- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 dragged on! No Gurbazball today. Archer's 50th ODI wicket. Very full, swinging in. Gurbaz shapes to drive through the off side but gets a thick inside edge and can only deflect it onto his own stumps, via the pad. 86mph/139kph. Low-key celebration from Archer, just a small fist-pump, but that's a massive early scalp 11/149.1 picks out Archer at deep backward square! Zadran falls for a magnificent, record-breaking 177. Poor ball to start, a half-volley on the pads, but a steepling top-edged sweep which Archer pouches well on the rope. Superb rescue-act innings. Standing ovation as he walks off 323/64.5 full and straight, Archer pleads for the lbw... Joel Wilson gives it! Atal will review but only after a long consultation with his partner. Atal planted his front foot and almost managed to get his bat caught behind the pad. Ahsan Raza is satisfied that it's pad first, with the two close together. Pitching in line - albeit only just - and then ball-tracking projects it will smash into middle stump halfway up! Archer has two in the over. 15/28.5 lazy wipe across the line, and Rashid clings on at long leg! Back of a length, dragged from outside off stump but late on the pull. Steepling top edge into the leg side. Rashid covers the ground, slides to his knees, and manages to keep hold of it. Three for Archer, and Afghanistan are in big trouble. 37/329.3 Timber! Flat, straight, out the ground of the hand, Shahidi misjudges the length as he attempts a reverse sweep, the ball squeezing under his bats and into the stumps 140/439.6 swings hard at the offcutter, but picks out long-on! Banton, the sub fielder, takes the catch a couple of yards off the rope. In the arc for Azmat, who cleared his front leg and looked to swipe over midwicket. But he got it a little straighter than intended, as the ball came off the toe, and picked out the boundary-rider 212/549.4 picks out Root on the rope. Nabi's fun comes to an end. Deep in the crease, gets underneath it, but too much elevation and not enough distance. Straightforward catch at deep midwicket to bring a lively cameo to a close 324/7Extras11 (lb 4, w 7)TOTAL325/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6.5)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 4.1 ov), 2-15 (Sediqullah Atal, 4.5 ov), 3-37 (Rahmat Shah, 8.5 ov), 4-140 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 29.3 ov), 5-212 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 39.6 ov), 6-323 (Ibrahim Zadran, 49.1 ov), 7-324 (Mohammad Nabi, 49.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 Bowled him! A bail-trimmer does for Salt, who was heaving across the line amateurishly, not picking the length - clearly thinking it was shorter than it was. 19/116.4 full, struck on the pad in front of leg stump... prolonged appeal from Rashid, but Rod Tucker isn't interested. Review taken after a brief consultation. Did this pitch in line? Was there an inside edge? No bat on it as Duckett looked to work through mid-on. Pitches in line, and projected to hit middle-and-leg, two-thirds of the way up! 98/36.1 Strikes first ball! Jamie Smith, what have you done?! Charges the wily off spinner first ball, trying to launch down the ground but doesn't get to the pitch of the delivery, which straightens, and falls into the hands of backward point! 30/245.5 GONE!!!! Joe Root is out! Hell of an effort ball from Omarzai, hammers it just short of a length, Gets the skid on as Root attempts to cut over third, but ends up gloving through to the keeper! What a game! 287/721.4 chipped back, the President strikes again! Brook has looked a million dollars for his first 20 balls but falls to a pound-shop delivery. Speared in halfway down, sits up and begs to be hit, but Brook is caught in two minds and can only pop back a return catch off the splice of the bat. Nabi has two, Afghanistan have four 133/436.5 Buttler goes! The crowd erupts! Excellent short ball from Omarzai, at the body of Buttler, who is willing to pull but with no control whatsoever, top-edging to Rahmat Shah out at deep square leg! 216/538.4 Nicked it! Out come the Gulbadin guns, as he throws out a tempter outside off, Livingstone has a thrash and cuts through to the keeper! 124kph, so perhaps surprised by the extra zip, but a real slack shot 233/647.5 Slower ball does the trick!!! The cutter works supreme after the short delay for a bit of sawdust... Overton is tempted into the shot down the ground and realizes halfway through that he's in strife and watches on, open-mouthed, as long on settles under a routine catch 309/848.5 CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! Another Farooqi slowie, another hopeful, lower order hack... and into the safe hands of the Wise Old Man Nabi! Kept his cool, striding in from long on... Afghanistan are on the verge... 