Legendary cricket umpire Simon Taufel has highlighted the rule that suggests England should not have won the World Cup.
England became world champions for the first time after a thrilling final with New Zealand went to a Super Over and celebrated in style at The Oval with thousands of supporters on Monday.
Both sides ended their innings on 241 with the final going down to the very last ball of the Super Over before Jos Buttler ran out Martin Guptill.
But Taufel has highlighted a controversial moment from the last over of the initial innings where the umpires made a 'clear mistake'.
England needed nine runs from the last three balls when Guptill's throw accidentally hit the bat of Ben Stokes and went for a boundary.
With England's batsmen having already run two, the umpires awarded six as the hosts chased down New Zealand's total.
But former Umpire of the Year Taufel claims an error was made, telling Fox Sports : "They should have been awarded five runs, not six.
"It’s a clear mistake, it’s an error of judgment."
Kumar Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus were the umpires involved in the high-profile decision.
The MCC rules state batsmen have to cross when the ball is thrown, for their second run to be awarded - with Stokes and Adil Rashid failing to do so.
“In the heat of what was going on, they thought there was a good chance the batsmen had crossed at the instant of the throw” Taufel added.
“Obviously TV replays showed otherwise.”
MCC rulebook rule
Rule 19.8: Overthrow or wilful act of fielder
If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be
— any runs for penalties awarded to either side
— and the allowance for the boundary
— and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.
Had the rules been applied, Rashid would have been on strike for the final two balls needing four runs, rather than Mirror Sport columnist Stokes, who sent the match to a Super Over.
The rest is history for England as they celebrated long into the night and again with fans on Monday.
Thousands of England fans descended on The Oval to hail Eoin Morgan and his team.
Fans both young and old received signatures from the delighted England fans to mark the momentous occasion.
Jos Buttler joked nothing else matters in his career after his famous run-out took the wicket of Martin Guptill and secured the win.
"I can't believe what has happened, but it's nice to wake up and know it did," he said.
"I don't think anything will faze me again. I don't think think I'll ever care about anything ever again. I don't really care what happens now in my career."
"Four years and then then it's one ball...can we get a run-out? It justifies everything we have done for four years to get to this point. It's an incredible journey.
"At the end I remember that 10 seconds of just running around, the atmosphere is something that will live with me forever."
