Published 11:14 IST, July 15th 2019

World Cup | 'Takes a special genius to conjure this up': Netizens tear into ICC for super over boundaries rule that saw England beat New Zealand

Cricketing fraternity and netizens lashed out at the boundary count rule that saw victory being snatched away from New Zealand despite putting up a valiant fight against England in the finals of the World Cup at Lord's in London on July 14.

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World Cup | 'Takes a special genius to conjure this up': Netizens tear into ICC for super over boundaries rule that saw England beat New Zealand

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Cricketing fraternity and netizens lashed out at the boundary count rule that saw victory being snatched away from New Zealand despite putting up a valiant fight against England in the finals of the World Cup at Lord's in London on July 14.

According to the ICC, if a game is tied in the Super over, then the team that has scored more boundaries during their innings would be declared as the winner of the contest. This rule saw the light of the day after quite a long time as the game went down the wire at both the end of England's innings and at the end of the Super over.

Netizens lashed out at the boundary count-back rule and took to Twitter to express their disappointment, frustration, and anger at the ICC. Read some of the reactions here:

Conducting an international event once in 4 yrs & deciding the winner on boundary count.Takes special genius to conjure something so absurd.ICC renamed International council of Cartoons#ICCRules
— madmadworld (@madmadworld8) July 15, 2019

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Some fans were of the opinion that wickets count should have been considered instead of boundary count in order to determine the winner of the contest.

Inspire?! 😅 What about Demotivation, Cheating, Boundary count considered but wickets & sixes don’t matter. Biased. Cheats! 😡
— Ajay Mulchandani (@intuitiveajay) July 15, 2019

Why don't you give the victory by wicket fall rather than boundary count?#Superover #BlackCaps @BLACKCAPS @cricketworldcup @ICC #CWC19 #CWC19Final #NZvsENG #BackTheBlackCaps
— Theepan14 (@Theepan1410) July 15, 2019

Are we saying that these Experts were not aware of the rules ? Right or Wrong but ICC did not frame them overnight ! When the rules were framed why weren’t it objected to ?
Team losing lesser wickets makes more sense than boundary count !
— Varun Mohindra (@mohindra_varun) July 15, 2019

At other times, Tie games have ben decided by which team lost fewer wickets. As wickets and overs are the only two finite resources in the game, that's a better way of deciding a tie than the boundary count.
— cricketingview (@cricketingview) July 15, 2019

Some fans asked the ICC to seriously reconsider the rules they framed as it did not justify the result of the finals.

Another super with different set of players could be implemented, this can really test the strength of the team. Awarding a game with boundary count and that too a WC cannot be accepted.. #ICCRules #WCFINAL #ICCWorldCup2019 #ICC
— Roshan Francis (@roshanfrancisk) July 15, 2019

Imagine if India were to be robbed of the WC because of an overthrow off a bat and a low boundary count. @ICC would be burning right now. They need to have a look at their bizzare #ICCRules immediately. Totally unjustified. This is not done. #ICCWC2019
— Puneet Rai (@puneetrai1307) July 15, 2019

That's not a winning moment. That is a tie.
Apart from Umpire's call rule which can declare the same ball as OUT as well as NOT OUT even with the help of technology, this boundary count rule is senseless too.
I would not be proud if my team won it on such a senseless rule.
— Shivam Aggarwal (@Shivam221292) July 15, 2019

England beat New Zealand by the virtue of scoring 24 boundaries during their innings as opposed to New Zealand's 16.

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Updated 11:54 IST, July 15th 2019