Ibrahim Zadran’s majestic 177 and pacer Azmatullah Omarzai’s fifer trumped Joe Root’s masterful hundred, as Afghanistan registered a thrilling eight-run win to knock a largely-insipid England out of the Champions Trophy in Lahore on Wednesday. England is winless after two matches and in its last league match in Group B it will face South Africa, … Read more
England’s Joe Root plays a shot against Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: AP England’s Joe Root plays a shot against Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: AP
Afghanistan batter Ibrahim Zadran on Wednesday registered the highest score by a batter in an ICC Champions Trophy match, during his side’s match against England in Lahore. Zadran scored 177 runs off 146 deliveries, hitting 12 boundaries and six maximums. He overtook England’s Ben Duckett to the record, who had scored 165 runs against Australia … Read more
England pacer Mark Wood went off the field due an injury during the side’s ICC Champions Trophy Group B match against Afghanistan in Lahore on Wednesday. Wood called for the team physio to check on him during his fourth over, the team’s eighth, with a suspected injury to his left knee. Though he bowled the … Read more
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran. England: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil … Read more
England takes on Afghanistan in Group B of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. Both teams need a win to stay in contention to make the semifinals from the group. This will be only the fourth meeting between these teams in One-Day Internationals. England has won twice while … Read more
Afghanistan and England have their backs against the wall heading into their Group B ICC Champions Trophy encounter at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. With both teams yet to open their account in the points tally, the loser of this match will be knocked out of the race to the semifinals. Afghanistan was … Read more
England captain Jos Buttler on Tuesday said his team is confident despite its opening defeat in the Champions Trophy as it chases a “perfect game” against Afghanistan. The clash in Lahore on Wednesday has become a virtual knockout after Tuesday’s Group B match between Australia and South Africa was washed out with the two teams … Read more