Cricket’s World Cup: “paroxysms of delight”

Theresa May is not a politician known for her displays of exuberance. But on one of her last days in office, the PM was so overcome with emotion that she “broke into a jig”, said Martin Farrer in The Guardian. And she wasn’t the only one to be so affected by England’s triumphant performance in Sunday’s cricket World Cup final (see page 24). The national side’s last-gasp victory over New Zealand sent most of the 30,000 fans packed inside Lord’s into “paroxysms of delight” – scenes that were mirrored across the country as 8.3 million viewers watched on Sky and Channel 4 and “celebrations spilled from homes and pubs and into the streets”. No wonder, said The Daily Telegraph: the match’s nerve-shredding final “Super Over” was one of “the most…

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