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England ride their World Cup luck for perfect day that may yet 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

15-Jul-2019•Andrew Miller

'Sharing a trophy is better than deciding on more boundaries'

Was the boundary count tiebreaker a fair way to decide the champions? Former cricketers tweeted their disagreement with the rule

15-Jul-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

If cricket were to end tomorrow, at least we'll have this game

Did Lord's 2019 go past Edgbaston 1999? Felt that way

15-Jul-2019•Sambit Bal

Nerve, skill, errors: how the greatest ODI finish played out

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

15-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Legacy-maker Ben Stokes shows what he deserves to be remembered for

Stokes has dark days. But he has climbed back up and, on the biggest occasions, when his team need him most, it was Stokes who always his hand up

15-Jul-2019•George Dobell at Lord's

What the luck! New Zealand, and the randomness of life (or a World Cup final)

The way the World Cup final ended highlighted the deep sense of New Zealand's loss and the cruelty of it all

14-Jul-2019•Osman Samiuddin at Lord's

'The best white-ball game of all time!'

Scores level after 100 overs. Scores level after the Super Over. England beat New Zealand 26-17 on the number of boundaries hit in the final to become world champions. Can't believe it? That's how the sporting fraternity reacted as well

14-Jul-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Last-over nail-biter - a six, two run outs and a cruel deflection

How our ball-by-ball commentary captured the heart-stopping final over in regulation time

14-Jul-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Jason Roy knows he's one for the big stage

With some luck in the form of Hales' self-inflicted absence and Morgan's backing, Roy has manufactured England's magic formula

13-Jul-2019•George Dobell at Lord's

Nice guys and world champions? It is possible

It is possible that New Zealand are not punching above their weight but that their punch perfectly matches their weight and that is why they are in this final

13-Jul-2019•Osman Samiuddin at Lord's

What sets New Zealand apart? Their ability to understand conditions

And their captain is a man who specialises in adapting to situations as they arise

13-Jul-2019•Daniel Vettori

Boult, Henry, Ferguson: Brutal, Hellish, Fast

The numbers suggest New Zealand have the best pace attack at the World Cup. Can they live up to those numbers one more time?

13-Jul-2019•Osman Samiuddin

Where the World Cup final could be won and lost

The match-up for Sunday is an interesting one because it pits the most aggressive batting line-up of the tournament against the best bowling unit

13-Jul-2019•S Rajesh and Srinath Sripath

Bring on the pressure, dot-ball devil Mitchell Santner is up for it

'Build pressure and try and get wickets that way,' says the New Zealand left-arm spinner of his plan against England in the World Cup final

13-Jul-2019•Nagraj Gollapudi at Lord's

Quiz: How much do you know about World Cup finals?

On July 14, how many World Cup winners will take the field for the first ball?

13-Jul-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

The serenity and resilience of being New Zealand

They've now reached the final for two World Cups in a row, but Kane Williamson's men still retain an inner core of peace ahead of the biggest game of their careers

12-Jul-2019•Nagraj Gollapudi at Lord's

Ethiopian delights and Colombo evenings

What's a World Cup tour writer's life like? All about recording podcasts in cemeteries and being mistaken for a taxi driver, of course

12-Jul-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kimber: Maybe winning World Cups is not in Australia's DNA, perhaps believing they will is in ours

Most of our lives has been Australia winning, but that doesn't change the genuine problems of the team

11-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Edgbaston

It's a new dawn, a new day, a new life - it's a New England

Of course, England fans will feel good - they had not won a knock-out game in 27 years, but what exactly is this New England all about?

11-Jul-2019•George Dobell at Edgbaston

The unreality of Adil Rashid's greatness

Maybe England have understood the thing about legspinners, ancient or modern, is that you have to be patient with them

11-Jul-2019•Osman Samiuddin at Edgbaston

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