One would need to pinch themselves after watching World Cup 2019 final. The dramatic finish was hard to believe for many. A final match ending in a tie is believable, but even the tie-breaker ended with the same score is just too much.

While the spectators were sweating in tension, imagine the state of players who had to recollect themselves after the tie and go out and start afresh. 

England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the man to take them close to the win, and when the score got tied, he had to take a "cigarette break" to calm himself before Super Over.

On the first anniversary of England's first 50-over World Cup win, excerpts from a book called 'Morgan's Men: The Inside Story of England's Rise from Cricket World Cup Humiliation to Glory' has shared the unrevealed side of the final.

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"Finding a quiet spot as the frenzy of the Super Over approached was hard in a ground packed out with 27,000 supporters and television cameras following the players from the middle, through the Long Room and up the stairs to the dressing room," authors Nick Hoult and Steve James wrote and the excerpt has been published by stuff.co.nz.

"But Ben Stokes had played at Lord's many times. He knows every nook and cranny. As Eoin Morgan tries to bring calm to the England dressing room and sort out their tactics, Stokes nips off for a moment of peace.

"He is covered in dirt and sweat. He has batted for two hours and 27 minutes of unbelievable tension. What does Stokes do? He goes to the back of the England dressing room, past the attendant's little office, and into the showers. There he lights up a cigarette and has few minutes on his own."

Stokes was awarded Man of the Match for his 84* in a crucial match which helped his team lift the World Cup title.