Afghanistan vs England highlights, Champions Trophy 2025: Afghanistan win by 8 runs; England knocked out

Jofra Archer to Sediqullah Atal, On a length around leg, Sediqullah Atal looks to tuck this around leg but closes the bat face a bit early. Gets it off the outside edge and the ball has rolled towards the off side. 

Jofra Archer to Sediqullah Atal, FOUR! First boundary of the contest. Good length around middle and leg, Sediqullah Atal leans into it and flicks this all along the carpet through square leg for the very first boundary of this contest.

Jofra Archer to Sediqullah Atal, Good length around off, Sediqullah Atal blocks this out. 

Sediqullah Atal is in at number 3. Two slips and a gully in place now.

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Archer draws first blood and Rahmanullah Gurbaz is sent back. On a length, around off, inswinging delivery. Gurbaz takes a stride out in front and goes for that flashy drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball than rolls back onto the stumps. Archer completes 50 ODI wickets for England with this dismissal of Gurbaz as well. Rahmanullah Gurbaz departs on 6 (15). Afghanistan are 11 for 1 after 4.1 overs.

Mark Wood to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, LEG BYE! On a length around the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz misses out on the nudge around leg and the ball deflects off his pads towards fine leg for one. 

Mark Wood to Ibrahim Zadran, Short-pitched, around off, Ibrahim Zadran hops up on his toes and dabs this through short third for one. 

Mark Wood to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz steps across and helps this to third man region for one. 

Mark Wood to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Disciplined bowling from Wood and Gurbaz had no answer to it. Good length, around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz looks to block this out but it moves away just a fraction and beats Gurbaz on the outside.

Mark Wood to Ibrahim Zadran, Good length around middle and off, Ibrahim Zadran drives this towards the left of mid off for one. 

Mark Wood to Ibrahim Zadran, Wood has found the right line and length. On a length around that corridor of uncertainty. Ibrahim Zadran gets lured into a drive and the away movement on this takes it away from the outside edge of Zadran and beats him. 

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short-pitched, around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz ducks down and bails out of any stroke at it.

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Good length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz defends this off his front foot. 

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, A sharp bit of fielding in the deep on leg and he keeps it down to two. On a length around the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz flicks this towards the left of Adil Rashid at deep backward square. Rashid runs a few yards to his left and dives as he fields this and saves two for the side. 

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length around middle and leg, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets right behind the line of it and blocks it out. 

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Good length on off, jagging back into the batter. Gurbaz defends this out. 

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length, spraying down the leg. Rahmanullah Gurbaz moves across and looks for the flick but misses again. The ball though clips his pads on it's way to the keeper's gloves. A bit of excitement from the English players but the umpire is unmoved. 

Mark Wood to Ibrahim Zadran, Hits the hard length on top of off, Ibrahim punches this to extra cover for no run.

Mark Wood to Ibrahim Zadran, Good length around off, Ibrahim Zadran solidly defends this out. 

Mark Wood to Ibrahim Zadran, BEATEN! On a length around off, Ibrahim Zadran goes for the expansive drive but gets beaten to the away movement on offer.

Is that a run-out? Seemed like a good run there but the umpires are just having a look and it is signaled as a run as Ibrahim Zadran was well in. Good running!

Mark Wood to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, A quick single. Good length on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz drops this to the off side and sets off for a quick single. Phil Salt runs in aggressively from point and hits the stumps directly but a full-stretch dive from Zadran saves him. 

Mark Wood to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pitched further up around off, shaping away from the batter. Gurbaz leaves it all alone. 

Mark Wood to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Good length wide of off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz shoulders arms it. 

Mark Wood to take the other new ball.

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length around leg, Gurbaz flicks this through square leg for one. 

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, WIDE! A bit harsh on the bowler. Good length around the pads, tailing down the leg. Rahmanullah Gurbaz moves in and attempts a flick but misses. The ball wasn't that far from the leg stump but the umpire still calls it a wide. 

Jofra Archer to Ibrahim Zadran, LEG BYE! Good length on the pads, Ibrahim goes for the flick but misses. The ball brushes the pads and rolls to fine leg for a single. 

Jofra Archer to Ibrahim Zadran, Good length around off, Ibrahim Zadran punches this on the up but finds short cover. 

Jofra Archer to Ibrahim Zadran, Back of a length again, tailing back in a bit too much this time around. Ibrahim looks to nudge this away towards the on side but gets it off the inside of his bat and onto his abdomen for nothing. 

Jofra Archer to Ibrahim Zadran, Back of a length around off, tailing back into Ibrahim Zadran. The batter hops up on his toes and punches this to cover for no run. 

Jofra Archer to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, We are underway with a single from the bat of Rahmanullah Gurbaz. On a length wide outside off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz guides this to the third man region for a single to kickstart this contest. 

Done and dusted with the pre-match proceedings and we're all set to get underway! The umpires are out in the middle and so are the players of England. It will be the usual pairing of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz up top for Afghanistan. Jofra Archer has the new ball in hand and is ready to steam in. One slip in place, let's go...

We are just a few minutes away from live action but first, the officials and the mascots come out to the middle followed by the two sets of players who will line up for their respective national anthems. It will be the national anthem of England first followed by the national anthem of Afghanistan.

English speedster, Jofra Archer is down for a chat. Jofra says that it is all about picking wickets in the Powerplay and you hope that the spinners then come in and chip in with a couple of wickets as well and by the halfway mark, you get to know what's working on the deck. Adds that pace is pace but in the last game, the balls weren't even getting above waist height.

Jos Buttler, the skipper of England, says that he feels good about bowling first as the dew came in the last game. Adds that they would have batted first as well as it looks like a really good wicket and now they have to put up a good performance today. Informs that there is only one change as Jamie Overton comes in place of injured Brydon Carse. Mentions that the seamers have good skills and the expectations are always high from them to deliver.

The skipper of Afghanistan, Hashmatullah Shahidi has won the toss and he has elected to BAT first. Hasmat says the wicket looks good and they hope the surface turns in the second innings. Reckons that they are not expecting dew because of the overcast conditions and the pitch gets slow and will support their spinners. Mentions that they had a discussion about the areas where they need to bowl in this contest. Informs they are unchanged.

England (Playing XI) - Ben Duckett, Phil Salt, Jamie Smith (WK), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (C), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton (In for Brydon Carse), Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

Afghanistan (Unchanged XI) - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

TOSS - The flip of the coin lands in favor of Afghanistan. Hashmatullah Shahidi opts to BAT first.