Media outlets throughout the globe have reacted to suggestions the Blackcaps were robbed of a Cricket World Cup title.
New Zealand lost on a countback to England in a match that's being hailed as the greatest one day international.
But the umpires might have made a crucial error in the last over of England's innings, cricket fans are suggesting.
Some media outlets reported the Blackcaps were "robbed", while others refused to take away England's stunning victory.
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Here's how the world's media reacted:
Insane moment that robbed Kiwis of World Cup glory by Yahoo Sports Australia.
The Australian media outlet described the Blackcaps' luck as "rotten".
For background, here's how the last moments of the match played out. Blackcaps paceman Trent Boult bowled the third-to-last ball of the innings to English batting hero Ben Stokes, who hit the ball to deep midwicket.
Martin Guptill threw it in from close to the boundary and it appeared to be on track to hit the wicket - but Stokes had his bat out in front, trying to get back in the crease to avoid being run out. The ball hit his bat and ran down to the boundary for four runs.
"Stokes came back for a suicidal second run, forced to dive at full stretch as the throw came in from the boundary," writes Yahoo.
"However, as Stokes threw his bat out to make his ground, the ball came cannoning off his willow and raced away for the boundary for another four runs."
Did the right team win the World Cup final? By ESPN UK.
In the name of the spirit of the game, ESPN suggests that if the ball hits a players' bat, generally that player would not take a run.
"The etiquette is you don't run, and he [Stokes] wouldn't have done," says ESPN's George Dobell.
"It went for four, what can you do?"
Five cricket rules that the ICC needs to dump right away by New Delhi TV (NDTV) Sports.
Fans were "fuming" that one team won the final over another, writes Chayan Rastogi of Indian broadcaster NDTV.
The umpires' decision to award England six runs on the third-to-last ball of their innings is being questioned, with suggestions five should only have been given - which would have seen New Zealand win the match by one run.
"The jury is still out if the umpires should have rewarded five runs or six for that fateful overthrow, it is time for the ICC to do away with this controversial law."
The right result in the Cricket World Cup final would have been a tie by The Guardian.
Simon Jenkins, a columnist for The Guardian, compared the super over to penalty shootouts in football.
The host team needed a 'super over' to break a tie at the end of their 50 overs each and eventually needed a countback of boundaries to break the tie after the extra six balls each.
"They tied," Jenkins writes. "The sporting solution would be for both captains to admit the fact and shake hands."
The Kiwis should be joint champions by The Times of India
Most people are feeling bad for the Blackcaps, says Times online sports editor Akaash Dasgupta.
He also questions whether the umpires made the right decision to award England six runs instead of five after the ball hit Stokes' bat and ran to the boundary.
"The jury is still out on that one."
How umpires mistakenly gave England an extra run by the Daily Mail Australia
The Mail reports: "The law suggests that England should only have been given five runs."
Law 19.8 says: "If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be any runs for penalties awarded to either side, and the allowance for the boundary, and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act."
But England director of cricket Ashley Giles has played down claims England benefited from a "clear mistake" as they clinched World Cup glory, insisting Ben Stokes would probably have won the game anyway.
"Well, you can look at so many moments during the day. If that had been the case, Stokesy got a full toss last ball, he'd probably have smashed it out of the park rather than try to nurdle two," Giles told Sky Sports.
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