AFG vs ENG Highlights: Afghanistan Stuns England with 8-Run Victory in Champions Trophy 2025

AFG vs ENG Highlights: The 8th match of the ongoing Champions Trophy between Afghanistan and England was played today, Wednesday, 26 February, at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In this exciting match, the Afghan team won by 8 runs.

Afghanistan’s Strong Batting Performance

Chasing the target of 326 runs given by Afghanistan, England needed 13 runs to win in the last over, but they could score only 4 runs and had to face defeat in the match. After this defeat, England is out of the race for the semi-finals in the Champions Trophy.

If we tell you about the match in detail, then the Afghanistan cricket team won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored a total of 325 runs for the loss of 7 wickets based on Ibrahim Zadran’s innings of 177 runs in 146 balls. Zadran hit 12 fours and 6 sixes during his innings. Apart from this, captain Hasmatullah Shahidi contributed 40, Azmatullah Umarzai 41 and all-rounder Mohammad Nabi 40 runs for the team.

On the other hand, if we talk about England’s bowling, they bowled brilliantly in the powerplay. In 8.5 overs, the English bowlers took three wickets from the Afghan team. But after this, they could not take wickets at regular intervals, due to which the Afghan team was successful in making a big total. For England, Jofra Archer took 3, Liam Livingstone 2 and Jamie Overton and Adil Rashid got 1-1 success.

Also, Check: The Champions Trophy 2025 Points Table

AFG vs ENG Highlights: England Falls Short in the Chase

After this, when England came out to chase the big target of 326 runs given by the Afghanistan team, they were all out for 317 runs in 49.5 overs. Joe Root played a brilliant innings of 120 runs for England and tried his best to win the team, but after his dismissal, England’s grip on the match became weak.

On the other hand, Afghanistan bowled brilliantly, especially 24-year-old all-rounder Azmatullah Umarzai, who took 5 wickets for 58 runs in 9.5 overs. Apart from this, Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets and Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib got 1-1 success.