of the final, was impressed with the bowler: “We backed the new kid, Jofra Archer, the talent that he’s got. He showed the world today.”

Buttler, who’d thrown his gloves in the air to hug as many teammates as possible, was unequivocal.

“I thought I’d seen everything in cricket,” he said. “That game was just ridiculous.” </s> New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson, center right facing camera, stands with teammates during a training session ahead of the Cricket World Cup final match against England at Lord’s cricket ground in London, England, Saturday, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

LONDON (AP) — There will be a first-time winner of the Cricket World Cup trophy when England takes on New Zealand in the final at Lord’s on Sunday.

England is in the title match for the fourth time, and the first since 1992, while New Zealand is playing in a second final, after losing to Australia in 2015.

After some early-morning rain, the covers are off at the home of cricket, revealing a green-looking pitch. World Cup finals tend to be low-scoring matches and this is likely to be no exception, if previous matches at Lord’s are anything to go by.

England starts as the favorite, having been the top-ranked one-day side for the past year and beaten India, New Zealand and then Australia — in the semifinals — in its last three games this tournament.

New Zealand, No. 3 in the ODI rankings, defeated India in the semifinals and should be better for its experience of the final four years ago. </s> The England cricket team takes on New Zealand in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Final on Sunday, July 14, 2019 (7/14/19) at 5:30 a.m. EDT.

Fans can watch the game, and every game of the tournament online via Sling. The streaming service holds rights to broadcast Willow, a channel which holds exclusive rights to the ICC Cricket World Cup in the United States.

Here’s what you need to know:

Who: New Zealand vs. England

Preview of the final, via the Associated Press:

New Zealand and England have waited four years for this moment, for this life-changing shot at redemption.

For the Kiwis, the Cricket World Cup final at Lord's on Sunday is a chance to avenge their drubbing at the hands of Australia in the 2015 showpiece. It was their first World Cup final and they didn't do themselves justice in Melbourne.

"A little bit overawed," recalled batsman Ross Taylor, who will be one of five New Zealand survivors from that seven-wicket loss.

For the English, it's a very different opportunity for atonement from 2015, when a group-stage exit proved to be an all-time ODI low for the country that invented cricket. What has happened since — an overhaul of domestic white-ball cricket, a new team and mindset, and a rise to the top of the ODI rankings — has been both surprising and stunning to watch.

"They have been the benchmark in one-day cricket for a fair while now," Australia captain Aaron Finch said after his team's semifinal loss to England .

So, a new name — the sixth — will be etched on the World Cup trophy at the home of cricket after Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West Indies.

That it is New Zealand and England vying for the trophy is perhaps validation of the approach both countries have taken to the one-day game in recent years. Indeed, England captain Eoin Morgan has openly acknowledged that his team has copied the New Zealand model in this format, playing with fun and a smile on your face.

England — in its fourth final, the first since 1992 — is the favorite, with potential match-winners everywhere.

There are the openers, Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow, brimming with belief and strokeplay. They are on a run of four straight century partnerships and if they provide another such platform, England will be hard to stop.

There's the middle order, blessed with dependability (Joe Root), experience (Eoin Morgan), exuberance (Jos Buttler) and a mix of all those qualities (Ben Stokes).

And then there's the bowling department. Jofra Archer, fast-tracked into the team just before the World Cup following a change in residency rules, mixes sheer pace with accuracy (he has more dot balls, 338, than anyone this tournament) and has struck up a great new-ball partnership with allrounder Chris Woakes; Liam Plunkett and Mark Wood are solid first-change options; and legspinner Adil Rashid can be a partnership breaker in the middle over.

With openers Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls and Colin Munro enduring a dismal World Cup, captain Kane Williamson has taken on most of the batting burden and stood up to the task. Understated, determined and simply brilliant, Williamson is averaging a tournament-high 91.33 and challenges Virat Kohli as probably the best batsman in the world, though Australia's Steve Smith and Root run them close.

Taylor, in next at No. 4, is New Zealand's other key batsman but it is the team's bowling attack that will strike most fear into the hearts of England fans who will dominate Lord's on Sunday.

Under cloudy skies offering movement in the air, there might not be a better asset than left-arm seam bowler Trent Boult, as he showed against India in the semifinals . He will enjoy using the slope from the Pavilion End. Fellow strike bowler Matt Henry is a danger at the top of the innings, not so much at the death, while Lockie Ferguson at first change is New Zealand's leading wicket-taker this tournament with 17.

If this World Cup is anything to go by, England's batters will look to bludgeon New Zealand out of the game if they bat first. The Blacks Caps, alternatively, would likely be satisfied putting 250 runs on the board and letting their bowlers and outstanding fielders defend it with their lives.

If the past six weeks is anything to go by, much will hinge on the toss (even if the team winning it has lost four of the last five World Cup finals).

Yet both teams have such self-belief that there's a sense little will faze them.

England is looking to complete the set of men's World Cup wins in the country's top team sports, after the footballers in 1966 and the rugby players in 2003. If England does win, the trophy will be lifted by an Irishman, Dublin-born Morgan, while there is a multi-cultural make-up to the side through Barbados-born Archer, South Africa-born Roy and both Rashid and Moeen Ali, with their Asian ancestry. There's also the formidable Stokes, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, no less.

A win Sunday would also complete the cricket double for England, with the women's team winning the World Cup in 2017.

A victory for Williamson's side would kick off what could be a memorable year for New Zealand, which is favorite to win the Rugby World Cup in Japan, starting in September.

Both teams have been in jeopardy this World Cup, with England playing knockout cricket for nearly three weeks after back-to-back group losses to Sri Lanka and Australia, and New Zealand squeezing through to the playoffs on net run-rate after defeats in their last three group matches.

Yet England is in a better place now, buoyed by successive wins over India, New Zealand, and then Australia in the semis. Every facet of the team is firing.

New Zealand, playing on the other side of the world from home, has it all to do. </s> In a match that was spread over two days, it was India which came up short. New Zealand reached the final of World Cup 2019 after stunning India with an 18-run win in a rain-affected match.

Despite Ravindra Jadeja’s late heroics at Old Trafford on Wednesday, New Zealand held their nerves to reach their second consecutive World Cup final.

Chasing 240 for a win, India were bowled out for 221 in what was their second consecutive exit from the semi-final of a World Cup.

Jadeja kept India in chase with a stunning 77-run innings but once Trent Boult got him out, it was over for India.

New Zealand will face the winners of Thursday’s second semi-final between Australia – the team that beat them in the 2015 final – and hosts England in Sunday’s title match at Lord’s. </s> LONDON (AP) — There will be a first-time winner of the Cricket World Cup trophy when England takes on New Zealand in the final at Lord's on Sunday.

England is in the title match for the fourth time, and the first since 1992, while New Zealand is playing in a second final, after losing to Australia in 2015.

After some early-morning rain, the covers are off at the home of cricket, revealing a green-looking pitch. World Cup finals tend to be low-scoring matches and this is likely to be no exception, if previous matches at Lord's are anything to go by.

England starts as the favorite, having been the top-ranked one-day side for the past year and beaten India, New Zealand and then Australia — in the semifinals — in its last three games this tournament.

New Zealand, No. 3 in the ODI rankings, defeated India in the semifinals and should be better for its experience of the final four years ago.
England beats New Zealand in the 2019 Cricket World Cup Final on total boundaries after both regulation play and a super over end in a tie.