EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, JULY 15, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Thrills and spills: On a day of high drama, England emerged on top of the world, riding on moments like (from top right) the fortuitous overthrow four, deflecting off Ben Stokes’ bat, Boult stepping over the boundary after taking a catch off Stokes and Jos Buttler catching Martin Guptill short in the final ball of the Super Over.* REUTERS, AFP & AP Ecstasy for England, agony for New Zealand in a humdinger After 102 overs of intense cricket at Lord’s, it boils down to boundaries after the match and Super Over are tied game for the ages, it was a struck roots. The duo played partnership had concluded time for a super over. was swing in the air. While the ball was missing the cita­ and as the innings ebbed glorious amalgamation of percentage cricket, defend­ but Stokes had other ideas. Williamson tided past muf­ del but with Guptill having away, the highlights were thrills, heart­break and tears, ing well, striking hard when He picked his spots on the Delayed start fled lbw appeals, Henry Ni­ wasted a review, no life­line Archer’s three wides, Lath­ both from joy and soul­ the opportunity arose and at mid­wicket fence and it trick­ Earlier, the day stirred awake cholls (55) flicked and pulled existed. am’s six off Wood and three numbing grief. times the umpires were led to 15 from the last six. to a drizzle’s whisper and in­ Liam Plunkett and a 74­run Morgan’s men choked dismissals but New Zealand In the afternoon, on a threatened with decapitation Boult steamed in, Stokes side the ground, Kane Wil­ second­wicket partnership their rivals in a 15­over phase seemed to have had just pitch that wasn’t a feath­ as some shots whizzed across not trusting a wilting tail, liamson opted to bat and af­ took shape. Just as stability and southpaws Neesham and about enough to test the erbed, England needed its quivering hats. played two dot balls, the ter a 15­minute delayed start, seeped in, Plunkett (three for Tom Latham (47) broke the home team. It did, just that powerful openers Jason Roy third he smote for six, the Guptill attempted a mighty 42) prised out Williamson dry spell while Stokes and the climax was a tie which and Jonny Bairstow to lay the Score-board pressure next he got a bonus six (ran swipe off a wide bowled by and Nicholls. Plunkett felt the heat. The underwent a metamorphosis K .C. Vijaya Kumar base. Nervous energy rippled It boiled down to 72 from 10 two and an over­thrown Chris Woakes. At 118 for three in the 27th last­named scalped Neesham through the super over. London as of his very first ball, Boult overs and Buttler with his four), off the fifth ball Adil Guptill soon punched a over, New Zealand needed rapped Roy’s pad. The lbw scoops and stunning square­ Rashid was run out but a run four off Woakes, survived a Ross Taylor to drop anchor This wasn’t a final for the claim never materialised, but drives was in ominous form. was eked and the final yard­ few close­calls and slashed and he nearly did until Mark faint­hearted. It was the kind Boult and Matt Henry kept But big games inflict bigger stick was two from one. and drilled for a six and four Wood secured an lbw. that threatened nails, fas­ luring tentative willows. One score­board pressure and in Stokes creamed it to long­off, off Archer. However, Woakes Later, it came to light that tened hearts and quadrupled such endeavour from Henry trying to free his arm against Neesham fielded, rifled in a (three for 37) nailed Guptill pure pressure and left both forced Roy to nibble and En­ Ferguson (three for 50), But­ throw and Mark Wood was plumb in front and a need­ players and fans gland lost its marauder. tler couldn’t hoodwink Tim left stranded. By then one less review was taken and gob­smacked. Bairstow, though, had the Southee on the fence. The run was completed. The lost. Next man Williamson New Zealand scored 241 measure of Boult and Colin 110­run (133b) fifth­wicket scores level at 241 and it was gingerly settled while there for eight, England, after de Grandhomme dropped thriving on Ben Stokes (84 the burly opener on 18, fail­ n.o.), was bowled out for 241. ing to latch onto a stinging The World Cup’s summit