How cricket’s absolutely bananas ‘Super Over’ tiebreaker decided the World Cup
This was a weird, weird ending.
No sport has the perfect overtime system, but cricket’s is definitely one of the most ludicrous — and on Sunday it decided the winner of the World Cup. England prevailed in the “OOPSE,” which is the actual God’s-honest acronym for cricket’s tie-breaking rules, and it left New Zealand’s Jimmy Neesham questioning the nature of life itself.
Kids, don’t take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy.
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) July 15... Читать дальше...