Love the Black Caps. What a game. I get that some feel NZ should have won re wickets but everyone knew the rules before the start. I cried when that trophy was lifted. Can’t believe it.
Our Bowlers had been useless. Gave away to many no balls plus apart from Archer and Woakes (and at times Plunkett) we don't have good wicket takers. Even Plunkett was giving away too many runs. Morgan pissed me off when he insisted on bowling Stokes. The bloke never takes wickets anymore and gives away too many runs. Yes Archer did well at the end but he should have been brought back a lot earlier. I hate England. Even in the middle of overs they were still picking up 6 or 7 runs per overs. They always fill you up with hope and let you down.
Incidentally I wore my lucky underpants today, the ones that took me through 3 playoff matches including a penalty shootout win and a last minute winner at Wembley. I can add another day of agony and last minute ecstasy to their honours board
Just got in from the pub, absolutely buzzing. What a game.
Thought we'd won after they posted a fairly low score, but knew it wouldn't be easy. Kept saying we just need 25 runs per wicket and we've won but we were behind that at 4 wickets down and i thought we'd lost.
Then Stokes and Buttler got us back into it and i thought we'd do it. Then Buttler got out and i thought we'd lost. Then the run rate kept going up and i was absolutely sure we'd lost. Then somehow from nowhere in 2 balls we had a fielder stepping on the boundary and then the ball hitting Stokes as he dived. Don't think i've ever seen that, nor ever will again.
3 runs needed from 2, surely we've won. No. Super over.
15 runs is a decent total, we've got a good chance here. Archer bowls a wide and gets hit for 6. Fuck sake we're done. Then somehow he shows amazing bollocks and he pulls it back. But they still only need 3 from 2. Still they'll surely get this, it's just 1 boundary. No. Somehow we pull it off. Amazing.
Incredible victory and one of the most amazing games of cricket, or in fact games of any sport, you will ever see.
Incredibly harsh on NZ to lose a final after a tie and then a super over tie, but who cares because finally we have won a cricket world cup.
Sir Peter Jackson, Kiri Te Kenawa, Jonah Lomu...erm...Neil Tennant...erm...your boys took one hell of a...erm....levelling...do you hear me New Zealand....we drew you into submission...
Had the cricket on the telly and the the tennis on the phone for the final set, was some if the greatest sporting tension and excitement I've ever watched, good knows what the neighbors think as I was cheering, swearing, clapping, ohing and ahing constantly for nearly 2 hours!!
My son is on a school trip this weekend and I just hope they somehow let them watch the end as he will be gutted if he missed it.
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Others wont care and will always see him as guilty
wouldnt of said the same for the Aussies.
The Stokes 6 running back I doubt you will ever see again.
Love Thorpy
Balls of absolute steel.
What a game.
I get that some feel NZ should have won re wickets but everyone knew the rules before the start.
I cried when that trophy was lifted.
Can’t believe it.
& people say cricket is boring!
Thought we'd won after they posted a fairly low score, but knew it wouldn't be easy. Kept saying we just need 25 runs per wicket and we've won but we were behind that at 4 wickets down and i thought we'd lost.
Then Stokes and Buttler got us back into it and i thought we'd do it. Then Buttler got out and i thought we'd lost. Then the run rate kept going up and i was absolutely sure we'd lost. Then somehow from nowhere in 2 balls we had a fielder stepping on the boundary and then the ball hitting Stokes as he dived. Don't think i've ever seen that, nor ever will again.
3 runs needed from 2, surely we've won. No. Super over.
15 runs is a decent total, we've got a good chance here. Archer bowls a wide and gets hit for 6. Fuck sake we're done. Then somehow he shows amazing bollocks and he pulls it back. But they still only need 3 from 2. Still they'll surely get this, it's just 1 boundary. No. Somehow we pull it off. Amazing.
Incredible victory and one of the most amazing games of cricket, or in fact games of any sport, you will ever see.
Incredibly harsh on NZ to lose a final after a tie and then a super over tie, but who cares because finally we have won a cricket world cup.
My son is on a school trip this weekend and I just hope they somehow let them watch the end as he will be gutted if he missed it.