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Who is gonna win? 2015 we had SA Vs NZ first time finalists having a chance and now in 2019 we will have first time Champions.

Hope we get a real belter of a pitch and 400 is scored. Side batting first needs to totally bat the opposition out of the game.
 
Hopefully NZ, otherwise India Aus Eng would have won at home. The big 3 in total control
 
India Lost to only England and New Zealand, and they both are in Finals.

Pakistan Won against both of them...

India Won against Pakistan..

Lol.. Funny Circle... :P
 
Chokli said:
Who is gonna win? 2015 we had SA Vs NZ first time finalists having a chance and now in 2019 we will have first time Champions.

Hope we get a real belter of a pitch and 400 is scored. Side batting first needs to totally bat the opposition out of the game.
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It was Australia vs NZ
 
Going to be a good match.

England deserves the title more than New Zealand.
 
Guptil is due for a big one hopefully he makes it in final. Would like NZ to smack England and go home with the Trophy:wa
 
I would not write off New Zealand. Why?

NZ have the two of the best pace bowlers, Boult and Ferguson, add Henry with the new ball and this is a potent attack, better than any other 3 man pace attack.

Taylor has the best average for first innings runs and Williamson is a master batsmen if the going gets tough. Kane is the best captain in the world, this itself is a big advantage.

If NZ can bowl well up front as they did against India, this will be a close game.

England favourites, the occasion at Lords will be special. The World Cup could finally be coming home, the land which invented cricket may even start an era of domination if Sunday is successful.
 
Final – New Zealand v England – Lord’s, Sunday, 14 July

England will play in their first World Cup final since 1992, when they were defeated by Pakistan, after a convincing win against Australia.

The omens are good for Eoin Morgan’s side, who are bidding to become the third consecutive host nation to win the tournament – following in the footsteps of India in 2011 and Australia, who co-hosted with New Zealand, in 2015.

England beat New Zealand in their final group stage game, with Jonny Bairstow’s 106 and Mark Wood’s 3/34 setting up a 119-run win.

New Zealand are set for their second straight final but will hope the result is different this year than it was four years ago, when they lost to Australia by seven wickets.

The Black Caps, who finished fourth in the table with five wins from nine matches, boast a winning record against England, winning 43 ODI matches in comparison to England’s 41.
 
Eng huge favourites but if any player deserves a WC winners medal then it has to be Kane Williamson one man army
 
Can't wait. I struck gold with this got 2 tickets to the final. Should be an epic occasion.
 
Happy that a new team will lift the cup. I would be pretty annoyed if the final turned out to be India vs Australia.
 
Don’t care who wins as long as it’s fast, hard, and down to the wire.

Don’t want a one-sided Final.
 
Would be lovely to see England and their supporters crying when New Zealand dish out an old fashioned phainti.
 
The Lord's surface is a leveller, fairly slow and not a particularly bouncy pitch. Add the pressure of a World Cup final and I don't think we'll see massive totals on the board unless someone goes crazy.

NZ know they didn't do themselves justice in the 2015 final so they'll be itching to set the record right. But it's hard to look past this England team.
 
No team seems to read the pitches properly. So it will probably be a good toss to lose.

It’s not about England’s batting and NZ’s bowling. England’s bowling is also better on the whole, if you look at all the bowlers. Boult is the only one who can trouble England.
 
So Pakistan have defeated both the finalists with Burger and Pizza eating guys :))
 
IAJ said:
No team seems to read the pitches properly. So it will probably be a good toss to lose.

It’s not about England’s batting and NZ’s bowling. England’s bowling is also better on the whole, if you look at all the bowlers. Boult is the only one who can trouble England.
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You gotta be kidding about the bowling. New Zealand have better bowling in every category except maybe a good middle overs fast bowler, Plunkett is better there.
 
aloo paratha said:
You gotta be kidding about the bowling. New Zealand have better bowling in every category except maybe a good middle overs fast bowler, Plunkett is better there.
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As I said the only bowler who can/will trouble is Boult with his swing and cleverness.

