Huge news for English - won cricket World Cup at Lords from the very first time ( even though they invented the game ) at least delay means Mick and Charlie could watch possibly one of the most exciting matches ever

I'm sure Mick and Charlie would be watching in New Orleans…...at least some of this great day of one day cricket for England at Lords ,where I'm sure they are both members.

I seem to remember they get cricket streamed To them on tour but maybe no longer need special arrangements - i hope the Internet was not down - they would have hated to miss this one !

Mick is a member as shown in Being Mick, it's actually one of the better places to get a chance to meet him.

It was available worldwide and i'm sure Mick has a PayTV subscription for his home in Chelsea, so could access it over the NET. Or DirectTV would have had it available as a package

Wild Game, just stunning, so tight

I’m a huge cricket fan and that game was insane. It had everything and will go down in history as the best white ball game ever. I hope that Mick and Charlie watched it together. A game like that should be shared with others.



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The rest of the World Cup has been hidden behind Sky TV's paywall, so not so many people have watched it, but with England in the final, Sky were persuaded to allow it to be shown free to air. What an amazing match - you couldn't have written that in a script; people wouldn't believe it.

Australian betting agency SportsBet is refunding all wagers on NZ, saying "It shouldn't be decided this way"

[www.nzherald.co.nz]



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Australian betting agency SportsBet is refunding all wagers on NZ, saying "It shouldn't be decided this way"

[www.nzherald.co.nz]

The rules of the tournament were known and agreed to by all teams before the start so there can be no complaints of 'unfairness'. But then, nobody expected the final to have to be decided by the super over rule.

A fantastic game to watch and a great advertisement for the game of cricket. A marketing master stroke by Sky in allowing the free-to- air broadcast of the final as many fans will now subscribe to their sports channels and Sky's coverage of the whole tournament has been first class

Unbelievable match.

Have to say New Zealand handled the loss in true sportsmanship. They NZ should be very proud of themselves.

Could someone explain the controversy? I put this in Google translate but ho help:

The host nation won the final on a controversial boundary countback rule following tied scores after 102 overs of cricket.

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Could someone explain the controversy? I put this in Google translate but ho help:

The host nation won the final on a controversial boundary countback rule following tied scores after 102 overs of cricket.

Read this [www.bbc.co.uk]

Yep, it can go for 5, 6 hour days and end in a draw. In 5 Day Mode or

Incredible game, either the finest One Day International/ O.D.I/ or the craziest game ever played

It was great, but I prefer Test Matches. Test Matches are the Homeric epics of sport.

i believe that makes England the only country to win a football, rugby and cricket world cup :-)
i'm not even a cricket fan bit felt a bit sick that last 10m mins - sport at its best