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XtraTime Web Desk: Exactly a year back on this day Lords cricket ground witnessed one of the greatest ODI ever with England edging out New Zealand in the Super Over to lift its maiden World Cup. The hosts England were declared winners on the basis of a boundary count after everything else failed to separate the two teams.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first. The Blackcaps posted 241/8 in their stipulated 50 overs. Henry Nicholls was the top scorer for the Kiwis with 55 runs. Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett were the successful bowlers for England, picking three wickets each.

Chasing a target of 242 runs to win, England could only manage 241 all out, forcing the game into Super Over. England all rounder Ben Stokes remained not out on 84* with Jos Butler scoring a valuable 59 runs. For New Zealand, Lockie Ferguson and Jimmy Neesham returned with three wickets a piece.

As per rules, the team batting second gets to bat first in the Super Over. So, England batted first with two inform batsman Stokes and Butler walking into the middle. Stokes took three runs off the first ball of the Super Over bowled by Trent Boult. Butler took a single of the next delivery to give the strike back to Stokes. The England all rounder dispatched the third ball to the fence between square leg and mid-wicket. The next ball went for single. Buttler took a couple off the fifth delivery and struck a four of the final ball to help England post 15 runs.

Jimmy Nesham and Martin Guptill went into bat for the Blackcaps. The first ball bowled by Jofra Archer was a wide. Neesham took a couple of the first legitimate delivery. The burly New Zealander whipped the second ball over the mid wicket fence for a six. The next ball went for a couple more thanks to a misfield from Jason Roy. Both Neesham and Guptill took two runs of the fourth ball. Neesham could only take a single of the fifth ball. With two to win off the final ball, Guptill ran for his life, but inches before he would cross the line, Buttler took off the bails, triggering euphoria. England (26) was declared the winner on the basis of a higher boundary count over New Zealand (17).