Which were the three best matches of the 2019 World Cup?

[QalandarFan]

With the final yet to occur what have been the best games of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in your opinion? You can base it off thrillers or simply good cricket. The 2019 Cricket World Cup has been AMAZING so many great games it is one of the best tournaments I ever and certainly the best I have ever seen. So what do you guys think? What are the top 3 games of the World Cup?

Discuss!!!

 

[QalandarFan]

It is really hard for me to choose a top 3 but for a game to be the best of the world cup not only does it need to go down to the wire but we need to see good cricket throughout! Therefore, whilst some people may have enjoyed the outstanding thriller that the Afghan vs Pak game was for me the Eng vs Pak game was much better just because the quality of cricket was much higher. Although everyone has their own opinion I still loved both games. It's really hard for me to choose a top 3 I've seen all the games but because this tournament has been so long I am going to go check the highlights once again before I make a judgment. Plus final yet to come could be the best game of the whole tournament!

 

[TalhaSyed]

Off the top of my head:

West Indies Vs New Zealand
Pakistan Vs Afghanistan
India Vs New Zealand

Other honourable mentions:

Sri Lanka Vs England
Pakistan Vs England
New Zealand Vs South Africa

 

[Last Monetarist]

1. New Zealand vs India
2. New Zealand vs West Indies
3. Pakistan vs Afghanistan

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

India vs NZ
SL vs Eng
NZ vs wi

I would say sl vs England was the most important one as without that result the whole second half of league stage would have been very boring.

 

[junaidji]

1. England vs Pakistan
2. New Zealand vs West Indies
3. India vs New Zealand

Honorary Mentions: India vs Afghanistan, Australia vs South Africa, Pakistan vs New Zealand

 

[Madplayer]

England vs Pakistan was a good match. Good cricket all around by both teams to be honest.

In contrast to it, another thrilled that was Pakistan vs Afghanistan was just poor cricket from both sides.

 

[Ab Fan]

1.NZ vs India
2.NZ vs Windies
3. SL vs England

 

[James]

The “super six” (in order) -

New Zealand v West Indies
New Zealand v India
India v Afghanistan
Sri Lanka v England
New Zealand v Bangladesh
Pakistan v Afghanistan

 

[shokz1408]

Pakistan v Afghanistan
New Zealand v West Indies
India v New Zealand semi final.

 

[QalandarFan]

For me it has finally come down to this:

1. India vs New Zealand Semi-Final at Old Trafford: Stretched over 2 days what a thriller both teams fought tooth and nail but in the end New Zealand won an outstanding contest! Made all the more amazing considering it was a knockout!

2. New Zealand vs West Indies 29th Match at Old Trafford: Probably my favourite game of the tournament! After seemingly cruising at a 130 odd for 2 Windies slipped to 160 for 7 and then a breathtaking innings by Brathwaite led the world to believe NZ could actually lose! However a splendid catch in the midst of thrilling action and racing heartbeats meant it was not to be!

3. Pakistan vs England 6th Match at Trent Bridge: The match that lit the fire in the tournament! I loved this game as Pakistan were “suppose” to roll over to the tournament favourites and eventual finalists. However, Pakistan came out with their back against the wall and as they so often do with their backs against the wall and under a 11 match losing streak they one upped the tournament favourites! Englanf fought hard whilst chasing 350 but it wasn’t to be as a splendid return for Wahab prevented any such thing from happening!

Wow 3 amazing games. Better than anything in the 2015 CWC! So many more games that I couldn’t include here but man what a tournament it has been. Only fitting that the final in 2 or so hours is another amazing match!!!

 

[Markhor]

New Zealand-West Indies
India-New Zealand
Pakistan-Afghanistan

 

[Hasan123]

South Africa vs New Zealand
West Indies vs New Zealand
Pakistan vs Afghanistan

 

[Technics 1210]

Pakistan vs England.
New Zealand vs India (SF)
Pakistan vs Afghanistan.

 

[ak619]

In no particular order:

India vs New Zealand (SF)
West Indies vs New Zealand
Sri Lanka vs England

Honorable mentions:

Pakistan vs Afghanistan
South Africa vs New Zealand


Damn.. NZ was involved in 3 of the 5 most closely fought games. And they came out on top on all 3 occasions.

 

[Saj]

So far:

West Indies Vs New Zealand
Pakistan Vs Afghanistan
India Vs New Zealand

Although I enjoyed England versus Pakistan

 

[TalhaSyed]

This Final is shaping up into a possible contender for the list!

Let's see how things pan out

 

[TalhaSyed]

The Final
West Indies Vs New Zealand
Pakistan Vs Afghanistan

 

[Hasan123]

Lol the final is the best game. I change my mind.

 

[AdamM97]

This one tops all matches of CWC of all time.

 

[Abdullah719]

The final
The final
The final

 

[QalandarFan]

Ok everything steps down to the final! The greatest game of Cricket ever!!!

 

[Chokli]

England Vs New Zealand - The Greatest Cricket Match of All Time.

Pakistan Vs England - Just because of the shear emotions right after being destroyed 4-0 by them and then defeating them at their own game on a flat pitch

Pakistan vs Afghanistan - It made us realise what it feels like to be on the other side. Regularly it's Pakistan that messes up and loses games that are there to be won but this time around it was Afghanistan who lost a match they should have won.

Really Pakistan as a top cricketing shouldn't stoop that low to grab defeats from the jaws of victory.