ICC Cricket World Cup Final - England v New Zealand

[Mark TKO]

Will someone please tell me how we won when both teams scored 15 runs in the super over

[Beanz]

Will someone please tell me how we won when both teams scored 15 runs in the super over

Because we hit more boundaries in total. Both teams hit two sixes a piece but we hit 22 (4's) boundaries to NZ's 14. That was fricking Epic.

[Master]

Will someone please tell me how we won when both teams scored 15 runs in the super over

England scored more boundaries.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48983890

[Beanz]

To be fair I had never even heard of a super over and even the brother in law who is a cricket nut wasn't really sure how it worked. The overs before it though were off the chart for tension and unpredictability. It is about time we had the rub of the green in an England sports final for a change and so I think the Gods were smiling on us today. It was not as though the Kiwis did not have any chances to wrest it from us. Got to be the best one day game of cricket in history for drama alone. Mental.

Now we just have to translate that to the football pitch.


Ing - Er -land

[Mark TKO]

So if it goes on the count back why not just have that after 50 overs. Thought the super over would be a clean slate. I also thought we'd lose as we lost all wickets whereas new Zealand only lost 8.anyway...

Think from that that run out attempt that hit stokes bat you knew it was going to go our way.

[Beanz]

Fucking hell mate we won. Don't talk us back into losing it

[Mark TKO]

We did I'm just saying dumb rule.

It's like a penalty shoot out being level after 5 so you go back to number of shots on target during the game...

[Memphis]

Brilliant competition from start to finish. I think all told the best team won. On the day.....not so sure, I think New Zealand were brilliant as they have been several times defending modest scores, great team ethic, great application and execution of a game plan. A slice of luck here or there and it would have been them taking home the trophy.

This is a thread about cricket but it's got to be said. The reason it was such a brilliant competition was because it was in England and because of multiculturalism. Every team was well supported which you just don't see in other countries, you'd be lucky to get a handful of fans for some in other parts of the world.

Stokes was just immense in the final. He punctuated this world cup with some out of this world displays of brilliance, that catch....

Jofre Archer. A couple of months ago not in the side. Now, leading England wicket taker in world cup history, more dot balls than anyone in the competition and hand straight up to bowl the super over. Yeah I had no idea what a super over is either. A crap way to lose it on a boundary score but they've got to be split somehow and everyone knew the score beforehand.