England win the ICC Cricket World Cup final. Unbelievable and dramatic game of cricket - I’ve been glued to it all day. So pleased that England won, but it was such a close, hard fought game that neither side really deserved to lose. A great end to the tournament. 🏏

Brilliant! England beat Australia by 8 wickets in 32.1 overs to go into the ICC Cricket World Cup Final. They will play New Zealand on Sunday at Lord’s. 🏏

Australia all out for 223 in the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final against England. Some really outstanding bowling by England. I’m hopeful but, given the last couple of days of India v New Zealand, taking nothing for granted. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏏

Just catching up on yesterday’s cricket results - so, amazingly, it’s England v Australia in a World Cup semi-final! My hope of an England v India final is still alive 🏏

England dispatch New Zealand to seal Cricket World Cup semi-final spot - England 305-8, New Zealand 186. Now I can relax about cricket until next week. Would love to see an England v India World Cup Final but have a feeling it won’t work out that way. 🏏

Interesting 🏏 stats:

Most wickets by an England bowler at a World Cup

JC Archer - 17 (2019)
IT Botham - 16 (1992)
A Flintoff - 14 (2007)

HT @TheCricketGeek on Twitter

England v India: Jonny Bairstow & Liam Plunkett star in hosts’ Cricket World Cup win. Exciting match to listen to on TMS - now England just need to maintain that level of performance. Perhaps the return of Jason Roy is the talisman the team needs 🏏

Very pleased to get BBC Test Match Special streaming in Greece 🇬🇷 to listen to England v India Cricket World Cup game 🏏

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - South Africa v Afghanistan at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Imran Tahir (RSA) and Rashid Khan (AFG) bowling. Rain interruptions, but RSA win. 🏏

ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Bangladesh v India. First photo is of MS Dhoni and KL Rahul batting; both went on to score centuries in India’s innings of 359 🏏

A day to easily get lost in sport - England v Pakistan ODI 🏏, Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion Championship play-off semi-final ⚽️ and Leinster v Saracens Heineken Champions Cup final 🏉.

Views from the square during the Glamorgan v Surrey lunch interval. Lukas Carey of Glamorgan didn’t keep still for the panorama shot :) 🏏

Royal London One-Day Cup - Glamorgan v Surrey at Sophia Gardens. Gareth Batty bowling to Billy Root, who went on to get a career-best unbeaten 113 in Glamorgan’s innings. 🏏

Attending my first cricket game of the season - Glamorgan v Essex in the Royal London One-Day Cup. Michael Hogan bowling to Alastair Cook. 🏏

Got home from work in time to watch most of West Indies hitting 21 fours and 23 sixes in their ODI innings against England. Chris Gayle with 135 off 129 balls, including three fours and 12 sixes. Very impressive, very entertaining. England now need 361 to win. 🏏

Great to see BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra broadcasting ABC Grandstand’s live ball by ball coverage of the Australia vs India cricket Test series. I listened to a couple of hours of it when I couldn’t sleep in the early hours of this morning. Good quality commentary and good to see that Alison Mitchell is part of ABC’s commentary team. Will enjoy more during the nights to come, I’m sure.

ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 🏏 starts today – see tournament guide and players to watch and full fixture list. Should be some good cricket to watch and the bonus for me is that most matches are being broadcast live at fairly decent times in the UK.

Poor season for Glamorgan, but not sure this was called for – Robert Croft has left his role as head coach of Glamorgan Cricket. The club had some bad luck this year with injuries and withdrawals of overseas players, but overall I think Croft was developing the team well. 🏏

Cricket commentary for Micro.blog now over for today! Just need the 🏏 emoji tag activated ;)

Moeen Ali in immense form – as captain, batter and bowler – successfully leads Worcestershire Rapids to victory in the 2018 Vitality T20 Blast Final. Impressive support by Ben Cox and Pat Brown. 🏏

Worcestershire set 158 to win in the T20 Blast Final. Another great bowling performance, especially by Ali and Brown. No particular affiliation, but I’ve been impressed by them today and hope Worcestershire prevail. 🏏

It’s the Sussex Sharks meeting the Worcestershire Rapids in the final of the Vitality T20 Blast 🏏

And the Worcestershire Rapids win the first T20 Blast semi-final. Some great bowling by Moeen Ali and Pat Brown 🏏

The good thing about the timing of the T20 Blast Finals Day is the return of England players to represent their counties – Moeen Ali, Joss Buttler and Keaton Jennings all appearing in the first semi-final – Worcestershire Rapids vs Lancashire Lightning 🏏

Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day today – plenty of cricket to be watched; two semi-finals plus the final. But it signals the approaching close of the UK cricket season :( 🏏