England vs New Zealand 2019 ICC ODI World Cup Final Match Highlights, Scorecard, Date and Venue – ENG vs NZ

ENG vs NZ 2019 World Cup Final

The 12th edition of the ICC ODI World Cup Came to a concluding match with England and New Zealand as two finalists of one of the toughest word cups ever. England being finalists by defeating Australia in Semi-final 1 by 8 wickets on the other hand New Zealand defeated the most anticipated finalists of the season India in Semi-final 2 by 18 runs. By making to the finals in this WC, this become continuous 2nd ODI WC final for New Zealand team after 2015 ICC ODI WC in the Leadership of Captain Kane Williamson.

This final took place on the historic venue of Lord’s, London on July 14, 2019.

ENG vs NZ Squads: 2019 World Cup Final

England Squad

Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, James Vince, Liam Dawson

New Zealand Squad

Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Tom Blundell, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Colin Munro.

The two of on field Umpires were Marais Erasmus, Kumar Dharmasena and third umpire was Rod Tucker.

Ranjan Madugalle was the match rafree.

ENG vs NZ Match Scorecard:

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first.

1st Inning:-

Did not bat – Lockie Ferguson

Extras – 30, Total – 241 (50 overs, 8 wickets)

2nd inning:-

Extras – 17, Total – 241 (50 overs, 10 wickets)

After the end 50 0vers of each inning both teams ended with a tie, umpires called both teams for the super over, according to the rules.

The super over also tied and the match ended dramatically as England won by the boundary count.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Ben Stokes

PLAYER OF THE SERIES
Kane Williamson

The journey of ICC ODI World Cup 2019 ended on a tragic note for the New Zealand Cricket Team as they got defeated because of boundary count and their dream of being World Champions was broken, but this journey given a lot to England Cricket Team and their dream to become world champions since the inaugural of the ICC ODI World Cup being the country who introduced Cricket to the World came true.

As someone said that, “life is not same for everyone”.

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