England’s veteran batter Joe Root has shared that the result in the 2019 ODI World Cup final at Lord’s against New Zealand still surprises him, considering the position they were in. Root added what made the victory sweeter was the fact that he and his team had no right to win it as well. Notably, England beat New Zealand on a boundary count after the match and super over resulted in ties as well. Henry Nicholls’ gritty fifty after New Zealand won the toss helped them to 241 in 50 overs. In response, England were 86/4 at one stage before a 110-run stand between Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes helped them to chase.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Joe Root said, “It is a pinch-yourself thing when you sit down and think about it. We had no right to win it but that makes it a bit sweeter. I just had a shocker of a day with the bat,” he said.
However, Joe Root added that he really wanted to make the World Cup count, but he faced 30 balls for his seven runs before being dismissed by Colin de Grandhomme as well. But he had a great season with 556 runs in 11 matches at 61.33 with two centuries and three fifties as well.
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He said, “It was one of the most frustrating innings I have played as an England player on one of the days when you really want to stand up and be counted, but there are so many times when individually you fail, but are part of something bigger than yourself and your mates pull you through.”
However, Joe Root further added that England deserved a moment to enjoy and absorb the title win. But they couldn’t do it for a long time as they had to quickly move on to the 2019 Ashes series as well. Notably, England will start the 2023 World Cup against New Zealand on October 5 in Ahmedabad as well.
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“We never got a chance to celebrate and enjoy [the World Cup] and then move on. It [The Ashes] came so quickly after it, there wasn’t the ability to put that to one side. It would have been nice to have a moment as a team.”In 2005 they had a bus parade. Not saying we needed that, but if we’d had a day to say ‘Congrats,’ and pat ourselves on the back and reminisce and then move on to that Ashes, it would have helped,” Joe Root concluded.
