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England End 44-Year Wait with Dramatic Victory Over NZ CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 4 MMLBLB | Page 5 Impey wins Historic Tour stage nine outburst carries as Alaphilippe Cincinnati Reds stays in yellow past Rockies Monday, July 15, 2019 FORMULA 1 Dhul-Qa’da 12, 1440 AH Hamilton wins GULF TIMES record sixth British GP, extends lead SPORT Page 3 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP England end 44-year wait with dramatic victory over NZ Chasing 242, Stokes’ 84 helped the hosts tie the final before winning their first World Cup on boundaries in the Super Over The Guardian was the bowler for New Zea- tras. Wood equalled the fastest jor strife when Eoin Morgan the asking rate was up to seven Tim Southee, running in from London land and his line was impecca- delivery in the tournament at carved Neesham’s fi rst ball in an over at the end of the 36th. cover point to take a fi ne catch. Scorecard ble but a four from Buttler off 95.7 miles per hour while he the air to deep point, where The tension was palpable Woakes, Plunkett and Arch- the fi nal ball meant England chipped in with the wicket of Lockie Ferguson took a fantas- as the overs ticked away, But- er came and went but Stokes NEW ZEALAND ngland have won the posted a total of 15. Ross Taylor – earning an lbw tic catch diving forward. tler diff using some of it with remained as England needed M. Guptill lbw b Woakes 19 Cricket World Cup for Jofra Archer took the ball for decision that would have been Buttler had a couple of mo- an outrageous trademark 15 to win the World Cup off the the fi rst time after a England but a wide off the fi rst overturned had New Zealand ments of fortune, initially as scoop after stepping across his fi nal over. H. Nicholls b Plunkett 55 thrilling victory over ball set the tone. Jimmy Nee- not earlier burned their review. the penultimate delivery of stumps off Henry. The equa- Stokes was unable to clear K. Williamson c Buttler b Plunkett 30 ENew Zealand at Lord’s in a sham hit a six and it came down New Zealand eventually De Grandhomme narrowly tion came down to 65 runs the ring from the fi rst two R. Taylor lbw b Wood 15 match that had to be settled by to Martin Guptill needing two posted a total of 241 for eight missed bat and stumps. Off from the fi nal eight overs. balls, Boult nailing his lengths, a super over. runs off the fi nal ball to win the off their 50 overs and there the very next ball, England’s Buttler was the fi rst to his and the all-rounder refused T. Latham c sub (Vince) b Woakes 47 After winning the toss and World Cup. He was run out by was drama with the fi rst ball of wicketkeeper sliced into the 50 off 53 balls, thumping Boult the single. The Durham man J. Neesham c Root b Plunkett 19 opting to bat Kane Williamson’s Buttler and England took the England’s reply, umpire Ma- air but bounced short of third over the cover fi elder for four got down on one knee and slog C. De Grandhomme c sub (Vince) b Woakes 16 New Zealand side yet England a glory by virtue of hitting more rais Erasmus unmoved after man as Colin de Grandhomme and taking his and Stokes’ swept the next ball for a maxi- M. Santner not out 5 victory total of 242, Henry Ni- boundaries during the match. Jason Roy was caught fl ush on fi nished with astonishing fi g- partnership into three fi gures, mum before a strange turn of cholls top scoring with 55 and Williamson’s 30 off 53 the pads by an inswinger from ures of 10-2-25-1. the fi rst century partnership events led to England needing M. Henry b Archer 4 Tom Latham adding a useful balls refl ected New Zealand’s Boult. New Zealand immedi- When Boult off ered some of the match. Lord’s was rock- three from two balls. T. Boult not out 1 47 lower down the order. Chris watchful approach on an- ately reviewed and Roy was width Buttler could not resist, ing, the atmosphere fevered, Stokes failed to connect Extras (lb12, nb1, w17) 30 Woakes and Liam Plunkett took other tricky pitch, Nicholls only reprieved by umpire’s call cutting uppishly beyond the as Stokes followed Buttler to a cleanly with a full toss but, three wickets apiece. overturning an lbw decision on leg stump. Roy was loose on diving Martin Guptill. Howev- half-century