Archer = Boult
Wood = Ferguson
Woakes > Henry
Plunket > Neesham
Stokes > CDG
Rashid = Santner

No brainer for me.
 
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England are favourites but cricket is a funny game so unexpected things can happen.No one thought NZ will knock out India
 
It will sure be a heartbreak for the loosing team as Eng and NZ both have been pretty close to winning the WC on quite a few occasions but failed. I wish them luck and hope the best team wins and at the same time the one which losses gets over it.
 
I think NZ are better off being tagged as the "underdogs" as that's how they like it, and the pressure will be on England too.

I'm never going to write off NZ again :))
 
Btw, if I were England I'd seriously think about replacing Wood. I don't know what it is but despite taking 17 wickets he's looked worse of the pacers.

I realise England want the pace but having Woakes, Archer and Plunkett should be enough and then getting someone in like Moeen Ali will also help Rashid bowling in the middle overs with Plunkett chipping in too.

It'll also bolster that middle order.
 
IAJ said:
As I said the only bowler who can/will trouble is Boult with his swing and cleverness.

Archer = Boult
Wood = Ferguson
Woakes > Henry
Plunket > Neesham
Stokes > CDG
Rashid = Santner

No brainer for me.
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Boult and Ferguson are much better than Archer and Wood. Henry is better than Woakes with the new ball. As I said, NZ does struggle a bit with a middle innings bowler, but apart from that NZ are on another level.
 
It depends on whether there is any swing or not... If it is flat pitch and batting conditions it will be England all the way ...
 
If Moeen plays then I’d want England to win. Hopefully he comes in for Wood.
 
Best bowling and fielding lineup vs the best batting lineup in 2019 World Cup final

So we have got the best bowling and fielding side in this world cup - NZ offcourse going against the best batting line up this world cup- England
Exciting stuff for one of the best world cups ever, possibly the best ever.

Hopefully we don't get a road!!

Can't wait to see a new champion crowned!
 
Hoping the match goes down the wire. It shouldn't go the 2015 WC final way, Plz!
 
Chokli said:
Who is gonna win? 2015 we had SA Vs NZ first time finalists having a chance and now in 2019 we will have first time Champions.

Hope we get a real belter of a pitch and 400 is scored. Side batting first needs to totally bat the opposition out of the game.
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Hope the pitch is more like the NZ vs India game.
Makes for Much better and exciting cricket.
Don't need 400 roads in wc
 
England are favourites but NZ are tenacious. There's no reason to underestimate NZ's chances. Plus England never plays well at Lords.

I'm backing NZ.
 
I would pick Munro in place of Nicholls. It's true that Munro has been a walking wicket so far but he has the x factor that Nicholls doesn't. If it's a batting pitch a quick 30-40 by Munro can set the tone for NZ. Nicholls won't damage England at all even if he survives the new ball.
 
With Jason Roy (and half a dozen other England players) in red hot form, I see England humiliating NZ in the final.
 
IAJ said:
As I said the only bowler who can/will trouble is Boult with his swing and cleverness.

Archer = Boult
Wood = Ferguson
Woakes > Henry
Plunket > Neesham
Stokes > CDG
Rashid = Santner

No brainer for me.
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Bout > Archer
Ferguson >>> Wood (overrated spray gun)
Woakes > Henry
Plunkett >>> Neesham
Stokes >> Chacha
Santner >>>> Rashid (rubbish bowler)
 
Nz need to make bold decision or too
the need to open with Latham and Guptill and bring in Blundell in middle order (big gamble but he scroed a century in warm up and wont do worse than Nicols)
 
England are borderline unbeatable on a phatta and it's pretty much a given that this is what the Lords pitch will provide. Weather is hot and sunny over the next few days and will allow for a hard, flat surface to be curated.

