‘The greatest day’- Twitter celebrates the 3rd anniversary of England’s first World Cup win in 2019
England Cricket Team (image source- Twitter)
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup final will definitely be remembered as one of the most thrilling matches in the history of 50-over cricket. On 14th July 2019, at Lord’s, England emerged as the winner first time in the history of the World Cup.
The final match between England and New Zealand was full of drama. After a super over failed to decide the victor, the Eoin Morgan-led team had to depend on the boundary count to bring the trophy home. Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first in front of the jam-packed Lord’s stadium.
However, the Kiwis did not have the best run with the bat. They managed to add 241 runs on the board, with Henry Nicholls scoring 55 runs in 77 balls. Kane Williamson (30 runs in 53 balls) and Tom Latham (47 runs in 56 balls) also contributed to the team’s total. Apart from them, nobody could do much. For England, Liam Plunkett and Chris Woakes took three wickets each, while Mark Wood and Jofra Archer took one each.
The English team didn’t get off to a good start in the chase. They were four-man down with only 86 on the board. Following the early collapse, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler restored optimism with a 110-run partnership before Lockie Ferguson dismissed Buttler for 59.
Stokes, on the other hand, held his calm to the finish and almost led the team to victory. With England needing two runs in the last delivery, Stokes only managed to finish one. The drama did not end there, as both sides shared the same number of runs in the super over (15 runs). England was finally declared the title winner because of their higher boundary count. Many controversies followed the match, but England got their hands on the World Cup for the first time.
It has been three years since England’s historic win. Recalling the event, Twitter has been celebrating the tournament’s 3rd anniversary.
Here is how Twitter celebrated England’s World Cup anniversary
https://twitter.com/AkhilaSene97/status/1547424949870157824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1547424949870157824%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FAkhilaSene972Fstatus2F1547424949870157824widget%3DTweet
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https://twitter.com/Thyview/status/1547412248733585408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1547412248733585408%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FThyview2Fstatus2F1547412248733585408widget%3DTweet
Which side were you on in this contest three years ago? #OTD in 2019, a nail-biting final ended in Eoin Morgan's England lifting the ODI World Cup.
pic.twitter.com/lBCQmqWHKh— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) July 14, 2022
#OnThisDay in 2019, England won the Cricket World Cup for the first time on the basis of boundary count after a tied final with New Zealand.
Was that the greatest ODI of all-time? pic.twitter.com/g2pgbqVvri
— Circle of Cricket (@circleofcricket) July 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/cricketmedia_/status/1547476359865217025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1547476359865217025%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fcricketmedia_2Fstatus2F1547476359865217025widget%3DTweet
https://twitter.com/ShivAdi89/status/1547476632750854144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1547476632750854144%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FShivAdi892Fstatus2F1547476632750854144widget%3DTweet
On this day 2019. World Cup final. One of my best cricket memories. pic.twitter.com/3zycM6wP3t
— Rasheed shakoor (@rasheedshakoor) July 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1547476082252816385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1547476082252816385%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fenglandcricket2Fstatus2F1547476082252816385widget%3DTweet
The most incredible ODI ever! ENG v NZ @ World Cup 2019 Final.
— Salman Sharif (@salmansharif_pk) July 14, 2022
