England win first World Cup by the thinnest of margins

World Cup Final

v New Zealand

England

Opponent

241

250

England score 15 runs from final

over to send game to Super Over

Runs

200

196-5

Buttler and Stokes

partnership ends

at 110 runs

150

28-1

Jason Roy caught

by Tom Latham

for 17

100

86-4

England lose

three wickets in

eight overs.

Required run

rate now 5.9

50

0

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England beat New Zealand in the group stage by 119 runs, one of four victories by triple digits. But after 50 overs and a Super Over for each team in the final, England needed to rely on having scored more boundaries than the Kiwis to lift the World Cup

v South Africa

v Pakistan

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

0

25

0

25

v Bangladesh

v West Indies

Runs

300

200

100

Overs

0

50

50

0

25

0

25

v Afghanistan

v Sri Lanka

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

0

25

0

25

v Australia

v India

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

0

25

0

25

v New Zealand

v Australia

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

0

25

0

25

World Cup Final

v New Zealand

241

England

Opponent

England score 15 runs from final

over to send game to Super Over

250

Runs

200

150

196-5

Buttler and Stokes

partnership ends

at 110 runs

28-1

100

Jason Roy caught by

Tom Latham for 17

86-4

50

England lose three

wickets in eight overs.

Required run rate now 5.9

0

Overs

10

20

30

40

50

v South Africa

v Pakistan

England beat New Zealand in the group stage by 119 runs, one of four victories by triple digits. But after 50 overs and a Super Over for each team in the final, England needed to rely on having scored more boundaries than the Kiwis to lift the World Cup

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

0

25

0

25

v Bangladesh

v West Indies

v Afghanistan

v Sri Lanka

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

50

50

0

25

0

25

0

25

0

25

v Australia

v India

v New Zealand

v Australia

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

50

50

0

25

0

25

0

25

0

25

World Cup Final

v New Zealand

241

England

Opponent

England score 15 runs from final

over to send game to Super Over

250

Runs

200

150

196-5

Buttler and Stokes

partnership ends

at 110 runs

28-1

100

Jason Roy caught by

Tom Latham for 17

86-4

50

England lose three

wickets in eight overs.

Required run rate now 5.9

0

Overs

10

20

30

40

50

England beat New Zealand in the group stage by 119 runs, one of four victories by triple digits. But after 50 overs and a Super Over for each team in the final, England needed to rely on having scored more boundaries than the Kiwis to lift the World Cup

v Bangladesh

v West Indies

v Afghanistan

v South Africa

v Pakistan

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

50

50

50

0

25

0

25

0

25

0

25

0

25

v Sri Lanka

v Australia

v India

v New Zealand

v Australia

Runs

300

200

100

0

Overs

50

50

50

50

50

0

25

0

25

0

25

0

25

0

25