NZ have a chance if the groundsmen somehow leave a bit of grass on the wicket or we see some turn in the 2nd innings.

To beat England they need to go with 2 spinners and hope Williamson does a Ponting by producing one of his greatest individual innings of his career.
 
I think NZ should try something different..maybe send CDG or Neesham up the order. Willamson and Taylor remind of Younis and Misbah. They can't score at more than 4.5 rpo..

NZ always have a surprise up their sleeves..Lets see what Williamson has got for us..It'll be a good one.
 
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Deewana said:
Bout > Archer
Ferguson >>> Wood (overrated spray gun)
Woakes > Henry
Plunkett >>> Neesham
Stokes >> Chacha
Santner >>>> Rashid (rubbish bowler)
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Rashid is rated 24 in the world, Santner 35.

People slate Rashid, but he keeps getting good batters out in the middle overs.
 
My advice to new zealand, as i mentioned before, drop nicholls and bring in SODHI!!
This england team will collapse like a deck of cards against santner and sodhi!!!
 
Cool customer Archer relaxed ahead of England’s date with destiny

From the outside Jofra Archer does not seem to be affected by nerves and according to the man himself that is true of this entire England team.

Archer set the ball rolling with his very first delivery of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup semi-final victory over Australia, trapping Aaron Finch leg before for a duck as England marched to an eight-wicket win at Edgbaston.

The success was as comprehensive as it was impressive with Archer later shaking up Alex Carey with a rapid bouncer and then removing Glenn Maxwell just as the big-hitting all-rounder was preparing to tee off.

And for Archer, it was clear from the moment the team got together on Thursday that they would be ready for England’s first ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup semi-final in 27 years.

He said: “I’m really calm. You got that feeling, even when we were at breakfast, I don’t think anyone looked nervous. I might be wrong.

“Everyone just looked focused from the time we got into the ground. It’s those little things that make you think the guys are ready.

“I’ve always been like this. I try not to get nervous because then you do things you are not meant to do. The calmer you are, the better you are in a situation.”

It has been a remarkable rise for Archer, who only made his international bow against Ireland at the start of May.

He finished with figures of 2/32 from his ten overs in this game, but the fast bowler insists personal glory takes a back seat to the team’s success in reaching the final against New Zealand at Lord’s.

He added: “It hasn’t sunk in just yet. I’m just happy to play games and win games.

“We probably would have batted first. Personally I like to bowl first and get the work done. Emotions were definitely flying after that (first wicket). Everyone looked a lot more focused and switched on.

“I’m just glad the team is doing well. I could be doing terribly but as long as the team is winning, I’m alright.

“It’s been mixed feelings at Lord’s. Sometimes I do ok, sometimes I don’t do as well as I’d like. Hopefully Sunday goes England’s way, not just my way but England’s way.”
 
New Zealand coach Stead looking forward to Lord’s return for World Cup final three decades after cleaning windows at the Home of Cricket

Gary Stead says New Zealand are treating Sunday’s final as ‘just another game of cricket’
New Zealand will play in their second ICC Men’s World Cup final in a row when they face England on Sunday
Gary Stead once scrubbed the windows of the Lord’s pavilion - nearly three decades on he wouldn’t mind seeing some of his big-hitters breaking them.

The New Zealand coach spent a happy summer in his late teens working on the MCC’s ground staff, cleaning, selling scorecards and honing his love of the game at the Home of Cricket.

Now, as he prepares to lead the Black Caps into Sunday’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final against England, you could forgive him a pinch yourself moment.

But Stead is dialling down the pressure on his side, seven of who were losing finalists four years ago to Australia.

“When you strip it back, it’s just another game of cricket,” he said, while also acknowledging the support of a nation half a world away, pulling all-nighters back home to cheer the team.

“We’re excited about the opportunity ahead of us and we start the game with a 50/50 chance, we just need to be that bit better than England. We know the force they’ve become and that’s why they start the game as favourites.

