ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019
2019 · 10 teams · ODI cricket
Tournament Overview
Series Overview
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 was hosted by England and Wales and produced one of the most extraordinary final days in the history of any sport. England, playing at Lord's on home soil, faced New Zealand in a final that defied belief. New Zealand posted 241/8 and England matched it exactly — 241 all out — to force a Super Over. The Super Over also finished level, with both teams scoring 15 runs. By the most controversial rule in modern cricket — the boundary countback — England were declared champions having hit 26 boundaries to New Zealand's 17 throughout the full match. The decisive moment came when a throw from Martin Guptill deflected off Ben Stokes' bat for four overthrows, awarding England six runs from an error that may never have been intended. Ben Stokes had anchored England's innings with a brilliant 84 not out, somehow keeping his composure throughout. For New Zealand, who had reached their second consecutive World Cup final and played the better cricket for much of the tournament, the defeat was crushing. For England, it was the culmination of a four-year white-ball reconstruction that transformed them into the world's most feared ODI batting side.
Key Highlights
- 1England won their maiden ODI World Cup title in the most dramatic final in cricket history
- 2The final at Lord's ended in a tie (241 all out each), then the Super Over also tied — England won on boundary countback
- 3Ben Stokes scored 84 not out in the final and famously deflected a throw for an inadvertent 6-run overthrow
- 4New Zealand's Martin Guptill was run out off the last ball of the Super Over — one of cricket's most heartbreaking moments
- 5The tournament was hosted entirely in England and Wales across 11 venues in a round-robin format