with eight wickets to spare. patrick gearey was watching. this was effectively test cricket s world cup final heading into stoppage time, one extra day to climb onto the top of the world. take your marks. virat kohli made a full start, succumbing to a rented kyle jamieson. to win the title, india needed to get much further ahead of new zealand and fast, which is where rishabh pant comes in. he s a man who always bats as if he s running out of time. eventually, he ran out of luck, too. everything now pointed new zealand s way. their bowlers removed the tail, their supporters removed the tops. india all out, the match stripped down, 139 runs for new zealand to get. india forced a couple of hiccups. but instead of chaos, there was kiwi calm because of kane.
as if he s running out of time. eventually, he ran out of luck, too. everything now pointed new zealand s way. their bowlers removed the tail, their supporters removed the tops. india all out, the match stripped down, 139 runs for new zealand to get. india and r ashwin forced a couple of hiccups. but instead of chaos, there was kiwi calm because of kane. together with ross taylor, williamson new zealand s captain helped his team to the end of an amazing story. one of test cricket s smallest nations now its first official champion. patrick gearey, bbc news. i think we saw both teams grab momentum at certain points in time, and then to have the sixth day as back up due to weather and see both teams have a real opportunity of a result made for a fantastic game to be a part of it. and for us, a very proud moment in our history and a proud momentjust as a team, really.