Wimbledon final - anyone watching this?

[mcar]

[Green Line]

1. Watching

Rooting for Roger

[cwydro]

2. Yes.

Unreal.

[mcar]

3. It's incredible

[dhill926]

4. tense...

[gademocrat7]

5. Yes!

Amazing 🎾

[mcar]

6. What a finish!

[jalan48]

7. Great match. Joker came through in the end.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Only in between overs for the cricket World Cup final - because that's closer

Both sides 241 after 50 overs. The "super over" - 1 extra over - 6 balls - for each side to be used for the first time ever in the World Cup.

[Lochloosa]

12. I'm on the edge of my seat!

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Seriously, it's impossible to have had a closer match. The scores in the super overs were level

England win because they scored more boundaries in the main match. This is like saying basketball scores are level, even after extra time, so you count how many 3-point scores each got.

England scored 6 off a ball in the last-but-one over because the fielder's throw in bounced off the batsman's bat as he reached to avoid getting run out (if he did that on purpose it'd be illegal, but it came from behind him - I'm not sure I'm seen it happen before), and ricocheted all the way to the boundary, which converted 2 runs into 6. England's bowler for the super over was Jofra Archer - just 24, and in his first year for England, because he was born in the West Indies. No pressure, then. His Wikipedia entry explains:

"Archer has an English father, and British passport, but initially was not eligible to play for England until the winter of 2022. ... However, in November 2018, the ECB announced a change to its rules, reducing the eligibility period from seven years to three to bring it into line with ICC regulations. And won the World Cup."

[Guilded Lilly]

9. Any online links to non-cable viewers for live stream?

[mcar]

10. It's over

I'm sure you can watch it on You Tube if you have 4 1/2 hours.

[Guilded Lilly]

11. I would if the outcome had been different!

[mcar]

14. I hear ya

That was as evenly matched as is humanly possible, I think.

[underpants]

15. Just saw the very end while eating lunch at Dulles

In a English pub type airport restaurant. I saw the score line and thought “This must have been an epic match”.