Which team did England beat in the 2019 Cricket World Cup final?

England beat New Zealand in the 2019 Cricket World Cup final. The match was played at Lord’s in London on 14 July 2019 and gave England their first men’s Cricket World Cup title.

The final became one of cricket’s most dramatic matches. New Zealand scored 241 for 8 from 50 overs, and England were also dismissed for 241, forcing a Super Over. Both teams then scored 15 runs in the Super Over. England were declared winners on boundary countback after scoring 26 boundaries to New Zealand’s 17.

Ben Stokes was central to England’s recovery, finishing unbeaten on 84 in the main innings. In the Super Over, Stokes and Jos Buttler scored 15. New Zealand needed two runs from the final delivery to win, but Martin Guptill was run out attempting the winning run.

The result is sometimes described as a win by boundary count rather than a conventional victory. The match was tied both after 50 overs and after the Super Over; the deciding rule was the tournament’s boundary-countback provision, which was later removed from international playing conditions.