'Not a bad score for World Cup final', netizens come up with mixed responses after England restrict New Zealand to 241/8

Both England and New Zealand will be looking for glory as they battle it out for their maiden crown in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 final at Lord's on Sunday. The hosts have reached the finals on three occasions in 1979, 1987 and 1992 respectively but ended up faltering at the final hurdle. Meanwhile, even the Black Caps had to finish as the second best side in the previous edition. Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first. Opener Martin Guptill played a couple of delightful strokes before he was trapped in front of the wicket by Chris Woakes. Williamson then shared a 74-run stand with Henry Nicholls for the second wicket. England then struck back with Williamson's wicket and then got rid of the dangerous Nicholls who scored a 77-ball 55. After Ross Taylor's dismissal, Tom Latham anchored the Black Caps' innings. He scored a 56-ball 47 as the 2015 finalists finished at 241/8 in their 50 overs. READ: Hitman Rohit Sharma's Picture Of His 'two Pies' Is Too Cute For Words. Take A Look Here's what the netizens had to say after the end of first innings. Go England create History It's your cup Good luck 👍 Boys 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 — Raj Mrityunjay (@Rajromantic1) July 14, 2019 NEWSZELAND defended 239 Vs India ENGLAND chased down 240 runs Vs Australia Now again Newszeland gonna defend 241 What a beautiful cricket Semis and final it has been..#CWC19 @englandcricket @BLACKCAPS @ICC @HomeOfCricket — Prabhash Ranjan (@prabhashkef12) July 14, 2019 England will win unless NZ produce another Indian magic — Ravi Rao (@ravisma) July 14, 2019 What a boring final so far..hope the second half makes it interesting and not as dead rubber as England’s last chase. #CricketWorldCupFinal #CWC19Final — Krishna Natarajan (@krishna_n) July 14, 2019 Right now, the odds are 60-40 in favour of England. Early English wickets may change this equation though. — Dinesh Bajaj (@justaname99) July 14, 2019 Nz need extra efforts to save this total — jitin R nair (@r_jitin) July 14, 2019 Not sure anyone's on top right now; still fairly even. — Rich Harle (@RJHarle) July 14, 2019 not a bad score for #WorldCupfinal — Amimul Ehasan Farhan (@EhasanFarhan) July 14, 2019 READ: World Cup | Ahead Of Final, Kumar Dharmasena Makes Up With Jason Roy After The Umpire's Blunder In Semifinal Got England Opener's Temper Flaring

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'Not a bad score for World Cup final', netizens come up with mixed responses after England restrict New Zealand to 241/8

After Ross Taylor's dismissal, Tom Latham anchored the Black Caps' innings. He scored a 56-ball 47 as the 2015 finalists finished at 241/7 in their 50 overs.

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