Would've posted 3 hours ago right after the game but I was so cooked from staying up and from all the tension because bloody hell that was a World Cup Final (unlike say 1999 or 2015). Nutty result, no winner even after the Super Over, and decided on boundaries scored (which is pretty damned stupid imo)
Coming out from this World Cup there are a few big questions:
- Where do SA go from here?
- Are Australia actually going to keep improving to the England/India level?
- How does NZ get the consistency in batting to support their world-class bowling attack
- Will Afghanistan finally consistently beating Test sides, or will it stick to beating Associate Nations for fun (it's currently on a mezzanine sorta level)
- Have SL passed their peak with Sangakkara, Jayawardena et al.
- What will Bangladesh do once their Big Five move on
- How do England/India get bigger and better
- Lastly how will the young guns of WI (Hope, Thomas, Hetmyer and Pooran) fare in the near future
More importantly, the what ifs from the final, which could've turned the result:
- What if Santner ran on the last ball of the NZ innings
- What if Boult caught the ball in the 49th over
- What if the ball didn't bounce off Stokes' bat
What are your thoughts on the final?