Exciting Cricket - Not your normal Sunday at Lords.

England triumph in CWC19

Edge of the seat excitement and cricket are not normally bedfellows, but this match was the very epitome of "nail biting" and the only real winners were the fans of England and neutrals (Scotsmen like me, who know little or nothing of this most English of sports).

The "Black Cats" of New Zealand gave a superb display of bowling and fielding good enough to have won them the trophy despite it appearing eminently achievable at the start of the English innings with a mere 241 runs after 50 overs, thereby holding the original world cup favourites to precisely the same score after their 300 balls. The final CWC19 match then went to crickets version of a penalty shoot out with the super over.

As if that were not excitement enough it went to the very last ball of the "Super Over" then being the deciding factor in the final of the cricket World Cup! This is the stuff of legend and this game will be carved into the annals of cricketing folk-lore!