“You think we will come only to play with Maxwell? Do you think it will be like that?,” asked Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, as he addressed the media ahead of the Champions Trophy group league fixture against Australia. He paused for a moment, and added with a smile: “We have plans for the entire Australian … Read more
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
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
Afghanistan registered its highest total in any 50-over ICC events during its Champions Trophy 2025 match against England in Lahore on Wednesday. Opener Ibrahim Zadran smacked a century and took Afghanistan past its previous best score of 291 for five against Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup in Mumbai. During the innings, Zadran became … Read more
Ibrahim Zadran became the first-ever batter from Afghanistan to score a century in Champions Trophy during the match against England in Lahore on Wednesday. Zadran is the only batter from Afghanistan to score a century in 50-over ICC events – his previous hundred came during the 2023 ODI World Cup against Australia. This is Afghanistan’s … Read more