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Extra Time: From London to Liverpool - one World Cup to the Next
From one World Cup to another. Join the RNZ Sports team as they dissect the Netball and Cricket World Cups. RNZ Sports reporter Ravinder Hunia survived the Cricket Super Over... Audio
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Cricket: Concussed players to be replaced in games
19 Jul 2019Men's and women's teams across all formats of international and first class cricket will be allowed to replace concussed players during matches following a…
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Beaten not broken: Black Caps return
18 Jul 2019After giving the world a sensational Cricket World Cup final match against England, the first of the Black Caps' squad including Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Tim…
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Cricket: Never again vows Stokes about Super Over
18 Jul 2019England all-rounder Ben Stokes says he "never wants to be involved in a super over again" after the World Cup final win over New Zealand.
Cricket World Cup headlines with summaries.
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Cricket World Cup: Predicting the 2023 Black Caps squad
17 Jul 2019With the disappointment of Monday's result wearing off, RNZ tries to pick what the Black Caps team could look like at the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
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Opinion: Stop the moaning we're sounding like the Poms
17 Jul 2019Sports Call - Time to stop all the moaning about the Cricket World Cup - we're starting to sound like English fans says RNZ Sport editor Stephen Hewson. Video
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Black Caps welcome home ceremony not possible - NZ Cricket
16 Jul 2019New Zealand Cricket says players appreciate the offer of a homecoming function but it isn't feasible given their post-tournament plans.
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Black Caps gutted after World Cup loss: ‘It's a very hollow feeling’
16 Jul 2019While technicalities and the overthrows rule are being debated, Black Caps captain Kane Williamson says the team are trying to cope. Video, Audio
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Cricket World Cup Final: Contentious overthrow explained
15 Jul 2019Kane Williamson says the overthrow rule should not change after an inadvertant deflection off England batsman Ben Stoke's bat changed everything in the last over of the Cricket World Cup final.
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Black Caps lose World Cup in extraordinary final
15 Jul 2019England have won an epic World Cup final against the Black Caps - after a tied game and Super Over.
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No comment from ICC on overthrow issues in World Cup final
16 Jul 2019The ICC have refused to be drawn into the furore surrounding the overthrow rule and whether England were incorrectly awarded an extra run in the World Cup final.
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Williamson named captain of World Cup tournament team
16 Jul 2019Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson has been named as skipper of a World Cup tournament team.
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'The longest five overs of Kiwi fans' lives'
15 Jul 2019RNZ's award-winning reporter Ravinder Hunia was at Lord's for the 2019 Cricket World Cup final. These are her notes as the unrivalled drama unfolded. Video
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'The most astonishing, fortuitous, preposterous climax to any match'
15 Jul 2019There is worldwide sympathy for New Zealand after they were beaten by England in an all-time classic Cricket World Cup final.
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Cricket World Cup final: 'They'll make a movie about that game'
15 Jul 2019Opinion - You couldn't write the stuff, and if you did it would get thrown back on your desk for being too far fetched, writes Matt Richens of the Black Caps' World Cup loss.
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Social media goes crazy over Black Caps' heartbreaking loss
15 Jul 2019The 2019 Cricket World Cup final was a nail-biting match until the very end and though New Zealand lost on a technicality, the Black Caps have won the hearts of many.
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Stokes was brilliant but England lacked class when it counted
15 Jul 2019Comment: Ben Stokes' superb batting helped turn the Cricket World Cup final England's way but the Black Caps were magnificent in defeat, White Ferns batter Suzie Bates and sports commentator Hamish…
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Cricket World Cup final: What they said
15 Jul 2019England have ended their 44-year wait for a maiden 50-overs World Cup title by beating a gutsy Black Caps side on boundaries after a tied Super Over amidst heart-stopping drama at Lord's.
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Cricket World Cup final: Top moments
15 Jul 2019An exhilarating match between the Black Caps and England had sports fans all over the world on the edge of their seats. Here are the key moments that drove the Cricket World Cup final to reach a Super…
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The Super Over that delivered a cruel twist for Black Caps
15 Jul 2019New Zealand have cruelly lost the Cricket World Cup final after a Super Over - a decider more usually associated with the shorter Twenty20 format of the game.
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How the Black Caps can win the world cup
14 Jul 2019Analysis - RNZ Sport editor Stephen Hewson ponders the strengths and weaknesses of the Black Caps and England.
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Calls from across the ditch to support 'fellow Australasians'
14 Jul 2019Opinion - Where once Australia might have patronised the Black Caps, it is now difficult not to cheer them on, writes the ABC's Richard Hinds.
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Cricket World Cup: Highlights, bad weather and good luck
14 Jul 2019Analysis - On the eve of the Cricket World Cup final between the Black Caps and England, RNZ looks back at the key moments that led to tonight's match. Video
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As it happened: England win Cricket World Cup final
15 Jul 2019They were so close to their first world cup title, but in the end the Black Caps lost to England. Look at how the astonishing match unfolded with commentary from Megan Whelan, Jeremy Rees and Matt…
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Black Caps admit England favourites, happy to play underdogs
14 Jul 2019Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has no problem that hosts England have been branded favourites for the Cricket World Cup final and says being underdogs suits them just fine.
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Nearly-men New Zealand steeled for final
14 Jul 2019Too fragile, too slow and boasting too many popgun players to be a World Cup threat.
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Black Caps feel long-distance love
13 Jul 2019New Zealand coach Gary Stead says his team are tapping into the support they are getting from home.
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Opinion: Black Caps have chance to create NZ cricket history
12 Jul 2019Opinion - England might be the best all-round side in the tournament, but the Black Caps won't fear them when they meet in Sunday's Cricket World Cup final at Lord's, Hamish Bidwell writes.
RNZ's guide to the Black Caps' Cricket World Cup schedule.
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