Lahore: Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat against England in the crucial match of the ICC Champions Trophy.
The match between the two teams is being played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, where the English team is led by Jos Buttler, while Afghanistan is led by Hashmatullah Shahidi.
Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat, Afghanistan’s first 3 wickets fell for a total score of just 37 runs.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 6, Siddiqullah Atul and Rahmat Shah 4 were dismissed for 4 runs each, Jofra Archer showed the way to the pavilion to all three Afghan players.
Today’s match is very important for both teams to stay in the race for the semi-finals. The Afghanistan and England teams practiced extensively at the Gaddafi Stadium, prepared for the match by practicing batting, bowling and fielding.
Afghan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has said that the England cricket team is one of the best teams in the world, we will play cricket with a positive mindset, hopefully we will get support from the spinners.
English captain Jos Buttler said that Afghanistan has good spinners while we have quality fast bowlers, they will perform well in the match.
Afghan team
The Afghanistan team includes Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Siddiqullah Atul, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Fazal Haq Farooqui.
English squad
The English squad consists of Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
Champions Trophy, Afghanistan set England a target of 326 runs to win. Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran scored a brilliant century. Ibrahim Zadran’s highest innings record in the Champions Trophy.
Ibrahim broke England’s Benedict’s innings record of 165 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 41, Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 40 runs. Rehman Gurbaz scored 6, Rahmat Shah, Siddiqullah were out after scoring 4 runs.
England’s fast bowler Rajiv Farah Archer took 3 wickets. Adil Rashid, Jamie Orton took one wicket each.
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