England's heroes washed down pizza with champagne and sang Sweet Caroline in the Lord’s Long Room with their vanquished opponents as the celebrations of their momentous World Cup win spilled into the early hours of Monday. We were in the dressing room with family and stuff — for them to be in the pavilion at Lord’s was pretty special. In his frustration at failing to seal the win in regulation time, Stokes booted his bat with his left foot. England had unashamedly name-checked the Black Caps for influencing their transformation from 50-over chumps at the 2015 World Cup to 50-over champs. As they did so, the cricket world was reliving the events of a double dead-heat that delivered agony and ecstasy in equal measure.

Source: Daily Mail July 15, 2019 21:33 UTC