Recently, New Zealand allrounder Jimmy Neesham confessed that he was aware of the controversial ‘Boundry Count’ rule. He also revealed how he wasn’t surprised after both the team tied up with the same scores after the end of Super Over. England emerged victorious based on the boundary count rule to win its first Cricket World Cup title.

The match ended up in a tie with both teams equalling scores at the end of their stipulated 50 overs of the second innings. Eventually playing the Super Over, both the teams again managed to score the same amount of runs in the last 6 deliveries. England were announced champions because they had scored more boundaries in the final of the World Cup.

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Speaking with ESPNcricinfo, Neesham said, “I was padding up in the change room for the Super Over. I hadn’t been mentioned at any point before that. Although having said that initially, I had actually won a match on boundary count in a Super Over before in my career. So it wasn’t much of a surprise for me.”

Trent Boult conceded 15 runs off his six deliveries as England batsman played their super over. Coming in to chase,  The New Zealand batsman had to face the 25-year-old Jofra Archer. Neesham managed to score 13 runs off the first five deliveries. Martin Guptill took the strike to play the final ball as New Zealand needed just 2 runs to win the World Cup.  However, Martin Guptill was run-out while trying to get back into the crease after completing the first run.

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“When we got out to bat, obviously getting 16 in a Super Over to win is almost unreachable. So, the pressure was pretty well off. Because I guess no one is going to blame you for not getting 16. It was all about making contact as long as possible but yeah 1 run, 20 centimeters short? Will think about those 20 centimeters for the next 50 years,” Neesham recalls.