“You can do all the scenario training you want but you can’t replicate what goes on in a big moment like this. There is pressure on both teams because neither have ever won a World Cup. It’s about how you handle it.

“I know both teams will play the game hard in the middle and have a beer afterwards.

“As I team we came here with three goals, we’ve achieved two - just one to go.”

Stead succeeded Mike Hesson last June and has remained committed to the brand of cricket he pioneered alongside former captain Brendon McCullum, a style of play Eoin Morgan’s England took as a blueprint for their ascent to the top of the world rankings.

But he is playing a textbook forward defensive to talk about the lessons of 2015, when New Zealand lost by seven wickets in a low-scoring final in Melbourne.

“We’ll talk about expectations and pressure, we’ll lean on those experiences but I just want to keep it as real as we can," he added.

“We just turn up and try to get better every day, we understand you don’t need to play the perfect game of cricket every time.”

Stead praised how his side ‘stood up under pressure’ in a ‘war of attrition’ with India, a thrilling semi-final win in Manchester that sent reverberations around world cricket.

Earlier this year he talked about the ‘brutal truth’ of New Zealand’s World Cup hopes, following a 4-1 ODI series trouncing at the hands of Virat Kohli’s side.

But throughout this tournament they’ve found a way to win when it matters most - and that alone should be enough to worry England, who like New Zealand have never won the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and are appearing in their first final since 1992.

“It doesn’t matter how you get there. There’s a fight and steeliness about the way we play and I’m pleased how we’ve adapted to conditions,” he added.

Martin Guptill, whose brilliant run out of MS Dhoni turned the semi-final, has struggled for runs in recent weeks but looked fluent and free-scoring in the nets. Henry Nicholls, who picked up a hamstring injury in the semi-final, also went through an extensive work-out.

“He was batting for two hours and everything was good,” added Stead. “He’ll have a thorough fitness test on Saturday and we’ll make a call then. If he’s ruled out then we’ve other guys in the squad that can step up.”
 
London (AFP) - England head coach Trevor Bayliss knows his side must shut out the noise of an expectant nation as they prepare for a first World Cup final in 27 years.

The host nation produced an inspired display to complete an eight-wicket victory over Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday and will meet New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday.

With the showpiece event also being broadcast on a free-to-air platform following an agreement between rights holders Sky and Channel 4, expectations will be elevated even further.

Australian Bayliss, though, has called for calm as England look to go one better than they did in their last World Cup final appearance in 1992, when they lost against Imran Khan's Pakistan in Melbourne.

"We had a chat in the changing room (at Edgbaston) afterwards and realised we have not won anything yet," Bayliss told BBC radio.

"There is going to be a lot of noise around 'you guys are now the favourites', and all this type of thing -- we can't listen to any of that.

"We have just got to concentrate on the way we have gone about our cricket over the past four years and what has got us to this point and go through our process."

After Australia were all out for 223 in 49 overs, England opener Jason Roy struck a superb 85 from 65 balls as he put on yet another big stand with Jonny Bairstow to break the back of the run chase.

Roy was fined for showing dissent at the umpire's decision after he was wrongly given out caught behind.

Bayliss, though, feels the 28-year-old can soon put the incident behind him.

"I think it shows the passion Jason has got for the game, and it is such a big game as well, when he was on the verge of scoring a hundred," the England head coach said.

"He will learn from that and go on to bigger and better things, I am sure."

The Surrey batsman is expected to be in contention for a place in the Ashes squad but Bayliss was giving little away, keeping his focus on the one-day format.

Bayliss said the return of live international cricket to traditional free-to-air television for the first time since the 2005 Ashes was "an opportunity to influence another generation of young cricketers".

The 56-year-old is set to step down at the end of his current deal in September, no matter what the summer brings.

"I have always been a believer that four or five years is long enough, whether you are doing well or not," he said. "It is time for a new voice for the boys, to hopefully take them to another level."

