England will take on New Zealand for the ICC World Cup 2019 final at Lord’s, London. England reached World Cup finale for three times before this. They’re fully determined to win the trophy this time. If they can win it, they will be the third team in a row who win the silverware at their home ground. This is a great opportunity for them and it will be enthralling to see who will come out on top. Here, we want to discuss the CWC 2019 Final: England is eyeing to make three titles in three editions for the hosts in a row.

CWC 2019 Final: England is eyeing to make three titles in three editions for the hosts in a row

In CWC 2011 and CWC 2015, both hosts India and Australia clinched the trophy. England already defeats Black Caps seven of their last nine outings and they also come on top in the round-robin stage. However, Kiwis have defeated England in both of the ODI’s they faced in Lord’s.

England has won 5 matches and lost 5 matches in their last 10 games at Lord’s while NZ won 3 games out of 4 in this historic ground.

New Zealand vs England in ODIs

New Zealand Won England Won
Overall                 43              41
World Cup                  5               4
Since 2015                  5               8

This is consecutive final by New Zealand who also played the final of 2015 World Cup against Australia. However, England reached at final after almost 27 years. They last played in final at 1992 World Cup against Pakistan. This will be the first team who will win the tournament.

English batsmen are playing sensationally since the start of the WC
English batsmen are playing sensationally since the start of the WC

Records in Word Cup finals

Teams Match  Won Lost
New Zealand       1    0    1
England       3    0    3

The top order and middle order of English players are much better than the Kiwis. Except for captain Kane Williamson, Kiwis has no other batsmen to compete with the superb batting lineup of England. England’s batting avg on the powerplay is the highest among the ten participants of the tournament.

Batting average in this World Cup

Team  Top-order (1-3) Middle – Order (4-7)
New Zealand      39.81      29.64
England      55.39      38.62

Batting Powerplay Battle

Team  Runs  Average     SR  RR
New Zealand  396   28.29   73.33 4.40
England  538   59.78   89.67 5.38

Let’s see the situation of the bowling department

If we look upon the bowling department, this is Black Caps who has a narrow advantage over England.

Kiwis pacer are in huge form in this tournament
Kiwis pacer are in huge form in this tournament

Bowlers in this World Cup

Team  Wickets  Average  SR  Eco.
New Zealand   74   27.68 33.7 4.91
England   82   30.12 34.9 5.17

Bowlers Powerplay Battle

Team  Wickets  Average  SR  Eco.
New Zealand    14  31.00  38.6 4.82
England    13  33.38  46.2 4.34

Captain’s Comparison – Kane Williamson vs Eoin Morgan

Kane Williamson is the only consistent batsman for New Zealand in this tournament. He is playing extraordinary since the beginning of this campaign. Kane is also the fourth highest scorers on the World Cup. Eoin Morgan is not too far behind him. He is the only man who scored 20 plus sixes in the tournament.

Everything indicated in England. There’s actually no question about it. They actually deserve this trophy. It will be intriguing to watch whether they can hold the nerve at home ground.