England are Cricket World Cup champions
London, July 15 (IBNS): England beat New Zealand to become the World Cup Cricket champions for the first time.
In a match that got ended in a draw at the end of both sides playing 50 overs each and also at the end of the super over, England emerged the winner because of "superior boundary count".
Batting first, New Zealand scored 241 losing 8 wickets in the final of the Cricket World at Lord on Sunday evening.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first.
Nicholls was the highest scorer of the side with 55. Woakes and Plunket picked up three wickets each.
At the end of 50 overs, England ended up with the exact same score.
In the super over, both the teams scored 15 each. But England won because they had scored more boundaries.
Image Credit: @cricketworldcup on Twitter
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