After more than a month’s excitement and drama, peppered with plots and sub-plots, rain interruptions, near-misses, heartbreaks of close defeats and a number of individual and team records, the World Cup has produced two worthy finalists in hosts England and New Zealand.

Whether in Melbourne, Mumbai or Marylebone, the ICC World Cup final is an occasion like no other. On Sunday the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground will host its fifth World Cup final as hosts England face 2015 finalists New Zealand for the right to call themselves the best in the world.

Perhaps it was the knowledge that both sides were in the same boat of never having won a World Cup before that had a relaxing effect on New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and England captain Eoin Morgan during their pre-final press conferences at Lord’s yesterday.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson says his side are happy to embrace their underdog status in Sunday’s World Cup final against England at Lord’s.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson says his side are happy to embrace their underdog status in Sunday's World Cup final against England at Lord's.

England captain Eoin Morgan pays tribute to former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum ahead of his side's World Cup final against the Black Caps at Lord's on Sunday.

New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham makes a public appeal to all the Indian fans who had bought the majority tickets of the World Cup final.

Celebrated All Blacks mentor Steve Hansen believes New Zealand's loss to England in the group stages of the Cricket World Cup will be to their advantage in Sunday's final.

England quick Jofra Archer will keep up his aggressive approach in Sunday's World Cup final against New Zealand after his bouncer left Australia's Alex Carey with a bloodied chin in Thursday's semi-final at Edgbaston.

Eoin Morgan has often spoken of the “fearless” cricket that has propelled England to the top of the one-day game and Jason Roy is the embodiment of that spirit at the World Cup.

Out-of-form opener Martin Guptill says it has been impossible to ignore the criticism of his batting, but remains confident he can step up when it matters most for the Black Caps.

They admit to being overawed in the 2015 Cricket World Cup final, but the Black Caps believe that those experiences can lead them to lifting the trophy in 2019.

Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena has been appointed to stand in the World Cup final between England and New Zealand at Lord’s on Sunday despite finding himself involved in a controversial incident with home batsman Jason Roy.

England’s first Cricket World Cup final appearance for 27 years will be screened on free to air television in the United Kingdom to satisfy the demand to watch Sunday’s showdown against New Zealand.

From the outside Jofra Archer does not seem to be affected by nerves and according to the man himself that is true of this entire England team.

All the signs pointed towards an Australia-India final but it was not to be as the World Cup decided to break millions of hearts while energizing millions of others. This is because no matter the outcome of the final tomorrow, this World Cup will see a newly crowned champion in either

Former England director of cricket Andrew Strauss was overcome with emotion after the team he helped build “obliterated” Australia to reach the World Cup final on Thursday.

Sky Sports commentator Shane Warne has slammed members of the Australian Cricket World Cup team after the side were convincingly defeated by England in the second semifinal.

Gary Stead once scrubbed the windows of the Lord’s pavilion -- nearly three decades on he wouldn’t mind seeing some of his big-hitters breaking them.

The ICC today released TV and digital viewing figures for the World Cup group stage and semifinals, setting new records and becoming one of the world’s most watched sporting events.