“I’m not sure anyone at the moment has a steady heart … Seven weeks of cricket, 48 games, one ball. Here’s Boult, they’re going to push, are we in for a super over? They’ve got to go quick, they’ve got to go quick. OUT! I’m sure he’s OUT! We’re going for a super over!”
The ICC montage of the last moments of the Cricket World Cup final has almost four million views – which isn’t that impressive considering three million of them are mine. Ian Smith’s commentary, in that gravelly Kiwi drawl, is spine tingling to the last second.
Written by Max Rushden
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/jul/17/england-cricket-world-cup-pinnacle-politics under the title “Nothing could take away from England’s World Cup win. Except Jacob Rees-Mogg | Max Rushden”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.