It was a final worthy of a World Cup and went down to the wire. 100 overs were not enough to separate the two sides and for the first time a Super Over would determine if it was England or New Zealand who would be crowned champions for the first time. Well it did, or actually not quite. Both scored the same amount of runs in the Super Over, but England won the World Cup by virtue of scoring more boundaries.
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Now that was something fans were not happy about. They felt that the ICC rules were in England’s favour. Having said that, the rules were clear before the tournament started as to what would happen in this situation. It’s just that nobody expected that they would have to be used. Nonetheless people do have a problem with the rules and they took out their anger on Twitter. Check it out:
New Zealand had made 241/8 while England were bowled out for 241 in reply. If we had gone by the fewer wickets rule, the Kiwis would be winners. Ideally maybe we could have had a rematch on the reserve day as the odds of a tie occurring again would be less. Of course in hindsight it’s possible to think what might have been. Remember, nobody is suggesting England are not deserved winners, they won by the rules and deserved to be World Champions. New Zealand technically did not lose the game, but will feel hard done that it was eventually a technicality that cost them a chance to be create history.