CWC Final - Black Caps v England

[NTA]

@Siam said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

Not having it.

We won the 50 over contest by virtue of less wickets lost.

Bah humbug

I agree with this.

Runs
Wickets
Boundaries
If those don't separate you, THEN have a Super Over, because it's like dropgoals for Rugby tie breakers.

[shark]

@NTA I'm ok with the super over. But I think using boundaries to then separate teams is a load of horse shit. We lost fewer / took more wickets.

End fucking of. Gah.

[SammyC]

@Hooroo said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

So who else is bleeding out the eyeballs at work today after a marathon effort last night?

Dragging myself to the office now, it’s going to be a long day

[shark]

@SammyC I've been in since approx 7.45 and am proud that as yet I haven't bitten anyones' head off.

[Cyclops]

What a gut wrenching way to lose. Overthrows off the bat that wouldn't have been taken except for it trickling to the boundary and then most boundaries as the tie breaker.

[MN5]

Our dial in meeting has been postponed which might alleviate the mood somewhat.

Hey, better England than India or Australia right ?

[Sneakdefreak]

I'm not feeling down on the game since we didn't lose the match nor did England win. And neither did Australia or India so that's good too.

But there will be an * next to the 2019 CWC winner's name stating *drawn final with New Zealand.

[ploughboy]

@Sneakdefreak wouldnt have been if we had won

[ACT Crusader]

Well fullas and fullesses it was a wild ride. I couldn’t post during our bowling, was on the edge of my couch.

I can’t really fault our effort or even our decisions. Guppy faced one ball in the super over, can’t be too critical there. Some of our lower order batters faced some damn good bowling.

We bowled so well in the conditions and under the pressure of an away final.

Congrats to England.

The drama of sport wins out again.

[MN5]

In this political correct world of everyone being a winner I'm shocked no one has suggested we have the cup for two years each.

[canefan]

You can't award the trophy by count back. Make them do another super over with different combatants until a winner is found

[KiwiPie]

It feels very weird - still pondering that deflection off Stokes' bat and the fact that it took it from 7 off 2 balls to 3 off 2 balls. Cannot remember every seeing that over many years of watching cricket and the fact that it happened at that stage of a World Cup final is just bizarre.

And Trent - don't step back bro

[Cyclops]

Also, I'm so proud of this team. We missed out by the tiniest of margins and so it's super tempting to rehash a thousand moments and ask what if, but I think that's the wrong attitude to take. I love this team and I'm stoked at what they've achieved.

Still hurts like hell to have come so close and not got there but sometimes that's how it breaks.

[Mokey]

I think I would have been ok losing in a second super over, bowl off, wickets, higher place in the round robin etc. But number of boundaries is fucking stupid. How you get runs shouldn't determine a World Cup final.

[MN5]

As @Virgil said. Two finals in a row is an awesome effort and we should be proud. Hammered in 2015, we'll take that but this one ?

Really gutting.

[canefan]

Jammiest trophy lift since that guy won the olympic speed skating gold when the whole field went down in the final

[pakman]

Absolutely great game to be at.

Only just saw replay of double hit for 6. If that is in the rules it should be changed.

England were second best, but owing to a sequence of rule oddities have their name on the trophy.

Feel like Black Caps deserve a ticker tape.

So proud.

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiPie said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

It feels very weird - still pondering that deflection off Stokes' bat and the fact that it took it from 7 off 2 balls to 3 off 2 balls. Cannot remember every seeing that over many years of watching cricket and the fact that it happened at that stage of a World Cup final is just bizarre.

And Trent - don't step back bro

That deflection was almost hand of god-ish in its game turning fortunes.

[MN5]

@Mokey said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:

I think I would have been ok losing in a second super over, bowl off, wickets, higher place in the round robin etc. But number of boundaries is fucking stupid. How you get runs shouldn't determine a World Cup final.

Or who won the game in the group stages.

Which of course would have screwed us but would be more fair.

[Nevorian]

Bizarre ending but well done England I guess. Lets face it England hardly ever win anything so hope they enjoy it. Any number of ifs and buts could be pondered as to how they won that one, a deflection for six is a bitter pill to swallow though.