Guys are still thinking about the World Cup, says Kane Williamson

“It is one of those things that every day, often, you are having small conversations about it. Guys are still thinking about it, trying to make sense of it. That is a credit to the match we were involved in, but also the result and how it all ended up. One of those things that guys will be talking about for a long time,” International Cricket Council (ICC) quoted Williamson as saying.

The hosts were chasing a target of 242 set by New Zealand and needed nine runs off the last three balls when Ben Stokes hit the ball into the deep off and ran for a double. That's when all the drama and confusion had started as New Zealand’s Martin Guptill threw the ball in an attempt to run out Stokes, the ball bounced off Stokes’ bat and reached the boundary. As a result, England was awarded six runs - two for a double and four for an overthrow. Certainly the extra run awarded found itself surrounded by myriads of controversies as former ICC umpire Simon Taufel said that the on-field umpires were wrong to award six runs instead of five and the officiating umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus later confirmed that they made a mistake.

“It is one of those games which, no doubt, you will look back on and really have appreciated being involved in it. Then you throw in a bit of context - the World Cup final - and it maybe makes it all that more special,” Williamson said.