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History of past World Cup finals – from Lloyd’s century to Australia’s recent dominance

Either New Zealand or England will have their name engraved on the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup for the first time
West Indies won the first two World Cups while Australia have won the final five times

Whether in Melbourne, Mumbai or Marylebone, the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final is an occasion like no other.

On Sunday the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground will host its fifth World Cup final as hosts England face 2015 finalists New Zealand for the right to call themselves the best in the world.

Whichever team comes out on top, cricket’s most coveted trophy will be handed to a new winner as the 12th edition of the tournament reaches a dizzying climax.

We take a stroll down memory lane and look at World Cup finals gone by.

1975: Lloyd leads by example
Runs made with backs to the wall are gripping to watch and Clive Lloyd coined the original. The West Indies captain came to the crease with his side struggling on 50/3 against Dennis Lillee’s Australia. Under glassy skies and in front of a feverish Lord’s crowd, Lloyd struck a masterful counter-attacking century and Keith Boyce took four wickets to crown Windies the inaugural winners.

1979: Richards strikes again
Just as Lloyd bailed them out four years earlier, it was the turn of Viv Richards to extricate West Indies from a poor start and propel them to glory. His 138 from 157 balls was a brutal innings by modern standards and helped set a target of 286 – well beyond hosts England despite the stoical efforts of openers Geoffrey Boycott and Mike Brearley.

1983: India’s summer
India’s vaunted bowling attack wrested the World Cup from the grasp of West Indies as Kapil Dev masterminded a memorable triumph. Dev’s outfit only managed 183 first up and Windies looked destined for a third straight victory, but Mohinder Amarnath and Madan Lal exploited swinging and seaming conditions to get home by 43 runs.

1987: Advance Australia
An Australia side that Steve Waugh would later label ‘rank outsiders’ pulled off an unlikely triumph in India & Pakistan, the first time the World Cup was staged outside England. The Eden Gardens final against the English would be immortalised for Mike Gatting’s ill-judged reverse sweep when his team were well-placed and David Boon’s gutsy 75, the backbone of his country’s inaugural triumph.

1992: Cornered Tigers roar back
Imran Khan asked his team to fight and they scrapped for every inch until the skipper himself dismissed Richard Illingworth to clinch perhaps the World Cup’s most remarkable victory. Seemingly down and out after one win in their first five, Pakistan surged to five successive wins – inspired by Imran, whose 72 in the final earned his nation a maiden triumph in Melbourne.

1996: De Silva’s service
In what is still the finest all-round performance in a World Cup final, Aravinda de Silva took two catches and snaffled three wickets to restrict Mark Taylor’s Australia to 241 in Lahore. Alongside Asanka Gurusinha’s measured half-century, de Silva struck a masterful 107 to get Sri Lanka over the line by seven wickets, etching a fifth name onto the World Cup trophy.

1999: Warne blows Pakistan away
In the World Cup win that sparked an era of one-day dominance, Shane Warne spun Australia to a comprehensive defeat of Pakistan at Lord’s. The 1992 winners were bowled out for 132 as Glenn McGrath, Tom Moody and Warne strangled Wasim Akram’s men. Adam Gilchrist’s belligerence saw them over the line with eight wickets in hand.

2003: Australia go back-to-back
Australia secure successive World Cup wins with a contrasting but equally emphatic victory over India at the Wanderers. They smote 359 from their 50 overs – then their second highest-ever score in the format – with Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn sharing a partnership of 234 runs, another national record. India got nowhere near, dismissed for 234.

2007: Gilchrist goes big
A rain-reduced repeat of the 1996 showpiece was dominated by Gilchrist, whose 149 remains the highest-ever score in a World Cup final. Australia’s threepeat was never in doubt after Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya were dismissed chasing 281, extending the winning streak of their one-day dynasty to 29 games.

