England will face New Zealand at the Lord's as the game is set to have a new champion tomorrow (Sunday). New Zealand had stunned India by 18 runs in a low-scoring thriller to reach the Cricket World Cup final for the second time in a row on Wednesday.
England have hosted the World Cup four times but are yet to win the world title. England will be playing their first 50-over World Cup final after 27 years after the 1992.
On Sunday, it will be the fourth instance when two sides, who had previously never won the World Cup, will be facing each other.
If England beat New Zealand in the summit clash, then they will become the third nation after India and Australia to lift the trophy on home soil. India was the first team to achieve the feat in 2011 while Australia replicated it in 2015.
England end 27-year final wait
Cricket can be a game of some complexity and nuance but as England showed in their dismantling of Australia in Thursday's World Cup semi-final, it can also be a remarkably straightforward sport.
'Miracle in Manchester'
New Zealand's victory over heavy favourites India in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals was as surprising to fans at home as it was to the thousands of Indian supporters at Old Trafford and millions more watching on television.
Kane Williamson's side produced an 18-run victory over India to advance to tomorrow (Sunday)'s final at Lord's against either Australia or hosts England.
They also made the 2015 final in Melbourne where they lost to the hosts.
"Miracle in Manchester", several media outlets used as the headlines for their online reports on Thursday, with special praise reserved for a one-handed catch by James Neesham and a run out by Martin Guptill that swung the game in their favour.
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