• British prime minister Theresa May greets England captain Eoin Morgan as he arrives in Downing Street with the World Cup trophy. EPA
    British prime minister Theresa May greets England captain Eoin Morgan as he arrives in Downing Street with the World Cup trophy. EPA
  • British prime minister Theresa May shakes hands with England all-rounder Ben Stokes. AFP
    British prime minister Theresa May shakes hands with England all-rounder Ben Stokes. AFP
  • British prime minister Theresa May shakes hands with England fast bowler Jofra Archer. AFP
    British prime minister Theresa May shakes hands with England fast bowler Jofra Archer. AFP
  • British prime minister Theresa May shakes hands with England opener Jason Roy. AFP
    British prime minister Theresa May shakes hands with England opener Jason Roy. AFP
  • British prime minister Theresa May greets England captain Eoin Morgan as he arrives in Downing Street with the World Cup trophy. EPA
    British prime minister Theresa May greets England captain Eoin Morgan as he arrives in Downing Street with the World Cup trophy. EPA
  • England captain Eoin Morgan and British prime minister Theresa May pose with the World Cup trophy at Downing Street. Getty Images
    England captain Eoin Morgan and British prime minister Theresa May pose with the World Cup trophy at Downing Street. Getty Images
  • British prime minister Theresa May and England captain Eoin Morgan pose with the World Cup trophy. EPA
    British prime minister Theresa May and England captain Eoin Morgan pose with the World Cup trophy. EPA
  • Eoin Morgan and the England cricket team pose with Theresa May at Downing Street. Getty Images
    Eoin Morgan and the England cricket team pose with Theresa May at Downing Street. Getty Images
  • British prime minister Theresa May looks up as England captain Eoin Morgan holds aloft the World Cup trophy outside 10 Downing Street. AFP
    British prime minister Theresa May looks up as England captain Eoin Morgan holds aloft the World Cup trophy outside 10 Downing Street. AFP
  • British prime minister Theresa May chats with England captain Eoin Morgan in the garden of 10 Downing Street. AFP
    British prime minister Theresa May chats with England captain Eoin Morgan in the garden of 10 Downing Street. AFP
  • British prime minister Theresa May holds a bat in the garden of 10 Downing Street during the team reception. AFP
    British prime minister Theresa May holds a bat in the garden of 10 Downing Street during the team reception. AFP

Cricket World Cup: Theresa May hosts England team at 10 Downing Street


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British prime minister Theresa May hosted the England cricket team at her 10 Downing Street office on Monday, a day after Eoin Morgan's men lifted the World Cup at Lord's.

The tournament hosts beat New Zealand on a technicality to lift the trophy for the first since the it was first held in 1975. England triumphed on superior boundary count after both the match and the additional Super Over shootout ended with the scores level.

The game was watched by the biggest audience in a generation, with around 30,000 packed into Lord's, thousands congregating in front of a big screen in Trafalgar Square in central London and the first free-to-air terrestrial coverage in 14 years.

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Earlier, hundreds of children flooded across the outfield at the Oval - across town from Lord's - to help Morgan's men celebrate their historic triumph.

The south London ground was where England launched their World Cup campaign with a victory over South Africa way back on May 30.

Many of the young children at the Oval were wearing the kit of the All Stars junior programme run by the England and Wales Cricket Board and others were dressed in their school uniforms.

As 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams blared out, the youngsters were delighted to catch sight of England stars such as Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer and flocked towards their new heroes.

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