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• 'That was a bit of a shame, eh': Kiwis endure understated agony of World Cup defeat

  14-07-2019 23:31
  New Zealand cricket fans suffered through the night as their team fell excruciatingly short of victory at Lord’s They emerged tired and emotional in the predawn light. They shuffled from living room couches or from the New Zealand bars lucky enough to organise short-notice liquor licences. Then, they went back to their Monday mornings.No teacher or manager in the whole country would be naive enough to believe them if they said they had come down with the flu. They would have to wear their
  
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• England win a World Cup … and for once the nation really was watching | Barney Ronay

  14-07-2019 23:27
  A slow-burn, horribly gripping, ultimately uproarious day at Lord’s. There has never been a World Cup final like thisPut out more flags. Unfurl the mothballed bunting. Prepare that unaccustomed victory dance. England have won a World Cup – and in the most extraordinary of circumstances.On a slow-burn, horribly gripping, ultimately uproarious day at Lord’s, England’s cricketers beat New Zealand to win the ICC’s 50-over trophy. It is just the third such triumph for th
  
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• England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic victory over New Zealand

  14-07-2019 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as England beat New Zealand to win the men's World Cup for the first time after one of the most amazing games of cricket ever played was tied twice.
  
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• ‘It means everything’: Morgan hopes World Cup win can have lasting impact

  14-07-2019 22:58
  • England captain praises Ben Stokes for heroic batting effort
  • ‘To come through all that is extraordinary, almost superhuman’After the most heart-stopping of all finals, from which England’s men emerged as World Cup winners for the first time, their captain, Eoin Morgan, offered his heartfelt gratitude to supporters and shared hopes that new ones will have been made.The England captain was soaked in champagne and still clutching the trophy when he arrived for the pr
  
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• England win Cricket World Cup final - watch highlights

  14-07-2019 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the closing stages of an incredible World Cup final as England beat New Zealand to win the men's trophy for the first time.
  
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• England win Cricket World Cup final

  14-07-2019 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the closing stages of an incredible World Cup final as England beat New Zealand to win the trophy for the first time.
  
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• Lord’s the perfect venue for greatest one-day game ever played | Andy Bull

  14-07-2019 22:16
  Where better for England’s transgenerational trauma to end than the home of cricket, pretty as a picture in the evening sunThe sun was out when England won the World Cup. It had emerged, at last, from behind the freckles of white cloud and was shining low through the bright blue sky over the Grand Stand. The shadows stretched all the way to the wicket, the flags licked in the evening breeze, the pavilion glowed soft terracotta. The old place looked pretty as a picture, exactly how we see i
  
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• England win Cricket World Cup after super-over drama against New Zealand – live reaction!

  14-07-2019 21:56
  All the reaction after an astonishing finish at Lord’sMatch report: England lift trophy for the first timeBoult and New Zealand too good to be called dark horses againFeel free to email Rob 8.56pm BST This was a match full of incredible moments, but for anyone who missed the greatest of all in the history of England cricket, here it is …#WeAreEngland win the #CWC19!Ecstasy for England, agony for New Zealand!Guptill is run out by yards in the final ball of the Super Over!It simply ca
  
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• England win Cricket World Cup for first time after Ben Stokes heroics against New Zealand

  14-07-2019 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND won their first ever Cricket World after an incredible final at Lord's which was decided in a Super Over by Ben Stokes, leaving New Zealand as heartbroken runners-up.
  
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• Trent Boult and New Zealand too good to be called dark horses again

  14-07-2019 21:35
  New Zealand have always been patronised but they reached the 2015 final and only lost at Lord’s in a super overTrent Boult. If it had to be anyone to stand at the top of his mark, watched by millions but all alone in the moment, holding New Zealand’s World Cup fate in the literal palm of his hand, it would always be Trent Boult. One of the best two bowlers his country has produced, one of the best two players in his side his whole career. Left arm, slight of build, deliverer of the p
  
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• Watch England lift the Cricket World Cup

  14-07-2019 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the moment Eoin Morgan and England lift the Cricket World Cup trophy after a dramatic sudden-death super over against New Zealand at Lord's.
  
