Tied twice: the 2019 final, explained

How England won a Cricket World Cup final without scoring more runs, and how the rules changed afterwards.

WCS Desk

12 SEP 2026 · 5 MIN READ

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New Zealand made 241 for 8. England were bowled out on the last ball for 241, so the match went to a Super Over.

Both sides made 15 in the Super Over. The tie-break at the time was boundaries across the whole match, and England had hit more.

The ICC dropped the boundary-count rule soon afterwards. Tied knockout matches now go to repeated Super Overs until there is a winner.

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[1] ICC PLAYING CONDITIONS, 2019 AND 2019 REVISION

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