Match 48: England vs New Zealand Final - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Post Match Summary

New Zealand won billion hearts by not the World Cup!

It’s Kane Williamson who expressed the mixed emotions by shedding tears and a matured wide smile indeed! It’s Cricket who fulfilled its day at the home of Cricket Lord’s!

Yes! The founder of Cricket who is none other than “England” indeed clinched their 1st ever World Cup in the history of cricket! The ICC Men’s WC was happened between England and New Zealand at the famous Lord’s on Sunday, July 14th, 2019, by 10:45 am the local time. The 15 mins delay was made due to the wet outfield as it rained heavily before the night of the final. It was the New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson who won the toss and bravely opted to bat 1st.

First Innings :

It is the New Zealand openers Martin Guptill and their south-paw batsman Henry Nicholas opened the batting line-up for the last time in the 2019 WC finals. Once again Martin Guptill who failed to impress for the last time in spite of taking the review and lost in the final of WC 2019, as he was departed for just 19 runs off 18 balls with 2 fours and a six included. Then it was the skipper Kane Williamson came in the middle to partner with his south-paw batsman Henry Nicholls. Nicholls with his good start made his 1st fifty in WC while his captain supported to build the only fifty plus partnership of the innings. The partnership for the 2nd wicket went on for 74 runs. It was a review taken by the England skipper Eoin Morgan to get rid of the inform Kane Williamson as the Umpire Kumar Dharmasena was not interested to give the caught behind wicket which the referee might not hear the nick in front of the huge final crowd. Thus, Williamson departed from the middle for 30 runs off 53 balls with just 2 boundaries included. Exactly fifteen runs later it was the well-settled Henry Nicholls who got an inside edge bowled by England’s most experienced pacemaker the 34-year-old Liam Plunkett. As Nicholls departed for 55 off 77 deliveries with 4 boundaries included in his innings. It was the in form and the most experienced WC campaigner in New Zealand’s team Ross Taylor had to go for an, unfortunately, Leg-Before-Wicket(LBW) as there was no review left. The South African Umpire Marais Erasmus made a false decision that dismissed Taylor for 15 runs off 31 balls as height was the only factor which was not hitting the bails. In the end, it was the wicket-keeper batsman Tom Latham carried the Black Caps to a mere convincing score as he contributed 47 off 56 balls with 2 boundaries and six included in his innings. It is the English bowlers who were on top to restrict the Kiwis as the experienced Liam Plunkett and Chris Woakes took a 3 wicket-haul, while other pacemen Jofra Archer and Mark Wood picked 1 each. Thus the Black Caps with support of Tom Latham, in the end, made 241 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their complete 50 overs.

Match 47: Australia vs England 2nd Semifinal - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Post Match Summary

It was a one-sided match as England took the entire control to march towards the finals for the 1st time after 27years at Lord’s!

The match 47 of the ICC Men’s WC happened between Australia and England on July 11th, 2019, at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England by 10:30 am the local time. The toss has won by the Australian skipper Aaron Finch and as experts expected he decided to bat 1st.

First Innings :

It was the ICC CWC 2019 2nd leading run scorer David Warner along with his skipper Aaron Finch who also was in sublime touch opened the batting as usual. But, there happened the damage it was the English pacemen Jofra Archer in the 2nd over and Chris Woakes in the 3rd over destructed Finch for a golden duck and David Warner for 9 off 11 deliveries with 2 boundaries included. Then came the world’s one among the most technical batsman in the modern era who is non-other than Steven Smith walked in the middle. It was Peter Hand Comb who played his 1st WC match who directly came in the playing 11s as he was replaced for Shaun Marsh who was ruled out after a ball had struck on his wrist when his teammate Pat Cummins delivered during the nets session at Old Trafford. Hand Comb who batted along with Steve Smith could only contribute 4 off 12 balls. It was Alex Carey along with Steven Smith put a steady century partnership of 103 runs in 127 balls for the 4th wicket. Carey who played a sensible game throughout the tournament was injured with a fiery bouncer bowled by Jofra Archer. This affected his face to swell and bleed with blood which he finally gave up the partnership for 46 runs off 70 balls with 4 fours included. Then it was the Australian batting all-rounder Marcus Stoinis went without scoring and then it was Glenn Maxwell who was batting bit slowly which was not his normal innings could only hold 22 off 23 balls with 2 fours and a six included. Finally, it was Pat Cummins who supported his former Aussie skipper Steve Smith as their partnership for the 8th wicket went on for 51 runs off 57 balls. It was Smith who departed after playing a matured knock for 85 runs off 119 balls with 6 boundaries included.

Match 46: India vs New Zealand 1st Semifinal - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Post Match Summary

Old Trafford created history in WC matches! It’s the Kiwis who made it for the 2nd consecutive time for the finals! The match 46 which is the 1st Semi-final happened between India and New Zealand at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. As it was a reserve day match which should be resulted for the must for whom to play in the final the matches happened for 2 days on July 9th and 10th. It was 10:30 am.

First innings :

on July 9th and commenced again at 10:28 am by the local time at Old Trafford flooded in rain on July 9th. The toss was won by the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson and as all expected he decided to bat 1st since the track initially looked dry and flat. First Innings It was the experienced Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholas opened the innings. It was Guptill who was expected at least this time for the WC 2019 failed to make runs on this name departed firstly for 1 off 14 deliveries. Then it was the New Zealand captain Kane Williamson came in the middle. The partnership for the 2nd wicket went on till 68 runs as the South-paw batsman Henry Nicholas departed for 28 off 51 balls with 2 boundaries included. It was Ross Taylor the most experienced the 35-year-old the senior batsman for the Kiwi’s came middle in the middle along with his captain Kane Williamson as the partnership for the 3rd wicket went on for 65 runs which made the most crucial part of the innings why not even for the match. Kane who settled so firmly departed after marking his 2nd fifty of this 2019 WC which excludes 2 centuries as he went for 67 off 95 balls with 6 boundaries included. On the other end the experienced Ross Taylor who is playing his 4th WC played more sensibly and responsibly who made his 5th WC fifty despite playing 4 World Cups. In the start of the 47th over when Taylor was at 67 the rain interrupted the play. As the rain did not stop the match referees decided to make a reverse day match with the knowledge and acceptance of the 2 Captains. Thus, the play began to start on July 10th, Wednesday by 10:28 am the local time.

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