Jimmy Neesham consoles Martin Guptill after the Black Caps came up one run short in the Cricket World Cup final. Players of the calibre of the Black Caps certainly aren't. They weren't victors in the Cricket World Cup final and, given the results-oriented world they embrace, that is a void that cannot be filled. READ MORE:* Cricket World Cup 2019: Riding the Black Caps rollercoaster* Cheated by countback* Ranking the heartachesThey'll smile wanly and add - if only to themselves - it doesn't make them the winners. Yet, for now, and perhaps a long time to come, it remains unreasonable for us to expect the Black Caps to feel the uplift that we would have them feel.

Source: Stuff July 15, 2019 13:18 UTC