Afghanistan Vs England Live Updates – Champions Trophy 2025
LAHORE: Afghanistan and England will go head to head in the eight match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 tournament – seventh if you discount yesterday’s game between Australia and South Africa washed out due to rain in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Afghanistan has won the toss, and chosen to bat first.
Squad below:
England: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Jamie Smith (wk), 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jos Buttler (capt), 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Mark Wood
Afghanistan: 1 Ibrahim Zadran, 2 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 3 Sediqullah Atal, 4 Rahmat Shah, 5 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Gulbadin Naib, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Noor Ahmad, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi
Zadran opens up with the bat
The 28th over has brought back to back boundaries for Ibrahim Zadran, who hit a four followed by a six on the very next ball. Jamie Overton couldn’t stop Zadran from adding some impressive score in this over.
Afghanistan closes the over at 133-3.
Posted on: February 26, 2025100 comes up
Afghanistan’s 100 comes up in 25th over with a four by the Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi.
Posted on: February 26, 2025Ibrahim Zadran gets 50
Despite playing under pressure, Ibrahim Zadran has managed to put up a total of 50 in front of his name, while he stays strong at the pitch with his captain Hashmatullah Shahidi.
At the end of 24 overs Afghanistan at 98-3.
Posted on: February 26, 2025First six, second boundary of the innings
Zadran finally breaks the spell and hits the first six of the innings for Afghanistan. This is the second boundary so far from the batters, with the first bounday of the innings, a four, hit by Hashmatullah in the 15th over.
Afghanistan at 81-3 after 20 overs.
Posted on: February 26, 2025Batting line stable, score still slow
Ibrahim Zadran and the Skipper, Hashmatullah Shahidi, seemed to have settled at the crease.
Afghanistan pushes through to the end of 18th over at 69-3.
Posted on: February 26, 2025Slow and steady, might not win the match
By the end of 13th over, Afghanistan has been able to put 43 runs, at the run rate of 3.31, for the loss of three wickets – all to Jofra Archer.
Posted on: February 26, 2025Slow start for Afghanistan, third wicket down
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal have already returned to the pavillion, as Afghanistan struggles to put score on the table. In the ninth over Jofra Archer took his three-wicket haul, bagging Rahmat Shah’s wicket as well.
Afghanistan is down by three wickets before the end of the power play.
Afghanistan at 37-3 after nine overs.
By 12th over, things do not seem to have changed much for Afghanistan, as the team plays at 42-3.
Posted on: February 26, 2025Afghanistan down two wickets
Afghanistan was able to score only 1 run after the second over, adding just one more in the third over.
However, by the fifth over, team Afghanistan had already lost two wickets.
Posted on: February 26, 2025