Pressure got better of New Zealand! There's no need trying running out Stokes, wrong fielder on the boundary! Result:6!
Again I disagree. Why would you not return the ball to the keeper? Nothing wrong with the fielder, or where he threw it. The deflection gave the result of 6 and NZ copped a 4 run penalty for doing nothing wrong.
Never seen a fielder losing the sight of the ball played in the sun, while played totally on the ground! Cost: 1 run!
You conveniently forget Roy misfielding earlier in the over, costing a run. Could be argued pressure got the better of him, no?
Look at the last ball run out, all the pressure of the world in Buttler, took the throw a couple of meters in front of the stumps, took the ball cleanly and result : run out, won the game and CWC 2019!
Luck Favours the Brave! And everyone wants for best good luck
In the last over Boult took 2 runouts (without gloves I might add) from red hot throws in the deep, both saving 1 run. All the pressure in the world on them and they handled it perfectly - twice.
The point I'm trying to make is that Nz handled the pressure just as well as England, they were just as brave as England, but unfortunately for them, they were the ones screwed over by lady luck.
And as HellomynameisJ alluded to, imagine if the throw to Buttler was deflected off Guptil's bat for four. Would that mean Roy and Buttler couldn't handle pressure? Of course not. Handling pressure is no deterrent to bad luck.
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