England new ODI world champions
England won the World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in a Super Over after a nerve-shredding final ended in a tie at Lord's on Sunday.
After Eoin Morgan's side finished on 241 all out in pursuit of New Zealand's 241-8, the final came down to a six-ball shootout for each team.
England's Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler took 15 off Trent Boult's over.
Jofra Archer bowled England's over against Martin Guptill and Jimmy Neesham, who smashed a six off the second ball.
combined to run out Guptill as he came back for the second.
Both sides finished on 15 so England won due to a tie-break rule because they hit the most boundaries.
Scoreboard
NEW ZEALAND
Martin Guptill lbw b Woakes 19
Henry Nicholls b Plunkett 55
Kane Williamson c Buttler b Plunkett 30
Ross Taylor lbw b Wood 15
Tom Latham c sub (Vince) b Woakes 47
Jimmy Neesham c Root b Plunkett 19
Colin de Grandhomme c sub (Vince) b Woakes 16
Mitchell Santner not out 5
Matt Henry b Archer 4
Trent Boult not out 1
Extras: (12lb, 1nb, 17w) 30
TOTAL (for 8 wickets) 241 (Overs: 50)
Did not bat: Lockie Ferguson
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-103, 3-118, 4-141, 5-173, 6-219, 7-232, 8-240
Bowling: Chris Woakes 9-0-37-3, Jofra Archer 10-0-42-1, Liam Plunkett 10-0-42-3, Mark Wood 10-1-49-1, Adil Rashid 8-0-39-0, Ben Stokes 3-0-20-0.
ENGLAND
Jason Roy c Latham b Henry 17
Jonny Bairstow b Ferguson 36
Joe Root c Latham b de Grandhomme 7
Eoin Morgan c Ferguson b Neesham 9
Ben Stokes not out 84
Jos Buttler c sub (Southee) b Ferguson 59
Chris Woakes c Latham b Ferguson 2
Liam Plunkett c Boult b Neesham 10
Jofra Archer b Neesham 0
Adil Rashid run out 0
Mark Wood run out 0
Extras: (3lb, 12w, 2b) 17
TOTAL: (all out) 241 (Overs: 50)
Did not bat: Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-59, 3-71, 4-86, 5-196, 6-203, 7-220, 8-227, 9-240, 10-240
Bowling: Trent Boult 10-0-67-0, Matt Henry 10-2-40-1, Colin de Grandhomme 10-2-25-1, Lockie Ferguson 10-0-50-3, Jimmy Neesham 7-0-43-3, Mitchell Santner 3-0-11-0.
SUPER OVERENGLAND
Ben Stokes not out 8
Jos Buttler not out 7
TOTAL (without loss) 15
Bowling: Trent Boult 1-0-15-0
NEW ZEALAND
Jimmy Neesham not out 13
Martin Guptill run out 1
Extras (1w) 1
TOTAL: (for 1 wicket) 15
Bowling: Jofra Archer 1-0-15-0
SOURCE : GULFNEWS