313/949.5 Rashid goes big down the ground... and it's caught at long on! AFGHANISTAN HAVE WON BY EIGHT RUNS! Their Champions Trophy dreams remain alive... but England are out of the tournament! A repeat of the 2023 result in the ODI World Cup, but this one will feel so much worse for Englan and Jos Buttler, who is surely on his way out as England captain. But full credit to Afghanistan - first Ibrahim Zadran's special century, and then Azmatullah Omarzai bookending with remarkable figures of 5 for 58 in defense of their score of 325! A truly special night for Afghanistan cricket 317/10Extras12 (b 4, lb 3, w 5)TOTAL317 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 6.36)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Phil Salt, 3.3 ov), 2-30 (Jamie Smith, 6.1 ov), 3-98 (Ben Duckett, 16.4 ov), 4-133 (Harry Brook, 21.4 ov), 5-216 (Jos Buttler, 36.5 ov), 6-233 (Liam Livingstone, 38.4 ov), 7-287 (Joe Root, 45.5 ov), 8-309 (Jamie Overton, 47.5 ov), 9-313 (Jofra Archer, 48.5 ov), 10-317 (Adil Rashid, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 10 0 62 1 6.2 28 6 1 1 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 9.5 0 58 5 5.89 30 8 0 2 0 Mohammad Nabi 8 0 57 2 7.12 18 4 2 0 0 Rashid Khan 10 0 66 1 6.6 19 5 0 0 0 Noor Ahmad 10 0 51 0 5.1 24 4 0 1 0 Gulbadin Naib 2 0 16 1 8 5 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.10, Second Session 18.10-21.40
Match days
26 February 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Afghanistan 2, England 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 4.5: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - Sediqullah Atal (Struck down)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 173 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 56/3 in 15.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 27, Hashmatullah Shahidi 10)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 23, Hashmatullah Shahidi 25, Ex 2)
- Ibrahim Zadran: 50 off 65 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 24.2 overs (146 balls), Extras 5
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 117 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 59, Hashmatullah Shahidi 39, Ex 2)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 165/4 in 33.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 90, Azmatullah Omarzai 14)
- Ibrahim Zadran: 100 off 106 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 19, Azmatullah Omarzai 29, Ex 2)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 37.2 overs (224 balls), Extras 7
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 113 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 43.5 overs (263 balls), Extras 9
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 33, Mohammad Nabi 16, Ex 1)
- Ibrahim Zadran: 150 off 134 balls (11 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 300 runs in 47.1 overs (283 balls), Extras 9
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 50 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 59, Mohammad Nabi 40, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 325/7 in 50.0 overs (Gulbadin Naib 1, Rashid Khan 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 2 wickets)
- England: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 176 runs, 4 wickets)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (BM Duckett 22, JE Root 24, Ex 4)
- Drinks: England - 97/2 in 16.0 overs (BM Duckett 38, JE Root 32)
- Over 16.4: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - BM Duckett (Upheld)
- England: 100 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 7
- JE Root: 50 off 50 balls (6 x 4)
- England: 150 runs in 25.4 overs (154 balls), Extras 8
- Over 27.5: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - JC Buttler (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (JE Root 28, JC Buttler 25, Ex 2)
- Drinks: England - 197/4 in 33.0 overs (JE Root 74, JC Buttler 30)
- England: 200 runs in 33.2 overs (200 balls), Extras 9
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 81 runs, 4 wickets)
- JE Root: 100 off 98 balls (10 x 4)
- England: 250 runs in 41.4 overs (250 balls), Extras 11
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (JE Root 28, J Overton 24, Ex 0)
- England: 300 runs in 46.5 overs (281 balls), Extras 11
Match Coverage
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