England were the better team, they never stopped believing that they will win this final!
New Zealand under pressure made mistakes which cost them the match!
Disagree here. NZ were robbed by the Stokes knock on (which was what cost them the match), they fielded perfectly under pressure, and equalled England's score in the super over.
How can a team lose when the scores are still tied? That super over has to be the the most ridiculous outcome ever. If there is a tie, the tie breaker should go on until a clear winner can be found
. To have NZ lose because they hit less boundaries is a farce. In the Wimbledon final when it was all tied up in the 5th set, did they decide to have a countback on who won the most games to decide who won the match? Of course not - they went on and on until they got a clear winner.
And while I'm ranting
, Kane Williamson as player of the series???!!!! Yes, he was fantastic, but surely not player of the series. The only reason he got it was because those voting felt sorry for him being short changed in the final, and he happened to be there to accept the trophy.
Sharma 648 runs, Warner 647, Williamson 578 - sure, he's up there, but the standout was Michell Starc with a record 27 wickets - six more than his closest rival.
I did some stats, and over the 44 games completed there were 22,383 runs made and 672 wickets taken at an average of 33.3 runs per wicket.
So Starc's 27 wicket haul would be the equivalent of him making 899 runs (plus however many runs he made with the bat). If that's not player of the tournament I'll eat my hat!
It was an amazing final though. Well done to both teams, who were both worthy of winning.
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