Everyone is in tears out there. Roy is consoled by Morgan, he had misfielded one earlier in the over, but got the decisive throw in. Stokes, the most stoic man is brought to tears. What a monumental moment this is for England. And a moment of pure joy for Eoin Morgan. He saw his team bow out of the 2015 WC very meekly and decided to change the approach drastically. They went ultra-attacking and it delivered them a World Cup. But spare a thought for New Zealand. And Kane Williamson. He almost single-handedly won them the World Cup, but it was not to be.
The Kiwi team fought tooth and nail for everything in the final parts of the World Cup. They put on 241 on the board and in a slowing pitch was supposed to be enough. They defended that much against India, and were up against another explosive line-up in England. They got the early wickets, the top four fell early but what a partnership that was from Stokes and Buttler. They put more than a 100 runs together, and the game looked to be in the bag.
Buttler then decided to go for it, holed out and then a couple more wickets left Stokes with 15 to get off the final over. He played two dots, slog swept one for six, and then dived in on a second run to deflect it off the bat to the boundary for the most bizarre six we will see. He then went for two on each of the final two balls, and lost partners on the second run each time to tie the match.
It then came down to the super over, where it was the Buttler and Stokes show again as they clobbered 15 runs off Boult. The Kiwis were in the act too, taking 15 runs of Archer too but they had hit lesser boundaries, and a last ball finish in the super over got them a maiden World Cup victory.
Archer with the ball for England. He will be a hero if he wins the final for them after being a late addition to the squad. It is also only his 15th ODI, can he pull this off? The Kiwis will send their most explosive batsmen. If this is a tie, England will win because they have hit more boundaries- 24 to NZ's 16. England are out there, waiting for the Kiwi batsmen to come out. Who will it be? Martin Guptill it will be with Jimmy Neesham. Big gamble with Guptill but he is as explosive as anyone.
Ball 1 Archer to Neesham, WIDE, harsh call, very harsh call. Leg cutter bowled inside the tramline, Dharmasena stretches his arms and Jofra is unhappy
Ball 1 Archer to Neesham, 2 runs, yorker just outside off, dug out to long off, they run well for two
Ball 2 Archer to Neesham, SIX, holy moses what a shot! Half volley from round the wicket, horror delivery and it is clubbed over deep square leg
Ball 3 Archer to Neesham, 2 runs, gets it off the inside edge to deep mid wicket, the fielder fumbles and it allows an easy two
Ball 4 Archer to Neesham, 2 runs, yorker dug out to deep mid wicket, the throw comes to the wrong end. Buttler was screaming at the fielder to throw to him
Ball 5 Archer to Neesham, 1 run, goes short, Jimmy misses the pull, gets an inside edge onto pad, and they run through. Jofra sensibly decides not to risk the throw, might have given overthrows
Ball 6 Archer to Guptill, OUT, 1 run, England win! England have won the World Cup, England are champions at home! Wow, what a game. Yorker on leg, Martin dug it out somehow to deep mid wicket, they had to go for the double, the throw came at Buttler's end, he was well ahead of the stumps, collects and stretches himself to catch him well short
Guptill run-out(Roy/Buttler) 1(1)
Super over to decide the final. Who could have asked for more? Buttler and Stokes are the two batsmen who will start for England. Boult it will be with the ball, was there anyone else really? Stokes will take strike
Ball 1 Boult to Stokes, 3 runs, starts full outside off, he gets an outside edge and they pushed for three, Ben runs for his life there
Ball 2 Boult to Buttler, 1 run, half volley on leg stump, he clears the front leg and slogs to deep square leg
Ball 3 Boult to Stokes, FOUR, shot, what a shot! Full ball, gets down low and sweeps, sweeps Boult into the deep mid wicket fence. Can you imagine the audacity?
Ball 4 Boult to Stokes, 1 run, full toss wide of off, Ben had backed away can only hit to cover point
Archer is warming up, he will surely bowl the supoer over
Ball 5 Boult to Buttler, 2 runs, full ball wide of off, dug out to extra cover, and the man is very deep, takes two
Ball 6 Boult to Buttler, FOUR, what a finish! Low full toss and he has flicked this very well, past deep mid wicket. Kiwis need 16!
Lot of discussions in both camps, who will bat for England- Buttler has to be one of them for sure. New Zealand will bat with Colin de Grandhomme for sure too. Let's see what happens now