London, Jul 15: The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup finalwitnessed a first-ever super-over in which England came out triumphant as theyhad scored more boundaries in the match to lift their maiden 50-over World Cupon Sunday at Lord's Cricket Ground.

The winner could not be decided as both the normal 50 oversand super-over action ended up in a tie. In the super over, England scored 15runs and they were able to restrict New Zealand to 15 runs, and they won thematch as they had scored more boundaries in the match.

In the 50-over spell, both England and New Zealandregistered scores of 241. Chasing a below-par target of 242, opener Jason Royand Jonny Bairstow started scoring for England.

Roy (17) built a 28-run brief stand with Bairstow before hewas caught behind the stump by Tom Latham in the sixth over. Matt Henry struckearly for New Zealand.

Joe Root came to bat at number three and he along withBairstow, stitched a 31-run partnership. Root (7) searched for the release shotand instead edged de Grandhomme behind in the 17th over. Tom Latham ended uptaking a simple catch.

Bairstow, too, failed to leave a mark and departed in the20th over to Ferguson. He played a knock of 36 runs.

English skipper Eoin Morgan joined Ben Stokes in the middle.In the 24th over, Morgan (9) was sent back to the pavilion by Jimmy Neesham,thanks to a brilliant catch by Ferguson at point boundary.

England were at 86 for four in 23.1 overs and still required156 runs to lift their maiden World Cup title.

Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes retrieved the innings and the duocautiously put England as the firm favourite. They built a 110-run partnershipbefore Butler was dismissed by Ferguson in the 45th over.

England needed 24 runs from the last 12 balls. Stokes keptplaying aggressively, but nobody was able to support at the other end. With 15runs required off the last over, England had the rub of the green going theirway as Martin Guptill's throw went to the boundary, giving England four runsdue to an over-throw. But New Zealand managed to keep their nerve to take thematch into the super over.

Earlier, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the tossand choose to face the aggressive English bowling line-up first.

Kiwis could not get the desired start as they lost Guptillearly in the seventh over of the innings. Chris Woakes caught Guptill in frontof the wickets and sent him back to the pavilion. Although Guptill (19) took aDRS as he was not convinced with the on-field umpire's decision, the thirdumpire stayed with the ground umpire's decision.

Henry Nicholls with Kane Williamson tried to build theinnings and kept the scoreboard moving. By the end of 10 overs, New Zealandwere at 33 runs for the loss of one wicket. Williamson and Nicholls stitched a74-run stand before the latter was caught behind the stumps by Jos Buttler inthe 23rd over. Liam Plunkett got rid of Kiwi skipper Williamson (30) as thescoreboard showed 103.

Ross Taylor joined Nicholls in the middle and helped him toget a half-century off 71 balls in the 25th over. Shortly after, Plunkettbowled Nicholls (55) on the back of a length ball in the 27th over.

England bowlers send the Kiwis top-order back to pavilionwithout scoring many runs. Taylor and Tom Latham stitched a brief stand of 23runs before the former was dismissed by Mark Wood in the 34th over. Tayloradded 15 runs to the team's total.

Neesham came in to bat at number six and built a partnershipof 32 runs with Latham. Neesham was caught by Joe Root on mid-on in the 39thover, giving Plunkett his third wicket of the match.

Latham and Colin de Grandhomme guided the team past 200runs. The duo built a partnership of 46 runs before Grandhomme was caught onmid-off by substitute James Vince.

Later, Latham departed in the 49th over at 47. However, NewZealand's tailenders added some more runs and the innings ended with a score of241 runs in 50 overs.

For England, Woakes and Plunkett took three wickets each.Brief scores: England 241/10 (Ben Stokes 84*, Jos Buttler 59, Lockie Ferguson3-50) and New Zealand 241/8 ( Henry Nicholls 55, Tom Latham 74, Chris Woakes3-37)

Super Over score: England 15/0 and New Zealand 15/1.