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#PoliteEnquiries: Did the best team in the World Cup win the tournament?

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Sharing World Cup 'something that should be considered'

Kane Williamson says it was "a real shame that the tournament was decided in the way it was" after defeat on boundary countback

Umpires made 'error of judgement' with overthrows - Taufel

The former umpire said only five runs should have been rewarded to England for the overthrow that hit Ben Stokes' bat and ran to the boundary

Heartbreak for New Zealand

World Cup final, Lord's

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Nicholas: Look ma, no fingernails

Astonishing, unprecedented, lucky, smart, brilliant, unlucky, flattering, faltering, preposterous - the World Cup final was all that and more

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'You are looking for a run' - Gutted NZ try to make sense of the unbelievable

A few hours of sleep did not make things any easier for New Zealand, but their grace and dignity remained one of the overriding images

Bal: If cricket ended tomorrow, at least we'll have this game

Lord's 2019 went past Edgbaston 1999 and then some

England v New Zealand

World Cup final, Lord's

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Miller: England ride World Cup luck for perfect day that may save tomorrow

With nothing less than the future of English cricket at stake, an extraordinary final helped reconnect the masses with the country's summer sport

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UK viewing figures compete with 2005 Ashes after free-to-air return

The final, which was simulcast by Sky and Channel 4, was the first England game on free-to-air TV since the 2005 Ashes

Whuddathunkit ... it's Liam Plunkett, in the Middle Overs, with the Cross-Seam Delivery

Who'd have thought Liam Plunkett Bowling Cross-Seam In The Middle Overs could become a thing?

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The Ashes 2019

England news

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World Cup over, England to head for Ashes training camp

Squad prepare to change format with Ireland Test on horizon, but key players will be rested after World Cup exertions

ENGLAND V NEW ZEALAND

WORLD CUP FINAL, LORD'S

Final tied, Super Over tied, England win on boundaries

Ben Stokes took the most thrilling World Cup final to a Super Over in which both teams scored 15 runs each

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Kimber: Nerve, skill, errors. How the greatest ODI finish unfolded

You couldn't have scripted the end of the World Cup final better and it will take a long time to make sense of it. But here's an attempt

Gallery - A tie within a tie

The most vivid pictures from a historical World Cup final

A fair way to end the World Cup?

Daniel Vettori and Ajit Agarkar discussed whether it is fair for a team to win a World Cup on number of boundaries scored in the match.

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'Never thought I'd answer a question on boundary countback'

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson talks the uncontrollables that cost his side the World Cup, including the ricochet off Ben Stokes' bat.

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'Adil said we had Allah with us, I said we had rub of the green' - Morgan

Eoin Morgan also says he hopes that UK viewers were watching the cricket rather than David Attenborough or a Sunday-evening film.

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    West Indies A v India A

    2nd unofficial ODI, Coolidge

    Gaikwad, Gill and Saini make it 2-0 for India A

    Navdeep Saini's five-wicket haul broke West Indies A's back in the chase

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    Nottinghamshire v Surrey

    Ashwin's 12-wicket haul in vain as Surrey crush Notts

    Surrey offspinner Amar Virdi ended with a match haul of 14 wickets to consign Notts to a 167-run defeat

    Think-tank reshuffle

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    Jacques Kallis, Simon Katich part ways with KKR

    Under the duo, KKR made three straight playoffs from 2016 to 2018

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