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• Jofra Archer catapults himself to England stardom in bringing Cricket World Cup home

  14-07-2019 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEVER thought it would be stress-free did you? Those who were there at a manic, madcap Lord’s endured the journey as much as enjoyed it but in the end, amid excruciating tension, England made the promised land and fittingly Jofra Archer was the man who brought the World Cup home.
  
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• England hero Jofra Archer battles through emotional interview after Cricket World Cup win

  14-07-2019 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND hero Jofra Archer struggled to contain his emotions after helping his country win the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• England Cricket World Cup hero Ben Stokes gives emotional reaction after heroics at Lord's

  14-07-2019 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND Cricket World Cup hero Ben Stokes has said he’ll be “apologising” to New Zealand for their huge win for the rest of his life.
  
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• Watch the moment England won the Cricket World Cup

  14-07-2019 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the moment that Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win England the World Cup.
  
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• England vs New Zealand RECAP: England WIN Cricket World Cup after dramatic Super Over

  14-07-2019 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND have won the Cricket World Cup after a thrilling match at Lord's, eventually winning after a Super Over.
  
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• County cricket: Lancs pile on runs against Sussex as Virdi takes eight for Surrey

  14-07-2019 20:40
  As England’s players played the biggest game of their lifetimes, county cricket skipped along, humming a merry tune 7.40pm BST As England’s players played the biggest game of their lifetimes, county cricket skipped along, humming a merry tune. While many wondered why the World Cup Sunday, of all Sundays, had not been left free from county cricket, 500 or so doughty Lancashire supporters came through the turnstiles. Bafflement crossed the face of a spectator asked why he had not staye
  
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• England win Cricket World Cup after super-over drama against New Zealand

  14-07-2019 20:32
  • New Zealand 241-8; England 241 all out
  • England win super over to claim World Cup for first time
  • Latest reaction to England winning the World CupThis was the most astonishing, fortuitous, preposterous climax to any cricket match I’ve witnessed, let alone a World Cup final. Only the Kiwis could have coped so graciously with the manner of their defeat in the most riveting final this tournament has ever witnessed. At the end of it England emerged as World Cup winners for t
  
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• Cricket World Cup final: What happens if England vs New Zealand finishes in a tie?

  14-07-2019 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand is heading towards a tight finish, but what happens if the scores are tied?
  
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• Cricket World Cup final goes to Super Over after England's Mark Wood run out

  14-07-2019 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Mark Wood is run out of the last ball to set up a Super Over in the World Cup final against New Zealand at Lord's.
  
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• Cricket World Cup final: England fans call for Ben Stokes to be knighted after heroics

  14-07-2019 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND cricket fans have called on Ben Stokes to be knighted after an amazing moment that saw him earn six runs in the most incredible fashion.
  
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• Cricket World Cup final: Boult steps on boundary rope to give Stokes six

  14-07-2019 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A huge moment in the run chase as Ben Stokes gets six when Trent Boult carries a catch over the boundary rope in England's World Cup final against New Zealand.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: England get six runs after the ball deflects off Stokes and away to the boundary

  14-07-2019 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  An extraordinary moment in the Cricket World Cup final as the ball deflects off Ben Stokes' bat while diving for a second run and flies to the boundary for an extra four runs for England.
  
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• Keeping cricket alive, despite the absence of free-to-air coverage | Letters

  14-07-2019 19:17
  Senior cricket is thriving against the odds, writes Clive Ricks, while Mike Stein laments the general lack of free-to-air coverage of the sportWith reference to Max Rushden’s article on the lack of free-to-air coverage and its effect on grassroots cricket, with which I wholeheartedly agree, I can tell you of one area where the sport is thriving (Tactical toilet breaks and apple on willow: what free-to-air cricket could inspire, 12 July). I am chair of England Seniors Cricket and in the las
  
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• Jack Bond obituary

  14-07-2019 18:54
  Batsman who led Lancashire to early success in one-day cricketThe cricketer Jack Bond, who has died aged 87, captained Lancashire during a golden era when they took the new one-day discipline by the scruff of the neck. In doing so, they made themselves the best limited overs team in England.Bond led the county for five summers from 1968, during which time they won the first two 40-over Sunday League competitions (1969-70), and three successive 60-over Gillette Cups (1970-72). Until his appointme
  
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• Cricket World Cup: England's Eoin Morgan dismissed by New Zealand's Jimmy Neesham in final

  14-07-2019 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Eoin Morgan is dismissed by a fine low diving catch by New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson as the hosts chase 242 to win the World Cup final at Lord's.
  
