While the world celebrated England's first-ever Cricket World Cup victory - in stupendous style - over New Zealand, the world was wrong.
At some point today, the English women will politely point out they are - in fact - current holders of their Cricket World Cup and have won it on three previous occasions, making this England's fifth World Cup success.
Regardless, some of the world's best cricket writers were not lost for words in describing the drama that unfolded before them at Lord's.
England win Cricket World Cup after super-over drama against New Zealand
The Guardian
This was the most astonishing, fortuitous, preposterous climax to any cricket match I've witnessed, let alone a World Cup final.
Only the Kiwis could have coped so graciously with the manner of their defeat in the most riveting final this tournament has ever witnessed.
At the end of it, England emerged as World Cup winners for the first time. It is hard to believe how they managed it.
We had better start at the end.
The game had been gripping throughout, but in the final over it had more twists and turns than a Hitchcock thriller. England needed 15 runs to win from the last over, which was bowled by Trent Boult.
Ben Stokes was on strike with two wickets remaining.
The first two deliveries produced nothing. Stokes hit the fielders and declined to run - the crowd, at least the majority of them, groaned.
Stokes hit the next ball over midwicket for six. Nine runs were now needed from three balls.
Now comes the twist that few scriptwriters could ever have conceived. Stokes heaved again and the ball sped to midwicket.
Martin Guptill swooped and sent it back to the wicketkeeper's end to which Stokes was sprinting to complete a second run. He dived desperately for safety, the ball struck his bat and was consequently redirected towards the pavilion.
There was a frantic pursuit, but no Kiwi could stop it.
In these circumstances, the etiquette is that the batsmen should not run, which was observed by the two England players.
But once the ball had crossed the boundary, the umpires had no alternative but to signal that six runs had been scored. Two had been run, plus the four overthrows.
Three runs were now needed off two balls. Stokes hit to long on and Adil Rashid was run out at the bowler's end seeking a second.
No matter. Two needed from one ball.
This time, Stokes intentionally patted to long on, calculating that they could scramble two runs. A perfect throw came from Jimmy Neesham and Mark Wood was nowhere to be seen.
England win Cricket World Cup Final after dramatic super over and Ben Stokes heroics sink New Zealand
Daily Telegraph
England's cricketers wrote their names into the history books at Lord's, winning their first World Cup title in a final that will go down as one of the most dramatic ever produced in team sport.
It seemed as though nothing could separate them from New Zealand, with the sides battling to an unprecedented tie, both sides locked on 241 after 100 overs of nerve-shredding tension that cast Ben Stokes as the home side's hero of the hour.
That paved the way for a super over - a six-ball shoot-out that had only occurred 11 times in international history and never before in an ODI.
Incredibly, the teams went blow-for-blow once again, Stokes and Jos Buttler hitting 15 off Trent Boult, before Jofra Archer conceded 14 off his first five deliveries.
The Barbados-born bowler, the least experienced player on either side, held his nerve, as Martin Guptill forced the ball into the off-side and came back for a second that would have taken the trophy.
Enter Jason Roy, who picked up cleanly, despite unimaginable pressure, and hurled a flat, decisive throw towards Buttler, who scattered the stumps as Guptill scrambled.
Tied once again, England triumphed on account of boundaries scored in the original 50-over match, a technocratic decider in a contest that proved impossible to settle any other way.
England WIN their first-ever Cricket World Cup after astonishing six-ball super-over shootout when match was TIED on 241 runs each - sending fans delirious at Lord's
Daily Mail
England won their first-ever Cricket World Cup tonight in the most dramatic match the sport has ever seen.
Eoin Morgan's side tied the final with New Zealand on 241 runs each - and then both astonishingly scored 15 runs in the supposedly tie-breaking super-over.
Fans held their breath, as New Zealand's batsman Martin Guptill dived in a bid to score a winning 16th run, but England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler managed to gather the ball and run him out by just inches.
It meant the home side triumphed because they scored more boundaries, sending fans at Lord's and thousands more in Trafalgar Square - plus watching on television - into delirium.
England had appeared dead-and-buried, as they chased the Black Cap's score, but strong innings by Buttler and Ben Stokes, some fielding blunders from New Zealand and some jaw-dropping good luck reversed their fortunes.
44-year wait over: England topple New Zealand to become world champions
Sydney Morning Herald
The England cricket team has ended a 44-year curse and sent a nation into rapture, after holding aloft the World Cup in a dramatic victory at Lord's that required a Super Over to determine a winner.
In one of the greatest finishes to a game of international cricket - red or white ball - both nations were locked on 241 after 50 overs. Ben Stokes, later crowned man of the match, had helped England score 14 off the final over, but tailender Mark Wood was run-out off the final delivery attempting a second run.
This meant a Super Over was needed, where the loss of two wickets ends the over.
England were allowed to bat first, which appeared unfair, as they already had batting momentum and the Black Caps had, after all, won the toss and batted first through the innings proper.
Stokes, having finished unbeaten on 84, was sent out to bat, along with the in-form Jos Buttler. They thumped 15 off the over delivered by Black Caps veteran Trent Boult, with each crunching a boundary.
The Black Caps responded by sending out James Neesham and Martin Guptill to bat, while Jofra Archer was entrusted by England captain Eoin Morgan to deliver the key over.
Archer delivered a wide, then conceded two, before Neesham cracked him over mid-wicket for six. Neesham then added two through mid-wicket, Jason Roy fumbling and potentially costing a run-out.
Neesham added another two, then a came single, leaving Guptill on strike requiring two to win, or a single to leave the match tied and have it determined on boundaries, meaning the Black Caps would lose, as England had a 26-17 combined advantage in this area through the innings proper and in the Super Over.
In remarkable scenes, Guptill clipped the final delivery to deep mid-wicket. He and Neesham ran a single and then set off for second.
However, Roy - switched to the other side of the ground - pounced and threw to wicketkeeper Buttler, who took the bails off with Guptill just short of the crease. He could not believe what had transpired and was left devastated.
End of the World! NZ hearts broken in greatest ever ODI - BlackCaps lose by zero runs
NZ Herald
Centimetres.
That's all that stood between the Black Caps and winning the Cricket World Cup.
Centimetres.
Miserable, excruciating, heartbreaking centimetres.
The centimetres between Trent Boult's heel and the boundary rope, as his catch turned into a six.
The centimetres of Ben Stokes' diving bat that cruelly deflected four final-over overthrows.
And ultimately, the centimetres between Martin Guptill's bat and the crease, as he dove in desperation for the winning run.
Jos Buttler whipped off the bails, sending England into ecstasy. They had just won a Super Over – yes, a truly absurd Super Over – by the narrowest of margins.
Guptill's bat was beaten by the throw of Jason Roy and the lunge of Buttler, leaving the teams tied on 15 runs apiece after the Super Over, after already being tied at the end of an enthralling World Cup final.
It came down to the cruelest of tiebreakers, with the World Cup being decided by boundaries - and England having hit 25 to New Zealand's 16.
So when Buttler smashed the stumps, England went berzerk, the Lord's crowd erupted and Guptill sat slumped in despair.
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