2011: Dhoni does it for India
India’s World Cup win on home soil remains one of the most significant moments in the game’s recent history, sparking scenes of jubilation not seen since. Mahela Jayawardene scored the sixth hundred in a World Cup final but ended on the losing side – largely due to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s perfectly-timed 91 in the chase and 97 from Gautam Gambhir.

2015: Australia romp home
Australia claimed a fourth win in five tournaments in front of a near-six figure crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was a final triumph to stand alongside any of their previous efforts as a relentless bowling performance saw them dismiss
 
Lets hope it is a close fought match similar to NZ v India match.One sided matches are not exciting.
 
Boi said:
If Moeen plays then I’d want England to win. Hopefully he comes in for Wood.
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Yes drop one of the leading wicket takers and someone who is performing for someone who is in crap from.

As soon as Moen has been dropped, England are playing their best cricket of the tournament . :)))
 
Moeen is out of form. I don't think he will be selected. England should go with same squad.
 
Morgan’s England in a special class, says Waugh

Eoin Morgan's England one-day team are already one of the best of any era – according to former Australian captain Steve Waugh.

But to go down in history they need finish off the job on Sunday and claim an historic first ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup crown.

Waugh won two World Cups in his 19-year international career – including lifting the trophy as captain at Lord’s in 1999 – and was blown away by the way England dispatched his compatriots in Thursday’s semi-final.

“This England team play without fear and that is very difficult to do in professional sport,” said Waugh, who was attending the inaugural criiio cup in Trafalgar Square.

“There is no weakness in the side, they field very well, they bat all the way down and have numerous bowling options.

“It is one of the best one-day teams I have seen and would compete against anyone of the previous eras.

“But ultimately they will be judged on their performance on Sunday.

“If they win that they may go down as one of the great one-day sides. If they lose then they are back to being one of the other teams that didn’t quite make it.

“But they have the potential to be a great one-day team.”

The criiio cup sees six social cricket teams from Brazil, Rwanda, Germany, England, Indonesia and India showcase the power and impact of social cricket by playing their own version of the sport in the central London fan park, two days ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s.

The six teams have been selected from all corners of the world, based on the impact cricket has had on their communities. They hail from a wide variety of community and social cricket initiatives, including women’s empowerment and engagement programs, refugee integration and semi-professional tennis-ball leagues.

Waugh added: “The fundamental aim of criiio is to celebrate street cricket.

"That’s how I started playing the game back in Australia, we had different pitches in the front yard, the back yard, the driveway and we made stumps with garbage bins and drew chalk on the garage door.

“We had bikes and scooters and the swimming pool as imaginary fielders, it is about imagination.

“Street cricket is all about that, if you have the spirt and the willing, you can play a game of cricket anytime and anywhere.

“We want to develop cricket all around the world, it is good that new countries are getting involved. Cricket is spreading its wings.

“Afghanistan have been a success story in the last couple of years, there is potential for other counties to do that.

“There have got to be others who can make that next step so we can globalise that sport.”

Either England or New Zealand will make history on Sunday as first-time winners of the game’s ultimate prize.

And Waugh urged the players to rise to the occasion.

He added: “World Cup finals are about not relying on other people to do the job for you. You have got to step up to the plate. To win World Cups you have to be street-smart

“It would be very important for New Zealand, it’s a great rugby country with the greatest team in the world in the All Blacks.

“Cricket is always hoping to get a foothold so for them to make the final and potentially win would be game-changing for New Zealand.

“England have been to three World Cup finals, and it’s a passionate country. Either side wins, it’s going to be great for their country.

“It’s exciting, the people get behind it and feel they are a part of it.”
 
Allan Border: England were outstanding against Australia and deserve their place in the final

You have got to give credit where credit is due, England’s performance was absolutely outstanding, and it was a performance that I have been anticipating for a while.

I always had a fear in the back of my mind that England would produce their best on the biggest stage.

