England won World Cup 2019

• In the grand finale of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (CWC 19), England cricket team defeated New Zealand cricket team in the Super Over thriller to lift their maiden World Cup title at The Lord’s cricket stadium in London.
• Batting first after winning the toss, New Zealand had postd 241/8 in 50 overs in reply to which, England ended at the same score leading to the one-over eliminator at the Lord’s.
• In the Super Over, England batted first and the duo of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler made 15 runs, and New Zealand also ended at the same score but for the loss of one wicket, paving the way for an English victory on boundary count.England became the sixth country to win the World Cup.

What is super over?

• A Super Over is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches and it has been used to decide the tournaments.
• For the first time, the Super Over method was used in the tied Twenty20 match between the West Indies and New Zealand on 26 December 2008.
• West Indies scored 25/1 in their super over and New Zealand replied with 15/2.
• The Super Over was formally introduced by the International Cricket Council during 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage but it was not used as no match at the knockout stage ended in a tie.

Super Over Rules:

• Super over is an over match.
• Those who bat in the second innings in the match, they bat first in the super over.
• Who three batsmen will bat, they have to decide first.
• No batsman and bowler can do both.
• If the super over is also tied, then the team wins more Four in the entire match.
• If Duckworth-Lewis then the team that scored more runs on the last ball of the Super Over, wins the team.

New Zealand captain Ken Williamson was given the Player of the Tournament and England’s Ben Stokes was awarded the Man of the Match award. Williamson scored 548 runs in 8 innings. He became the captain who scored the most runs in the World Cup. Stokes scored 85 runs in 98 balls in the final.

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