chance in his follow­through. clash was tied and a super­ov­ The seamer, however, made er was needed to break the amends in an oblique way by stalemate at Lord’s. finding the edge of Joe Root’s bat. Bairstow soldiered on The mad over until he chopped Lockie Fer­ As a tense Sunday evening guson onto his stumps. waned, England scored 15 England moved to 73 for with Stokes and Jos Buttler three in 20 overs and it’s cap­ having a biff against Trent tain Eoin Morgan kept danc­ SCOREBOARD ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND Boult. And guess what? New ing down to unsettle the bow­ Zealand replied with 15 too, lers. Something had to crack N EW ZEALAND Root c Latham b de Grand­ with James Neesham clouting and it did when Morgan tried Martin Guptill lbw b Woakes homme 7 (30b), Eoin Morgan c a six off Jofra Archer in a mad to pound James Neesham on 19 (18b, 2x4, 1x6), Henry Nich­ Ferguson b Neesham 9 (22b), over that ended once Martin the off­side. Ferguson ran in olls b Plunkett 55 (77b, 4x4), Ben Stokes (not out) 84 (98b, 5x4, 2x6) Guptill got run­out while go­ from sweeper cover, his eyes Kane Williamson c Buttler b , Jos Buttler c (sub) Plunkett 30 (53b, 2x4), Ross Southee b Ferguson 59 (60b, ing for the winning run. Yet, like those of a big cat’s, firmly Taylor lbw b Wood 15 (31b), Tom 6x4), Chris Woakes c Latham b England prevailed as it had on the prey. The ball dipped, Latham c sub (Vince) b Woakes Ferguson 2 (4b), Liam Plunkett c more boundaries (26) than Ferguson leapt forward and 47 (56b, 2x4, 1x6), James Nee­ Boult b Neesham 10 (10b, 1x4), what New Zealand (17) scored caught inches off the grass. sham c Root b Plunkett 19 (25b, Jofra Archer b Neesham 0 (1b), through the pulsating New Zealand was a wee­bit 3x4), Colin de Grandhomme c Adil Rashid (run out) 0 (0b), contest. ahead when Buttler joined (sub) Vince b Woakes 16 (28b), Mark Wood (run out) 0 (0b); Ex­ England champions, New forces with Stokes. Buttler Mitchell Santner (not out) 5 tras (b­2, lb­3, w­12): 17; Total Zealand runners­up by a (59) stayed calm, guided (9b), Matt Henry b Archer 4 (2b, (in 50 overs): 241. hair’s breadth. This was a Stokes and a partnership 1x4), Trent Boult (not out) 1 FALL OF WICKETS (2b); Extras (lb­12, w­17, nb­1): 1­28 (Roy, 5.4 overs), 2­59 30; Total (for eight wkts. in 50 (Root, 16.3), 3­71 (Bairstow, overs): 241. 19.3), 4­86 (Morgan, 23.1), 5­ FALL OF WICKETS 196 (Buttler, 44.5), 6­203 1­29 (Guptill, 6.2 overs), 2­ (Woakes, 46.1), 7­220 (Plun­ 103 (Williamson, 22.4), 3­118 kett, 48.3), 8­227 (Archer, (Nicholls, 26.5), 4­141 (Taylor, 48.6), 9­240 (Rashid, 49.5). 33.1), 5­173 (Neesham, 38.6), 6­ NEW ZEALAND BOWLING 219 (de Grandhomme, 46.5), 7­ Trent Boult 10­0­67­0, Matt 232 (Latham, 48.3), 8­240 Henry 10­2­40­1, Colin de (Henry, 49.3). Grandhomme 10­2­25­1, Lockie ENGLAND BOWLING Ferguson 10­0­50­3, James Chris Woakes 9­0­37­3, Jofra Neesham 7­0­43­3, Mitchell Archer 10­0­42­1, Liam Plun­ Santner 3­0­11­0. kett 10­0­42­3, Mark Wood 10­ 1­49­1, Adil Rashid 8­0­39­0, Toss: New Zealand. Ben Stokes 3­0­20­0. England won on boundaries ENGLAND count (26­17). Jason Roy c Latham b Henry Man-of-the-Match: Stokes. 17 (20b, 3x4), Jonny Bairstow b Player-of-the-tournament: Ferguson 36 (55b, 7x4), Joe Williamson. 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Sudarshan LONDON Vijender Singh. * FILE PHOTO: Novak Djokovic, despite hav­ DAVE THOMPSON/GETTY IMAGES ing been a four­time cham­ pion, has never quite felt Indian boxing star Vijender loved at Wimbledon. All he Singh remained an unstop­ had earned was grudging ad­ pable force, clinching a miration. On Sunday, he gave Technical Knockout over the crowd at SW19, and the the more experienced world at large, another Mike Snider on his debut chance to reassess that rela­ on the US professional cir­ tionship with a performance Taste of success: Djokovic takes his customary sampling of the grass from the hallowed turf. cuit here on Saturday. for the ages to defeat eight­ * CLIVE BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES In what was to be an time winner Roger Federer 7­ eight­round super middle­ 6(5), 1­6, 7­6(4), 4­6, 13­12(3) weight contest, the 33­ and clinch his fifth crown year­old from Haryana pre­ and 16th Major overall.