Cricket breakthrough
England wins its first Cricket World Cup after an unusual tiebreaker.
England won the Cricket World Cup for the first time in extraordinary circumstances Sunday, beating New Zealand by a tiebreaker of boundaries scored after the final was tied after regulation play and again following the first Super Over in the tournament’s 44- year history.
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler ran out Martin Guptill off the last ball of the Super Over as the New Zealand opener scrambled back for a second run that would have earned the Black Caps their first world title.
Both teams scored 241 after the regulation 50 overs per side, with England hitting 14 off the last over — including a six made up of two runs followed by an accidental four deflected off the bat of the diving Ben Stokes — to tie New Zealand’s 241- 8.
Stokes and Buttler were England’s first designated batsmen and they struck 15 — including two fours — off six balls delivered by Trent Boult.
New Zealand pair Jimmy Neesham and Guptill also struck 15 off Jofra Archer but England won courtesy of a superior boundary count — 26 to
17 — across regulation play and the Super Over.
Cycling
South African Daryl Impey, profiting from what amounted to a go- slow among top contenders on the hilly trek across the Massif Central mountains, won the ninth stage of the Tour de France, beating Belgian rider Tiesj Benoot in a two- man sprint at the finish in Brioude.
Women’s basketball
Riquna Williams scored 23 points, and Nneka Ogwumike added 17 points and 15 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the host Atlanta Dream, 76- 71, in overtime in WNBA play. … Jonquel Jones had 16 points to help the visiting Connecticut Sun beat the Indiana Fever, 76- 63, and snap a four- game road losing streak. … Diamond DeShields had a seasonhigh 26 points to help the Chicago Sky beat the host Dallas Wings, 89- 79. … Sylvia Fowles set a league record with her 157th career double- double and the host Minnesota Lynx beat the Phoenix Mercury, 75- 62. … Natasha Howard, playing under a cloud of domestic abuse allegations, scored 14 points to help the host Seattle Storm beat the New York Liberty, 78- 69.
Soccer
Riyad Mahrez scored from a free kick in the fifth minute of injury time as Algeria beat Nigeria, 2- 1, in Cario and advanced to the African Cup of Nations final Friday against Senegal, which beat Tunisia, 1- 0.
• One year after publicly rejecting an offer to join Barcelona, French forward Antoine Griezmann signed a five- year contract with the club to complete his move from rival Atletico Madrid.
• Procter & Gamble, a sponsor of the U. S. Women’s National Soccer Team, said it will donate $ 529,000 — $ 23,000 for each of the 23 players on the U. S. team that won the World Cup — to help in the fight for equal pay.
• Raul Ruidiaz and Harry Shipp scored to help the Seattle Sounders beat Atlanta United, 2- 1, in Major League soccer play and remain unbeaten at home. … Daniel Royer scored twice and the New York Red Bulls beat New York City FC, 2- 1, in Harrison, N. J.
Elsewhere
Two Eastern Washington University football players, Dehonta Hayes and Keith Moore, were shot Saturday night in Spokane’s downtown bar district and hospitalized with nonlife threatening injuries. Both are expected to fully recover.
• ESPN hired Ryan Leaf to be a college football analyst, another step in the comeback of the former Washington State star who has battled drug addiction and served time in prison. Leaf will mostly call games on ESPN2 and ESPNU.