WATCH on Hotstar (India only): How the New Zealand wickets fell

WATCH on Hotstar (India only): Henry Nicholls scores a gritty half-century

Quite apart from this World Cup final, there is plenty of unmissable sporting action going on elsewhere this Super Sunday. Why not follow the latest from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone or Federer vs Djokovic in the Wimbledon final?

Tahir Abbas: "The outcome of this game relies heavily on the first spells of Boult, Henry and Ferguson. If they have a say, its game on with this score."

Mahota: "The hell you cannot blame Santner for leaving this last one. He at least should have tried." -- Try facing a 110kph slower bouncer from a 145kph bowler with a highly deceptive action, and tell me if you pick every pace and length variation. It was a damn good ball, and most of batting is instinctive reaction, and that was what happened with Santner.

Lakshitha: "In the 1996 world cup final, Australia scored 241 against Sri Lanka, and the Lankans went onto chase that down with ease..."

Liam Plunkett: "It's a good pitch. We thought we bowled tight lines to restrict New Zealand. Try and get as much out of the pitch with my variations. That's my role. I use the cross-seam ball more than the seam-up."

2.43pm Well, then. Started out as a greentop, and then it slowed down considerably. There was movement off the pitch throughout for the bowlers who hit the deck, and the slower balls gripped and did unpredictable things. England's romp in their semi-final might suggest they're overwhelming favourites to chase this down, but I have a feeling it won't be as easy as that on this pitch. None of the New Zealand batsmen really looked fluent today, and England might have a scrap on their hands too.

Speaking of 1992 comparisons, can New Zealand get to Pakistan's total of 249?

Matt Henry's on strike now, for the first time.

Free-hit.