Unsung New Zealand star of Cricket World Cup final

Rob Shaw
Updated July 15 2019 - 7:24pm, first published 5:50pm
Lord's a-leaping: England's Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes celebrate after running out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win the Cricket World Cup final at Lord's. Picture: AP
Lord's a-leaping: England's Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes celebrate after running out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win the Cricket World Cup final at Lord's. Picture: AP

The star performer of the Cricket World Cup final was neither leading run-scorer Ben Stokes nor Jos Buttler, who claimed the final wicket, or even James Neesham, who hit 13 runs in the nail-biting super over.

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Rob Shaw

Rob Shaw

Sports editor

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