They did just that – and there wasn’t much Australia could do.

England put together a complete batting and bowling performance, they were phenomenal in every aspect.

The bowling in those first ten overs is as good as we have seen from any team in this World Cup to put Australia under pressure. And from there they never really recovered.

The only criticism I might look at would be Alex Carey’s dismissal, an unnecessary shot when Australia were starting to recover.

That might have made the difference between a 220 score and 260-270 score but the way it turned out that wouldn’t have been enough either.

Australia needed 350 – that’s the bottom line really! England did everything right and thoroughly deserved that win.

I was in England for Australia’s two games at Lord’s and those were really solid performances.

They were going in the right direction. But South Africa have been a bit of a bogey side, they had nothing to lose and a point to prove. They showed up a few flaws and Australia got a couple of injuries.

Those sorts of things can upset the biorhythms of a side, and that is exactly what happened.

Shaun Marsh breaks his arm in the nets, Usman Khawaja does his hamstring, if you are going to win tournaments, those sort of things don’t happen. But I don’t want to make excuses.

England’s up-tempo game plan came together it was very impressive and they fully deserved their win.

Plus, if you asked me six months ago if Australia had any chance of making the semi-final I would have said absolutely zero.

The way we were playing, we looked outdated and nothing was working for the side, the selectors were trying different combinations and it wasn’t happening.

That is very unusual for Australian sides over the years, we have always been there or thereabouts but we were a long way off the mark and the turnaround has been quite phenomenal.

The performances through the World Cup were pleasing, very steady, good professional wins. Nothing super exciting but they got the job done.

We hoped they were saving their very best for when it really mattered – but that wasn’t the case.

The defeat to South Africa was a bit of a wake-up call and then the semi-final was a tough way to finish.

But England have been the favourites right from the start. Sure they have had their wobbles, but when it really mattered they came up trumps.

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For British viewers the final will also be shown live on channel 4 from 9 am.
 
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The best thing about this final is I'll watch without any tension ... :D

We can say we lost to both the finalist and won against Pakistan who won against both the finalists ... :)
 
England will demolish Newzeland like they did to Australia in semifinal. I recorn this will be a one side final, like the 2015 one.
 
IAJ said:
As I said the only bowler who can/will trouble is Boult with his swing and cleverness.

Archer = Boult
Wood = Ferguson
Woakes > Henry
Plunket > Neesham
Stokes > CDG
Rashid = Santner

No brainer for me.
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Nope.

Boult > Archer
Ferguson > Wood (often expensive)
Henry < Woakes
Neesham < Plunket
CDG < Stokes
Santner > Rashid (Again, expensive quite often)

The bowling is pretty even.
 
“ free to air TV? “ is this due to a drop in Indian viewership since India is now out of the final match? Perhaps there may be a drop in commercial sponsorship for this match?
 
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The pressure is entirely on England. Everyone expects it. Such a test of their mettle.
 
Biggest mismatch in the history of the World Cup?
 
Will england's lions devour the kiwis?

Will new zealand hacka the english?

All will be revealed within the next 36 hours!!

Whoever wins this most eagerly anticipated world cup final, one thing is for sure, the cricketing world will have new champions, never crowned before!!

Good luck to both england and new zealand, may the final be a wonderful show piece and may the best team win!!!
 
Chasing_The_Dream said:
“ free to air TV? “ is this due to a drop in Indian viewership since India is now out of the final match? Perhaps there may be a drop in commercial sponsorship for this match?
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No, it's because they want to generate interest in cricket in the country. Unlike this World Cup, the women's football World Cup had big ratings as it was shown free on BBC, so there's been pressure on Sky to broadcast the final free.

This free to air TV debate has gone on for years - interest in the sport has suffered since ECB sold the rights to pay TV Sky in 2005.
 
I just fear the English overconfidence will haunt them back.

Otherwise they deserve to win considering the performances of last four years.
 
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