Cricket World Cup 2019

Trevor Bayliss: 'Winning the World Cup still gives me goose bumps'

A year after England’s dramatic World Cup final victory, their coach tells Ali Martin of the super-over drama and how seconds after the triumph he needed to be alone

Ali Martin

13, Jul, 2020 @9:00 AM

England’s world-beating cricketers are suffering the curse of nation’s gilded few | Tanya Aldred

As the subsequent fortunes of England’s football and rugby union teams of 1966 and 2003, and now the side that triumphed at Lord’s last year show, time is not always kind

Tanya Aldred

02, Feb, 2020 @8:00 AM

Olympics, World Cups and more: Tom Jenkins' pictures of the decade

The Guardian and Observer sport photographer picks his favourite images from the thousands he shot during the past 10 years

Tom Jenkins

30, Dec, 2019 @8:00 AM

The best sports photography of 2019

The brilliance of Simone Biles, Ben Stokes’s World Cup heroics, Liverpool’s stunning Champions League defeat of Barcelona and South Africa’s Siya Kolisi lifting the Rugby World Cup trophy – here is our selection of the year’s best sports images

Jim Powell

24, Dec, 2019 @10:51 AM

Jaw-dropping sport moments of 2019: England win the Cricket World Cup

Cricket’s World Cup final, from which England emerged victors over New Zealand, combined drama and terror, crazy reversals of fortune and the confusion of a dead heat after a dead heat

Jonathan Liew

23, Dec, 2019 @11:00 AM

Commentator Ian Smith: ‘That final at Lord’s will never leave me’

Talking the audience through the final overs of the Cricket World Cup final was an honour, despite his compatriots’ defeat, Ian Smith tells Ali Martin

Ali Martin

09, Nov, 2019 @12:01 PM

Even in defeat, English sport still gives us much to cheer | Emma John

A new emphasis on team spirit rather than great individuals is paying dividends

Emma John

03, Nov, 2019 @7:00 AM

Eoin Morgan backs England’s rugby union side to seal World Cup double

Eoin Morgan, a World Cup-winning captain this year, has urged England’s rugby union team to stick to the methods that have served them so well when they face South Africa in the final

Ali Martin in Christchurch

31, Oct, 2019 @11:01 PM

Eoin Morgan’s World Cup parade is a reminder of cricket’s kinship | Simon Burnton

When greats go back to their clubs to mingle with the merely good it shows cricket is an unusually democratic sport

Simon Burnton

13, Oct, 2019 @8:00 AM

Sacrificing Ashes for a World Cup win appears worthwhile for England | Vic Marks

It was not a perfect summer and the Test side requires work to regain the Ashes but Trevor Bayliss delivered the World Cup, the prize England coveted the most

Vic Marks

16, Sep, 2019 @8:00 PM

Champagne moments have popped up everywhere in an intoxicating summer | Emma John

A scrapbook of cricket memories would include the miracle of Headingley and much, much more

Emma John

15, Sep, 2019 @8:00 AM

Following a World Cup with the Ashes could be a burden too far for England | The Spin

The ECB trumpeted the summer of 2019 as a feast of cricket for England but evidence elsewhere suggests dips in form after World Cup success are common

Simon Burnton

13, Aug, 2019 @9:27 AM