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England win Cricket World Cup: Did Jofra Archer predict most nail-biting match in history?

England win Cricket World Cup final - highlights

A few months ago the World Cup wasn't even on the radar of England's new bowling star Jofra Archer. The Barbados-born paceman wasn't eligible to play.

But on Sunday, the 24-year-old found himself charged with the responsibility of bowling a super over in the World Cup final for England against New Zealand at Lord's.

Yet he might just have predicted it all. In true Nostradamus style.

The bowler's old tweets seemed to foresee the dramatic events we witnessed on Sunday - as England won after the most thrilling climax - with spooky accuracy.

First of all, he knew that one day he would be part of the England side way back in early 2014, when he was just 18 years old....

Jofra Archer tweet from January 2014 saying "Don't worry England I'm soon here"Twitter
Jofra Archer tweet from February 2014 saying "Would fit right into that England pace attack."Twitter

He also knew that, one day, England would send the nation into a nervous frenzy as the drama unfolded at Lord's...

Jofra Archer tweet from August 2014 saying "England are you trying to give me a heart attack