Afghanistan beat England by 8 runs in the 8th match of CT-25. England Eliminated

The 8th Match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was played between Afghanistan and England at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on 26th February, 2025. In this match Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs. In this match Afghanistan Captain Hasmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bat first.
Afghanistan while batting first played very superbly and scored mammoth total of 325 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs and gave target of 326 runs to England to win. In reply England made 317 runs all out in 49.5 overs and lost the match by 8 runs.
Afghanistan started very poorly and were 37 for 3 wickets in 8.5 overs. Afghanistan first lost the wicket of Remanullah Gurbaz who made 6 runs bold by Jofra Archer. Sediqullah Atal was second to go LBW to Jofra Archer and made 4 runs only.
Jofra Archer took the third wicket of Rahmat Shah caugt by Adil Rashid and made only 4 runs. Then Ibrahim Zadran with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi added 103 runs for the fourth wicket and consolidated Afghanistan Innings.
Captain Hashmatullah Shahdi was out after scoring 40 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai made 41 runs from 31 balls hitting 1 four and 3 sixes. Mohd Nabi contributed well complied 40 runs from 24 balls hitting 2 fours and 3 sixes. Ibrahim Zadran top scored with 177 runs from 146 balls hitting 12 fours and 6 sixes. He played a gem of innings and was out in the last over of the match.
Jofra Archer took 3 wickets.Two wickets each were taken by Liam Livingstone and one wicket each went to Jamie Overton and Adil Rashid. Afghanistan made 325 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs.
England while Chasing target of 326 runs to win started very badly and lost two wickets at the score of 30 runs in 6.1 overs and it looked a collapse in batting is on the cards. Philip Salt was first to go bold by Azmatullah Omarzai after scoring 12 runs only. Jamie Smith was second to go after scoring 9 runs.
Then Ben Duckett with Joe Root added 68 runs from 63 balls for the 3rd wicket and consolidated the England’s innings. Ben Duckett was 3rd to go out after playing brilliant knock of 38 runs.
Hary Brook made 25 runs, Jos Butler 38 runs, Jamie Overton 32 runs and Jofra Archer 14 runs. Mark Wood remained not out on 2 runs.
Joe Root played a gem of innings and scored 120 runs from 111 balls hitting 11 fours and one six. The England batsmen tried their best to win the match but the Afghan bowlers kept their nerve and England fell short by 8 runs.
Afghanistan bowlers tried hard to force the win and succeeded in winning the match by 8 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai bowled his heart out and took 5 wickets. Two wickets were taken by Mohammad Nabi.One wicket each was taken by Fazalhaq Farooqi,Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib. Ibrahim Zadran was named the Player of the Match.

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