WTC final: New Zealand won’t be haunted by the 2019 World Cup final heartbreak, says Kane Williamson

England was crowned 50-overs world champions in 2019 via a controversial boundary-count rule, which has since been scrapped after the final ended in a tie even after a Super Over. New Zealand will take on India in the World Test Championship final in Southampton on June 18.

The New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said that his team has moved on from their agonising loss to England in the 2019 World Cup final, and will not carry any scar in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) in Southampton, starting June 18. Williamson is back in England chasing test cricket’s biggest honour and the 30-year-old said the heartbreak of two years ago did not haunt the New Zealand team. “No, I do not think so, certainly not something that the guys have spoken about,” Williamson told the International Cricket Council (ICC), pointing out “a different side” would be playing a “different format” at the Rose Bowl.