London: His cool, quiet demeanour would put even a Capuchin monk to shame. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson hardly showed emotions externally even after his team missed lifting the World Cup by a whisker. After two tied affairs his side ended on the wrong side of the result in the final at Lord's on Sunday. There is no doubt that he was gutted and being the player of the tournament was just no consolation for what he failed to achieve for a side that has been tagged under-achievers and underdogs from time to time.

Williamson was quite philosophical after probably the best-ever final seen in a World Cup. "Laugh or cry, it's your choice, isn't it? It's not anger. There's a lot of disappointment, I suppose. Yeah, the guys are really feeling it and I think it's probably more down to some of the uncontrollables that go on when they have put in such a huge amount of effort and we know in this game it can be fickle in its nature and there are parts that, as hard as you try, sometimes those cards don't fall your way and today it ebbed and flowed.