England v New Zealand, World Cup 2019 final, Lord’s July 14, 2019 Alagappan Muthu and Alan Gardner It’s the World Cup 2019 final and we will have a new world champion today, for the first time since 1996. Follow all the live updates, analyses and chatter here. Please refresh the page if it doesn’t load

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 25 for 4 (Helm 4-8) trail Middlesex 384 (Malan 166, Sowter 57*, Roland-Jones 54) by 359 runs Dawid Malan, the Middlesex captain, again led from the front as Middlesex recovered from 131 for 6 to reach 384 in their first innings. Malan scored 166 of those runs –

Felix Organ of Hampshire © Getty Images Hampshire 340 for 6 (Organ 100, Rossouw 92, Holland 60) v Kent Felix Organ celebrated his maiden first-class century as Hampshire ended day one of their Specsavers County Championship fixture slightly on top against Kent. Academy graduate Organ, making just his third Championship appearance, showed a delightful mixture

3:38 AM ET As Steven Smith sets up to face Jofra Archer’s final spell of the World Cup semi-final, there’s a bellowing voice from the RS Wyatt Stand: “Finish the cheat off! Sand him down!” Smith survives the over, but not Jos Buttler’s throw between his legs for a run out soon after. When England

7:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Martin Guptill was at deep backward square leg. And at first he didn’t quite catch where the ball was. Then he realised it was dribbling over to him. And that MS Dhoni was looking for a very difficult second run. Guptill went full sprint at the ball, picked it up

1:24 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It was a delivery that not only claimed Australia’s fifth wicket, but confirmed the sense that England were on their way to the World Cup final. Adil Rashid‘s googly to trap Marcus Stoinis lbw was a fine example of England’s legspinner going about his craft as well as an indication

4:57 AM ET Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has revealed that on the day he announced his international retirement, in May 2018, he was asked privately by a person from within the Cricket South Africa set-up whether “the door was still open” for him to play the World Cup. De Villiers said yes

5:55 PM ET Eoin Morgan has admitted the prospect of playing in a World Cup final seemed laughable by the time England were knocked out of the 2015 World Cup. England endured a miserable campaign in New Zealand and Australia four-years ago sustaining a series of crushing defeats and failing to make it to the