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• New Zealand set England target of 242 to win Cricket World Cup final 2019 – live!

  14-07-2019 17:09
  Cricket World Cup final updates from the match at Lord’sDjokovic v Federer: Wimbledon men’s singles final – live!FFeel free to email Tim or to tweet: @TimdeLisle 4.09pm BST 14th over: England 51-1 (Bairstow 29, Root 3) Just when you are wondering if England plan on winning this match by Wednesday, Bairstow breaks the spell – and Henry’s sequence of 17 dots – with a whip through midwicket. And then he gets away with another Harrow drive, which brings another fo
  
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• Cricket World Cup final: England's Jason Roy edges New Zealand's Matt Henry behind

  14-07-2019 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  England opener Jason Roy edges New Zealand's Matt Henry behind to fall for 17 as the hosts chase 242 to win the World Cup final at Lord's.
  
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• Cricket World Cup final: England's Jason Roy survives lbw review v New Zealand

  14-07-2019 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Jason Roy survives a lbw review by New Zealand's Trent Boult from the first ball of England's innings as the hosts chase 242 in the World Cup final at Lord's.
  
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• County cricket: Yorkshire v Somerset, Lancashire v Sussex – live!

  14-07-2019 14:50
  Follow the action from seven County Championship matchesCricket’s quieter soap opera still enthrals amid World CupAnd you can mail Tanya, tweet her or post below the line 1.50pm BST Lovely shot by Glenn Maxwell to break the post-lunch lull: Sussex have take n the new ball and Hamza has it. Lancs 266/3. 1.31pm BST DIVISION ONEChelmsford Essex 254 (Cook 84; Rhodes 5-17) v Warwickshire 57-41.04pm BST Lunch scores to follow!200 on the board#ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/gmwjkNSiJa 12.55pm BST A
  
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• Cricket World Cup final streaker fails as Champions League final jokers strike at Lord’s

  14-07-2019 13:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  A CRICKET WORLD CUP FINAL streaker has failed to invade the pitch, and it’s the same Vitaly Uncensored jokers that struck at the Champions League final.
  
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• Cricket World Cup final: England's Chris Woakes removes New Zealand's Martin Guptill

  14-07-2019 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Chris Woakes traps New Zealand opener Martin Guptill lbw to give the hosts an early breakthrough in the World Cup final at Lord's.
  
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• How do I watch the Cricket World Cup final on More 4? Do I have the TV channel?

  14-07-2019 12:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Cricket World Cup final is underway between England and New Zealand but can you watch the action on More 4?
  
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• New Zealand v England: Cricket World Cup final 2019 – live!

  14-07-2019 10:34
  Cricket World Cup final updates from the match at Lord’sBoyhood memories of the first Cricket World Cup finalAnd feel free to email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisle 9.34am BST And the prize for the first email of the day – or the first not sent by Rob – goes to Simon McMahon. “Morning Tim.” Morning Simon. “A strange feeling of calm has descended over me this morning, at least compared to last Thursday before the semi-final. I don’t know whether this is a good or
  
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• Cricket World Cup prize money: How much will England earn if they beat New Zealand?

  14-07-2019 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Cricket World Cup final takes place today between England and New Zealand but how much prize money is on offer?
  
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• Sport leaders call for more cash to boost children’s exercise

  14-07-2019 01:10
  Ministers announce long-awaited plan to get youngsters to do 60 minutes ofactivity a dayThe leaders of more than 30 top sporting organisations have called on the government to commit more money to improve sport in and outside school. It comes as ministers announce a long-awaited but limited action plan, including pilot trials to offer young people an hour of exercise a day.The School Sport and Activity Action Plan, announced today by the education secretary, Damian Hinds, the sport minister Mims
  
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