Who Won World Cup 2019?

Once in four years ICC organize a grand event called World Cup to decide who the champion team among all is.

The ten best teams of the world compete with each other for almost 2 months and then the best two

among them play a final to get their hands on the trophy. We have had seen many close

encounters, but we have never seen something that happened in Lords on Sunday, 14th July,

2019.

It was a world cup final between the two best teams of tournament who reached there, beating

the current world champions Australia and the number one team from league stage- India.

England and New Zealand were playing finals looking for their first ever world cup title.

Everyone have chosen their side for winning but no one knew that none of the side would lose

this one!

Usually when we talk about finals one team freezes under the pressure. Yesterday neither team

did that! It was a final in which both teams gave their hundred percent, as a result of which

both teams ended up scoring same total in the end, which means match was tied and super

over needs to be played to decide the winner between them. They played again, and result was

same this time as well- a tie, but England won the world cup! Wonder how? By ICC rules!!

Looking at the way these two teams played top class match, probably the best in the history of

cricket, the flaws in the ICC rules came into radar. Here are the few which will remain a matter

of discussion until an amendment is made

1. New Zealand scored 241 for 8. England were all out 241. Having lost 2 wickets less, NZ could have

been declared the winner. There was no question of having a super over.

2. Both teams scored equal runs in super over but winner was decided on the basis of who

scored more boundaries in the match. The silliness of this rule got realized when the

cost for losing the match was a world cup trophy. The most fair outcome in this situation

should be a shared trophy or a continuation of super over until we get a definite winner.

3. There should be a rule when someone especially batsman unintentionally gets his bat

on the ball while ball is travelling on the field. Because that unintentional bat on ball

actually decided the fate of the match.

4. A blunder pointed out by cricket's best umpire that there was an error of judgment in

umpiring. The 6 runs that were awarded for the over through should have been 5, since

batsmen didn't crossed at the time of throw.

People often say the rules are already agreed upon at the start, but the worst case scenario

seems to be written in hurry, and nobody cared what if it will ever happen, that too in a world cup

final!!! The rules seemed illogical looking at the gob-smacked cricket displayed by the two

teams, as a result of which, the cup is with England but the World is with New Zealand.