{"id":9685,"date":"2019-07-15T11:34:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=9685"},"modified":"2019-07-15T11:34:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:34:50","slug":"england-lift-cricket-world-cup-despite-tying-final-twice-with-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/england-lift-cricket-world-cup-despite-tying-final-twice-with-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"England Lift CWC Despite Tying Final Twice With New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EnglandIf you are a cricket fan and did not get to watch the 2019 World Cup final between England and New Zealand<\/a>, you missed watching the best ODI match in the history of the game. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s not an exaggeration by any stretch of the imagination as the final at Lord\u2019s had fans at the ground and those watching around the world by television at the edge of their seats biting their nails till the very last ball!<\/p>\n

The Kiwis batted first and played a gritting innings on a pitch that offered assistance to the bowlers. <\/p>\n

New Zealand set England a par score of 241<\/strong> which England would have chased with ease had it been a regular ODI game between the two sides. <\/p>\n

However, the pressure of playing at home at a World Cup final with the chance to create history and win their first World Cup got to them and they lost a flurry of wickets at the top. The Kiwis let the game slip away from them as they allowed Ben Stokes<\/strong> and the dangerous Jos Butler<\/a><\/strong> to put together a 100 run partnership<\/em> and take England ever so close to a victory.<\/p>\n

ESPN UK<\/strong><\/p>\n

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