Twitter explodes as England edge New Zealand in the closest World Cup Final in history

BySrijith Gopal, SportsCafe Editor

07/14/2019

What a day this has been for every cricket fan!! Everyone had their hearts in their mouth in the closing stages of the match. There was no lack of drama, from Boult's failed effort, Stokes' converting a 2 to a six. Twitterati were having a roller coaster ride as the match kept on swinging.

Brief scores : England 15/0 beat New Zealand 15/1 in Super Over (on the virtue of hitting more boundaries)

New Zealand 241/8 in 50 overs (Henry Nicholls 55, Tom Latham 47; Liam Plunkett 3/42, Chris Woakes 3/37) tied against England 241/10 in 50 overs (Ben Stokes 84, Jos Buttler 59; Lockie Ferguson 3/50, James Neesham 3/43)

We know the feel!

The tension is unbearable #CWC19Final
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) July 14, 2019

Who knew!

Who knew cricket could be this exciting?! #EngvNZL #CWC19Final
— Annie (@Annie_LFC) July 14, 2019

Cricket, bloody hell!

All down to the final three over.... BLOODY HELL! #CWC19Final #ENGvsNZ
— Martin Niro (@FindingNiro) July 14, 2019

All cricket fans right now!

Maybe now is the moment to take up smoking #CWC19Final
— Caro (@Karolein) July 14, 2019

And then these events happened!

The Boult catch on the boundary rope and the 6 runs off the overthrows in the final over.....man, will NZ come to rue those chances?#cwc19final
— Benny (@therealbennyman) July 14, 2019

No lack of drama!

1.boult catch/six

2.overthrow/four

3.last ball run-out

4.superover

Can't get better than this

Best cricket match EVER!#CWC19Final #CWC19
— Shriraj Vaidya (@ShrirajVaidya) July 14, 2019

Add a tied super over to it!

;_;
— Shriraj Vaidya (@ShrirajVaidya) July 14, 2019

Looks like it did cost NZ the title!

Boult taking the catch FAR too easy to get Stokes out and steps out for 6, could cost New Zealand the game
— Jimmy Philp (@Jphilp97) July 14, 2019

Unlucky!

Last Ball 🔥 Uff !

What a great Fielding 👏

Even after giving an overthrow , Kiwis brilliant restriction👍

Stokes tried his best till end but ..

Both teams are Best which gave us a Best match ever ...

Waiting for SUPER OVER 🤞#ENGvsNZ #CWC19Final pic.twitter.com/oaAwvy86ZO
— ᴅɪᴠʏᴀ ᴀʀᴊᴜɴ❣️🇮🇳❣️ (@DivzArjun) July 14, 2019