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According to the report, Hesson and his agent have considered the requirement of Team India's head coach's job description as posted on BCCI's official website. (Photo: AFP)

New Zealand's Mike Hesson to apply for Team India's head coach job

Hessen steered New Zealand to the final of the World Cup 2015 during his tenure with the national side.

26 Jul 2019 4:37 PM

Colin De Grandhome was the part of the Kiwi team who played the final of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup against England at Lord's on July 14. He took a crucial wicket of Joe Root and returned to the figure of 1-25 in his ten overs. The 33-year-old also bowled the two maiden overs in the final. (Photo: AP/PTI)

Cricket Fraternity wishes Colin de Grandhome on his Birthday

In the recently concluded World Cup he amassed 190 runs and scalped six wickets.

23 Jul 2019 11:05 AM

The left-armer was still haunted by the deflection off Ben Stokes’s bat in the 50th over that raced to the boundary and helped send the final into a Super Over before England claimed the win on the total boundaries scored. (Photo: AFP)

New Zealand players' homecoming gets cloudy after shock WC final defeat to England

Pace bowler Trent Boult was among six Black Caps players making a low-key homecoming at Auckland airport.

18 Jul 2019 3:56 PM

New Zealand men's team which is known as BlackCaps in a tweet revealed that some players and support staff arrived back in Auckland. (Photo: BlackCaps/Twitter)

Boult, Sodhi, Santner return to Auckland after World Cup 2019; see pics

New Zealand finished as the runners-up for the second successive time in the tournament.

18 Jul 2019 1:20 PM

Interestingly, Sobers on whose name the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy is warded every year to the best player of the year was a member of the team that had witnessed the first historic tied Test (against Australia at Brisbane in 1960). (Photo: AP)

World Cup trophy should have been ‘shared’: Sir Gary Sobers

The 'official result' of the final is a tie, cricket statisticians Mohandas Menon, Sudhir Vaidya and Ric Finlay (Australia) has said.

16 Jul 2019 4:12 PM

The winners, England earned a handsome USD 4 million, along with the title. (Photo:AFP)

Know the prize money received by India after 2019 World Cup

India's World Cup campaign ended on a sad tone as they lost to New Zealand in a rain-affected semi-final game.

16 Jul 2019 1:39 PM

Widely praised for the grace with which he and his side accepted the defeat, Williamson said they had signed up to the rules that governed the tournament. (Photo:AFP)

Kane Williamson says there was 'no loser' after England's dramatic super over win

Cricketers, current and former, shared New Zealand's pain on losing the title on boundary count.

16 Jul 2019 12:14 PM

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive David White on Tuesday said due to logistical complications it would not be feasible to have a homecoming celebration for the World Cup runners-up team. (Photo:AP)

New Zealand cricket team's homecoming celebration postponed

White acknowledged the support from New Zealand and said the team is keen to publicly express their appreciation and gratitude.

16 Jul 2019 11:54 AM

Apart from Stead, New Zealand's batting coach Craig McMillan stated that sharing the trophy was the 'right thing' to do. (Photo: Photo: Twitter/cricketworldcup)

Gary Stead feels declaring joint winners was an option

The rule of boundary count came into play after the match was tied at 241 runs and later the Super Over too ended on a tie.

16 Jul 2019 10:49 AM

An all-night vigil by New Zealand fans ended in bitter disappointment when they saw their team beaten by England after an unprecedented Super Over and a tie-breaking countback in the final of the Cricket World Cup. (Photo:AP)

New Zealand fans go to work in mourning for World Cup defeat

Sunday's final began at 10 pm New Zealand time and ended, dramatically, about 6.30 am Monday.

16 Jul 2019 10:24 AM

Members of the New Zealand team, which tied the World Cup final, lost the trophy owing to hitting less boundaries than England team are devastated for their fans back home, according to Heath Mills, the Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association (NZCPA). (Photo:AP)

Kiwi fans devastated after New Zealand's unlucky overthrow which changed the game

In the meantime, the FICA has congratulated the England team for its World Cup success.

16 Jul 2019 10:21 AM

England needed 9 runs from the final three balls when a throw from the deep touched a diving Ben Stokes' bat and raced to the boundary ropes, giving England six runs when they should have got only two. (Photo:AP)

'It was a shame that the ball hit Ben Stokes' bat: Kane Williamson

Stokes later apologised to New Zealand for that lucky unintentional touch.

16 Jul 2019 9:38 AM

The World Cup final witnessed a first-ever super-over in which England came out triumphant as they had scored more boundaries in the match to lift their maiden 50-over title on July 14. (Photo:AFP)

Jos Buttler sympathizes with New Zealand, says 'Kiwis didn't deserved to lose'

Buttler credited New Zealand for putting up a fantastic game.

15 Jul 2019 4:11 PM

Morgan had the glittering trophy with him during the interaction but he doesn't expect his life to change much even despite what many would consider a life-changing day. (Photo:AFP)

Eoin Morgan reacts to New Zealand's unlucky overthrow

Morgan had nothing but empathy for the Black Caps, who lost the title on countback of boundaries.

15 Jul 2019 3:27 PM

The Black Caps were so close yet so far from their maiden World Cup title, the small margins changed it all but things would have been different as per the Law 19.8. (Photo: Twitter/cricketworldcup)

According to this ICC rule, New Zealand should have won the World Cup 2019

New Zealand still had one run in the court and there would be no tie in the first place, a different world champion would have been crowned.

15 Jul 2019 3:08 PM

In a dramatic encounter on Sunday night, the pendulum swung viciously in the final over with England needing nine from three balls when Ben Stokes hit Trent Boult to the deep. The return throw from Martin Guptill hit Stokes' bat as he dived to make his ground for the second run. The ball rebounded to the rope for additional four runs. (Photo: AFP)

New Zealand media slams boundary-count rule after Kiwis miss World Cup title

The New Zealand media felt the Black Caps were robbed of World Cup glory.

15 Jul 2019 2:56 PM

In a high drama encounter on Sunday night, the pendulum swung viciously in the final over with England needing nine from three balls when Ben Stokes hit Trent Boult to the deep. The return throw from Martin Guptill hit Stokes' bat as he dived to make his ground for the second run, with the ball rebounding to the rope for additional four runs. Ben Stokes later apologised to New Zealand for that lucky unintentional touch. (Photo:AP)

World Cup Final 2019: Kane Williamson rues the unlucky overthrow in the last over

The over throw imapcted the game as the match stretched to the Super Over and eventually the hosts lifted their 1st World Cup trophy.

15 Jul 2019 11:56 AM

In the 50-over spell, both England and New Zealand registered scores of 241. Similarly, in the super over, both managed to score 15 runs. (Photo:AP)

World Cup Final 2019: Twitterati asks ICC to declare joint winners after super-over

After the Super Over ended in a tie, England was declared as the winner of the World Cup on the basis of them having scored more boundaries.

15 Jul 2019 11:54 AM

With this feat, Kane Williamson became the second skipper to win the player of the tournament in the history of World Cup. New Zealand's Martin Crowe had achieved the feat in 1992 World Cup. (Photo: AFP)

World Cup Final 2019: Kane Williamson declared player of the series

Williamson went on to score 578 runs in the tournament and he even registered centuries against South Africa and West Indies.

15 Jul 2019 11:48 AM

Kane Williamson reacts during the trophy presentation. (Photo:AP)

World Cup Final 2019: 'Loss in the World Cup final is indigestable', says Williamson

The finals between England and New Zealand was one for the ages as the match between both these sides did not have a winner after 50-overs.

15 Jul 2019 11:45 AM

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