Will take dog for walk by beach: Boult on coping with WC heartbreak
New Zealand pacer Trent Boult's plans of getting over the gut-wrenching World Cup loss to England include walking his dog along the beach but he concedes that losing the trophy on boundary-count will be hard to swallow for at least a couple of years. Boult, who claimed 17 wickets in the...
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Stokes asked umpires not to add four overthrows to England total: Test team-mate Anderson
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Morgan has climbed Everest by winning WC: Strauss
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New Zealand team's homecoming ceremony put on hold
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Williamson breaks Jayawardene's record, becomes captain with most runs in a WC
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It was a shame that the ball hit Stokes' bat: Williamson
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NZ better team through WC, we got rub of green in final: Morgan
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England win maiden ICC World Cup via dramatic Super Over against New Zealand
15 July 2019 | PTI
Woakes, Plunkett restrict New Zealand to 241/8
New Zealand once again put up a modest batting performance under overcast conditions to post 241 for eight against a quality England pace attack that kept on asking probing questions in the World Cup final here Sunday. Henry Nicholls (55 off 77 balls) and skipper Kane Williamson (30, 53 balls) added...
New Zealand win toss, opt to bat against England in WC final
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat against England in the World Cup final here on Sunday. Both New Zealand and England are playing the same team. Teams: New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, James Neesham, Tom Latham (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry,...
World Cup loss to Australia galvanised England, says Roy
Jason Roy says England's stinging defeat by Australia in the World Cup group phase gave the hosts a "good kick" and helped them rediscover their mojo. England will step out at the "home of cricket" on Sunday as favourites to lift the trophy for the first time against a New Zealand...
Omens point to New Zealand winning World Cup: Hansen
Celebrated All Blacks mentor Steve Hansen believes New Zealand's loss to England in the group stages of the Cricket World Cup will be to their advantage in Sunday's final. The coaching maestro, who is bidding for a third rugby World Cup success with the All Blacks this year, said when teams...
WC final: England, New Zealand a win away from immortality
The world order in cricket will witness a new dawn when a title-starved England, led by an Irish, meet their match in New Zealand's feisty Black Caps in a World Cup final that will produce a new champion come Sunday. England's global ambitions have never been fully realised since Sir Alf...
Morgan always has the faith in me: Rashid
England leg-spinner Adil Rashid said his skipper Eoin Morgan never lost faith in his abilities despite a modest performance in the league phase of the World Cup. Before the semi-final, Rashid had taken just eight wickets for 54 run in the 50-over showpiece. However, Morgan never stopped believing in him and...
Was lucky to get a direct hit from the outfield: Guptill on Dhoni run out
It was called a game-changing moment of brilliance but New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill says his direct hit that ran out M S Dhoni in the World Cup semifinal against India was more a case of luck doing its bit for him. With that run out in the 49th over, India's...
