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World Cup final overthrow should've been dead ball: Warne
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World Cup final overthrow should've been dead ball: Warne
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New Delhi, Aug 21 (TIWN) The debate over the overthrow in the last over of the final of the 2019 World Cup refuses to die down. While some believe England shouldnt have got the overthrow boundary, others feel it was a decision made keeping the rules in mind and New Zealand just have their luck to blame. While the MCC has promised to review the decision in their next meeting, the clubs World Cricket committee member Shane Warne believes it should have been a dead ball the moment the throw hit Ben Stokes' bat.

 England made history as they won their maiden World Cup crown by beating New Zealand in a thrilling Super Over at Lord's on Sunday. It was an edge-of-the-seat thriller as the viewers got their money's worth.  There were many standout performances in this match which included a spectacular catch by Lockie Ferguson. However, there was a strange incident which involved Ben Stokes while he was anchoring England's run chase. 

It happened in the final over of the second innings which was bowled by Trent Boult. Stokes had hit the previous delivery for a six and he still got six runs in the fourth delivery of the 50th over. No, he did not deposit it over the stands. So in that case, how did he get six runs?  Well, what really happened was that the English all-rounder had mistimed a full toss from Boult towards mid-wicket and they ran for two. Martin Guptill covered the ground and threw it towards the wicket-keeper as Stokes put in a dive. However, as he put in a dive to save his wicket, the ball deflected from his bat and went towards the third man fence for four. Hence, England got six runs in one ball as their equation which had read 9 runs from 3 balls came down to 3 runs in 2 balls. 

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