Champions Trophy Digest: England crash out, Afghanistan turn on the heat in Group B | Cricket News – The Times of India

Afghanistan have despatched jitters into the Australian and South African camps in the Champions Trophy by placing England out of the match and saying themselves as contenders for the two semifinal spots in Group B.
The digital knockout sport in Lahore on Wednesday turned out to be a humdinger, producing 642 runs in complete; nevertheless it was England who noticed their marketing campaign crashing with an eight-run defeat whereas chasing Afghanistan’s 325 for 7.
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‘Man of the Match’ Ibrahim Zadran laid the basis of Afghanistan’s win by scoring greater than half of the runs in his workforce’s closing complete. The opener’s 177 off 146 balls deflated England’s bowling.
Joe Root then stood between Afghanistan and victory together with his chic and equally adventurous at occasions 120 off 111 balls, however Azmatullah Omarzai eliminated that risk and ended up with a 5-wicket haul (5 for 58) to steer the bowling assault.
It was England’s sixth consecutive defeat in ODIs.
Afghanistan’s win has put Group B leaders South Africa and Australia on discover by clinching the two factors and being only a level adrift of the high two groups.
The Afghans at the moment are in a place to upset the Australian social gathering after they meet the ODI world champions on February 28 at the identical venue, the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

England, in the meantime, would need to depart the Champions Trophy with a comfort win over South Africa, which might put the them out of the match as properly.
If Afghanistan beat Australia and South Africa lose to England, then the web run-price will determine whether or not the Aussies or the Proteas be a part of Afghanistan as the two semifinalists from Group B.
If both of Australia or South Africa have been to take the flight again house earlier than the semis, they might curse the Rawalpindi climate that washed out their face-off.
Group A, on the different hand, has already given the match its two semifinalists in the type of India and New Zealand, whereas hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh have bowed out and can meet in an inconsequential match on Thursday to spherical off their campaigns.