three balls later. coming back for a second, he Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 241 England looked deep in on nought to top-score with the drive, playing and missing er, the outstretched right hand Buttler hammered a Fergu- dived into the crease, the ball Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Guptill), 2-103 (William- trouble when they were re- 55 off 77 deliveries. Plunkett’s off Matt Henry, who eventu- of New Zealand’s gun fi elder at son full toss over cover for four from Guptill’s throw bounc- son), 3-118 (Nicholls), 4-141 (Taylor), 5-173 (Nee- duced to 86 for four by some key breakthroughs, the all- ally had his man when another backward point was unable to but was fortunate a slice off the ing off his bat and racing away sham), 6-219 (Grandhomme), 7-232 (Latham), expert bowling but a superb important scalp of Williamson punch from the batsman took pouch the chance. next ball went fi ne, stopped at for four. Six runs – the two 8-240 (Henry) century partnership from Ben among them, took the head- the outside edge and was taken The partnership had passed the third man boundary by England ran and the four over- Bowling: Woakes 9-0-37-3 (w4, nb1), Archer 10- Stokes and Jos Buttler wres- lines though Woakes was the low by wicketkeeper Latham. 50 when Buttler was struck on Boult, who saved two. Howev- throws – were therefore added 0-42-1 (w5), Plunkett 10-0-42-3, Woods 10-1-49-1 tled back the initiative, and metronome of the England at- Joe Root was unable to make the front pad by Henry, leading er, Buttler was on his way back to England’s total as Stokes (w2), Rashid 8-0-39-0, Stokes 3-0-20-0 (w2) Stokes’ dramatic, unbeaten 84 tack, especially early on. Mark it out of double fi gures and to a New Zealand review, only to the pavilion after an excel- held his hands up in apology. forced the super over. Wood and Archer turned up Jonny Bairstow departed for to go to waste as technology lent 59 from 60 balls when he A single off the fi nal ball forced Stokes and Buttler came out the heat – although England 36, as England slipped to 71 for showed the ball would have miscued a slower ball from the super over and the rest was ENGLAND to bat for England. Trent Boult gave away 17 wides in 30 ex- three. The hosts were in ma- bypassed leg stump. However, Ferguson to substitute fi elder history. J. Roy c Latham b Henry 17 J. Bairstow b Ferguson 36 J. Root c Latham b de Grandhomme 7 E. Morgan c Ferguson b Neesham 9 B. Stokes not out 84 J. Buttler c sub (Southee) b Ferguson 59 C. Woakes c Latham b Ferguson 2 L. Plunkett c Boult b Neesham 10 J. Archer b Neesham 0 A. Rashid run out (Santner/Boult) 0 M. Wood run out (Neesham/Boult) 0 Extras (b2, lb3, w12) 17 Total (all out, 50 overs) 241 Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Roy), 2-59 (Root), 3-71 (Bairstow), 4-86 (Morgan), 5-196 (Buttler), 6-203 (Woakes), 7-220 (Plunkett), 8-227 (Archer), 9-240 (Rashid), 10-241 (Wood) Bowling: Boult 10-0-67-0 (w2), Henry 10-2-40- 1, Grandhomme 10-2-25-1 (w1), Ferguson 10- 0-50-3 (w3), Neesham 7-0-43-3 (w1), Santner 3-0-11-0 (w1) SUPER OVER ENGLAND B. Stokes not out 8 J. Buttler not out 7 Total (1.0 overs) 15-0 Bowling: Boult 1-0-15-0 NEW ZEALAND J. Neesham not out 13 M. Guptill run out (Roy/Buttler) 1 Extras (w1) 1 Total (1.0 overs) 15-1 Bowling: Archer 1-0-15-0 (w1) RESULT: England win in Super Over CRICKET WORLD CUP WINNERS 1975: West Indies beat AUS by 17 runs 1979: West Indies beat ENG by 92 runs 1983: India beat WI by 43 runs 1987: Australia beat ENG by 7 runs 1992: Pakistan beat ENG by 22 runs 1996: Sri Lanka beat AUS by 7 wickets 1999: Australia beat PAK by 8 wickets 2003: Australia beat IND by 125 runs 2007: Australia beat SL by 53 Runs (D/L) 2011: India beat SL by 6 wickets 2015: Australia beat NZ by 7 wickets 2019: England beat NZ on boundaries after Super Over tie England’s captain Eoin Morgan (centre) and teammates celebrate winning the ICC Cricket World Cup with the trophy after beating New Zealand in the final at Lord’s in London yesterday. (Reuters) Gulf Times 2 Monday, July 15, 2019 CRICKET COMMENT Reactions to the World Cup fi nal It certainly wasn’t for one extra run, there are so many parts in that match that could have gone either way.
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