London [UK]: Shoaib Akhtar, former cricketer expressed his view after England won the World Cup for the first time.
Congratulating England cricket team, Akhtar said that the team deserves world cup. He also said that the team managed to win the cup due to its efforts during the past four years.
In the video which was shared on YouTube, Akhtar said that his prediction proved correct.
Talking about the performance of New Zealand, he said that although the team played well, it lost second world cup final match.
It may be mentioned that New Zealand had also lost the final match in 2015 world cup tournament.
Here is the final scoreboard from the World Cup final between England and New Zealand at Lord’s on Sunday:
New Zealand
M. Guptill lbw b Woakes 19
H. Nicholls b Plunkett 55
K. Williamson c Buttler b Plunkett 30
R. Taylor lbw b Wood 15
T. Latham c sub (Vince) b Woakes 47
J. Neesham c Root b Plunkett 19
C. De Grandhomme c sub (Vince) b Woakes 16
M. Santner not out 5
M. Henry b Archer 4
T. Boult not out 1
Extras (lb12, nb1, w17) 30
Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 241
Did not bat: L. Ferguson
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Guptill), 2-103 (Williamson), 3-118 (Nicholls), 4-141 (Taylor), 5-173 (Neesham), 6-219 (Grandhomme), 7-232 (Latham), 8-240 (Henry)
Bowling: Woakes 9-0-37-3 (w4, nb1), Archer 10-0-42-1 (w5), Plunkett 10-0-42-3, Woods 10-1-49-1 (w2), Rashid 8-0-39-0, Stokes 3-0-20-0 (w2)
England (target 242)
J. Roy c Latham b Henry 17
J. Bairstow b Ferguson 36
J. Root c Latham b de Grandhomme 7
E. Morgan c Ferguson b Neesham 9
B. Stokes not out 84
J. Buttler c sub (Southee) b Ferguson 59
C. Woakes c Latham b Ferguson 2
L. Plunkett c Boult b Neesham 10
J. Archer b Neesham 0
A. Rashid run out (Santner/Boult) 0
M. Wood run out (Neesham/Boult) 0
Extras (b2, lb3, w12) 17
Total (all out, 50 overs) 241
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Roy), 2-59 (Root), 3-71 (Bairstow), 4-86 (Morgan), 5-196 (Buttler), 6-203 (Woakes), 7-220 (Plunkett), 8-227 (Archer), 9-240 (Rashid), 10-241 (Wood)
Bowling: Boult 10-0-67-0 (w2), Henry 10-2-40-1, Grandhomme 10-2-25-1 (w1), Ferguson 10-0-50-3 (w3), Neesham 7-0-43-3 (w1), Santner 3-0-11-0 (w1)
Super Over
England
Ben Stokes not out 8
Jos Buttler not out 7
Total: (1.0 overs) 15-0
Bowling: Boult 1-0-15-0
New Zealand
J. Neesham not out 13
M. Guptill run out (Roy/Buttler) 1
Extras (w1) 1
Total: (1.0 overs) 15-1
Bowling: Archer 1-0-15-0 (w1)
Result: England win in Super Over
Man of the match: Ben Stokes
Toss: New Zealand
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI), Marais Erasmus (RSA)
TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)