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England captain Eoin Morgan and Adil Rashid with the World Cup trophy. (Photo: AFP)

Luck of Allah, says Eoin Morgan

Morgan enters hallowed territory as an English World Cup-winning captain, joining the likes of Bobby Moore and Martin...

16 July 2019 2:34 AM IST

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson in action England in their World Cup final at the Lords cricket ground in London on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Gentleman Kane Williamson gracious in tragic loss

Those who watched the Lord's thriller would remember the Black Caps for a couple of moments of outstanding...

16 July 2019 2:30 AM IST

Englands Ben Stokes dives in to make his ground and get a 6 from overthrows during the final on Sunday. ( Photo: AP)

Kiwis overthrown!

The most poignant moment of the gripping final came in the fourth ball of the final over of regulation play.

16 July 2019 2:22 AM IST

As soon as the men landed to deliver the balls, a few fans captured and shared the video on the social media site. (Photo: cricketworldcup/twitter)

Parachute guys land to give ball, Netizens call them PUBG guy; watch...

The Twitterverse after seeing the video and photo posted by ICC, found it funny and termed it as a PUBG effect.

15 July 2019 7:02 PM IST

The BCCI will also look into the matter of split captaincy after a news got circulated, stating that there had been a major rift between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. (Photo:AFP)

BCCI to probe on Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma rift, ODI captaincy change...

In an interview with the IANS, a board functionary stated that good teams learn from their mistakes and they immediately...

15 July 2019 6:08 PM IST

Criticizing the selectors and team management, Yuvraj Singh said the selectors and team management were care-less and negligent in handling the middle-order issue. (Photo: Indian cricket team/afp/twitter)

Yuvraj Singh slams selectors, team management for avoiding India's...

However, if it weren't for Ravindra Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India would have lost the match by a huge margin.

15 July 2019 5:25 PM IST

ICC Mens Cricket World Cup final on July 14 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.(Photo: Icc/alexandra hartley/twitter)

England women cricketers celebrate men's World Cup win; Watch

During the ICC Women's World Cup final between England and India at Lord's two years ago, Shrubsole took a six-wicket...

15 July 2019 4:29 PM IST

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...

Buttler credited New Zealand for putting up a fantastic game.

15 July 2019 4:11 PM IST

England scripted history as it claimed its first-ever World Cup title. The final will be remembered for ages as it did not have a winner after the 50-over and super over action, both of which were tied. In the end, England were announced as the winner as they had hit more boundaries, 26, as compared to New Zealands 17 boundaries in the match. (Photo:AP/AFP)

Former umpire Simon Taufel opines on New Zealand's unlucky overthrow

Taufel, who had umpired during the 2011 World Cup final, confirmed that Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus made a mistake.

15 July 2019 3:55 PM IST

Both the teams scored 241 runs which led to a first-ever Super Over in the World Cup final. However, both teams scored 15 runs each, after which England was declared the winner based on boundary count in the match. (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 July 2019 3:27 PM IST

Plunkett played a crucial role in Englands World Cup win as he claimed big wickets throughout the tournament. (Photo:AFP)

England deserved to win World Cup, states Liam Plunkett

Plunkett, who took 11 wickets in seven games this World Cup, was selected way back for the 2007 World Cup.

15 July 2019 3:09 PM IST

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...

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

15 July 2019 3:08 PM IST