The Black Caps’ tragic hero puts World Cup final misery behind him as he heads to play T20 in CanadaJimmy Neesham arrived in Toronto on Monday from the UK and is set to play in the Global T20 Canada getting under way just outside the city. The New Zeal…
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s tweet was frustrating because we want sport to be pure, as it was at Lord’s in a game the Kiwis didn’t deserve to lose“I’m not sure anyone at the moment has a steady heart … Seven weeks of cricket, 48 games, one ball. Here’s Boult, th…
Readers from around the world reflect on seven weeks of cricket and one astounding finalEngland’s run to the semi-finals, and indeed final, could not have been more quintessentially English. The team came into the tournament on a great run and hope was…
Readers from around the world reflect on seven weeks of cricket and one astounding finalEngland’s run to the semi-finals, and indeed final, could not have been more quintessentially English. The team came into the tournament on a great run and hope was…
• Black Caps coach declines to blame umpiring error for loss• Stead says losing in such a manner a ‘very hollow feeling’The New Zealand coach, Gary Stead, has shrugged off the debate over whether an umpiring error denied the Black Caps World Cup final …
The celebrations continued after a dramatic and tantalisingly close final saw England crowned Cricket World Cup champions by beating New Zealand.Speaking the morning after Sunday’s final, Joe Root said: “I don’t think you can top what happened yesterda…
England have the spoils, to New Zealand goes the glory, and the nation has a chance to fall back in love with cricket againIt is a phrase that is usually painfully glib or laden with irony but for once it may be appropriate: perhaps cricket really was …
• ‘Five runs, not six’ should have been given in unusual incident• Former international umpire Simon Taufel: ‘It’s an error’• ‘An all-time-classic’: England celebrates World Cup win – live!England benefited from a “clear mistake” from the officials dur…
• Reaction and celebrations after Sunday’s incredible final• Barney Ronay: England win a World Cup and the nation was watching• Andy Bull: Lord’s the perfect venue for greatest one-day game• Match report from an unforgettable match | Relive the drama• …
• Reaction and celebrations after Sunday’s incredible final• Barney Ronay: England win a World Cup and the nation was watching• Andy Bull: Lord’s the perfect venue for greatest one-day game• Match report from an unforgettable match | Relive the drama• …
• Reaction and celebrations after Sunday’s incredible final• Barney Ronay: England win a World Cup and the nation was watching• Andy Bull: Lord’s the perfect venue for greatest one-day game• Match report from an unforgettable match | Relive the drama• …
‘I’ve hugged and kissed people I have never met before today,’ one jubilant fan says after the dramatic World Cup final in which England tied with New Zealand in the regular game and the super over, winning only through virtue of having more boundaries…
England have won their first ever World Cup, overcoming New Zealand at Lord’s in extraordinary fashion. The game went to a super over after it was tied, but not even that could separate the teams.Eoin Morgan’s men won via ‘boundaries struck’ after two …
New Zealand cricket fans suffered through the night as their team fell excruciatingly short of victory at Lord’s They emerged tired and emotional in the predawn light. They shuffled from living room couches or from the New Zealand bars lucky enough to …
• England captain praises Ben Stokes for heroic batting effort• ‘To come through all that is extraordinary, almost superhuman’Eoin Morgan hailed his England team’s remarkable four-year journey and the super-human qualities of Ben Stokes after the heart…
New Zealand have always been patronised but they reached the 2015 final and only lost at Lord’s in a super overTrent Boult. If it had to be anyone to stand at the top of his mark, watched by millions but all alone in the moment, holding New Zealand’s W…
• New Zealand 241-8; England 241 all out• England win super over to claim World Cup for first time• Latest reaction to England winning the World CupThis was the most astonishing, fortuitous, preposterous climax to any cricket match I’ve witnessed, let …
Cricket World Cup final updates from the match at Lord’sBoyhood memories of the first Cricket World Cup finalAnd feel free to email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisle 12.50am BST Tim will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Barney Ronay’s match preview. Rel…
The Black Caps were once the inspiration, now they are the last obstacle standing between a daring England and the World CupAs it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end. Four years on from the start of English cricket’s great white?ball paradi…
• ‘England rightly deserve to be favourites’ – Kane Williamson• ‘Whatever dog we are, it’s important we focus on the cricket’In New Zealand, preparations for the World Cup final have been well advanced for months. The only problem is those plans are fo…
