Afghanistan (325/7) defeat England (317) by 8 runs in a thriller to keep their hunt for semi-finals spot alive in ICC Champions Trophy 2025

[Usman Chadda]

But others have to attack. This innings I'd good only if others do well

He’s giving others a chance of attacking, not making 60 off 90 runs and choking his own batsmen before they even get to the crease.

Root is well on his way to well paced deserved century.

 

[kron]

Afghans lack fast bowlers

Can’t win with just spin

Never can

You need fast bowlers who can bowl 135 to 145 with bounce and ability to move the ball off the seam
And also hit consistent lengths outside off

Sadly afghans don’t have the ability to produce fast bowlers.

They have good hitters though

 

[kron]

Tumhari iss mohobbat ke hm ehsaanmand haen Pathan bhaiyo

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894724834136842403

Yea only until they start winning. Then afghans will show true colours

No way I can be ok with this.

 

[shah_1]

Beautiful innings by Root

 

[Local.Dada]

Hope Butler gets a century and takes England over the line. Then the England SA game will be a cracker then. Butler deserves a 100 here- one of my fave players Jos bhai !

Supporting Afghan bros. England came here for vacation, these Afghan boys will fight till the end.

 

[sweep_shot]

Game is on balance.

England need 129 runs from 102 balls. 6 wickets in hand.

 

[batandballbattle]

England set up is good with Root as the lone anchor. They realise that you can only have one of those types of players max in modern ODIs

 

[Devadwal]

Easy Chase now

 

[Local.Dada]

England can still collapse. A couple of tricky spin overs will push them back.

 

[topspin]

Gotta give credit to @topspin . He's the biggest advocator for YK. Afghanistan's batting massively improved under YK.

BUT BUT

"He carries a knife"

 

[BDfanforever]

Yeah the 3 team idea Pak, BD, Afghanistan can make that team very strong. Power hitters, fast bowlers, spinners, all bases covered.

 

[Local.Dada]

Yeah the 3 team idea Pak, BD, Afghanistan can make that team very strong. Power hitters, fast bowlers, spinners, all bases covered.

Add BCCI money, Bazball approach, Aussie attitude, Nzl efficiency to it too, team will be unbeatable

 

[Champ_Pal]

Butler is the key. If Afg can get him now, its game over for England. They cannot let him score a 50 here.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Get Buttler and Livi out right now. You can win. Root cannot produce one man show.

 

[Local.Dada]

Omarzai can be as good as Hardik Pandya if handled carefully.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Great game so far

 

[Bhaijaan]

We need a moment of brilliance now to get back in the game, something like a clean bowled or a great catch or something

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rashid bowls 2 feet behind the crease and gets smacked for four.

 

[Hellion]

Buttler gone

 

[Bhaijaan]

OUT

Butler departs

We still believe
We believe we can win.

 

[Devadwal]

Livingston start with a four.

 

[batandballbattle]

Buttler wicket tips the scales again... good game this

 

[hafizexpress]

Gotta give credit to @topspin . He's the biggest advocator for YK. Afghanistan's batting massively improved under YK.

Didn't YK just come in for the CT? Afghanistan has been a far improved team for a few years now. I give more credit to their head coach Johnathon Trott, who's worked very hard with them for a while now, never giving up on them. More than that, it's just the mindset and the hunger to improve these boys have. I love some YK, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that Afg batting MASSIVELY improved UNDER younis

 

[Devadwal]

RRR is under control so no problem for England

 

[hafizexpress]

Credit to England. They've made both their games so far interesting and competitive

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Nasser Hussain keeps saying Root is England's best batsman against spin, he's scoring at a run-a-ball on a batting-friendly track. Let's see how he ends up. He should win this for England since he has already played many balls.

 

[deltexas]

Time for Overton and Livingstone to step up and be therr with Root. No need for harakiri. Still very gettable for England. A potential England NZ claah in SF will be exciting

 

[sweep_shot]

Credit to England. They've made both their games so far interesting and competitive

Yeah.

Both games have been excellent.

 

[sweep_shot]

England - 228/5 (38 overs).

98 are needed from 72 balls.

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

England - 228/5 (38 overs).

98 are needed from 72 balls.

Bas kardo

 

[hafizexpress]

Nasser Hussain keeps saying Root is England's best batsman against spin, he's scoring at a run-a-ball on a batting-friendly track. Let's see how he ends up. He should win this for England since he has already played many balls.

Wickets have also fallen in crucial stages. Root is just fine he doesn't need to be rash. Keep the innings ticking. If he got out making 70 off 50, they could have lost already with none of these other batters staying for long

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Gulbadin trundler bowling to Livingstone. My God

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Gulbadin trundler bowling to Livingstone. My God

And gets him

 

[jnaveen1980]

Gulbadin you beauty

 

[shah_1]

England have not able to replace Jason Roy, Morgan and stokes

 

[shariqnoor]

This ZindaPathar only has the ability to smash Pakistani bowlers. He fails against everyone else.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Gulbadin generates extra bounce even here due to the way he releases.

 

[Devadwal]

Tulla gone but root is still fighting

 

[FearlessRoar]

This is Joe Root's highest ODI score since June 14, 2019, during the World Cup group stages—a statistic that reflects several aspects of English cricket since then. Test players have moved in and out of the white-ball setup, and when they have featured, their performances haven’t been outstanding.

 

[Asif321]

Wow Afghanistan

 

[Asif321]

Game over for England unless Afghans mess up badly

 

[Hellion]

Gulbadin would be frontline seamer for BD and PAK

 

[sweep_shot]

Advantage Afghanistan now.

Livingstone departs.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Livingston is so poor. England white ball needs a refurb.

 

[shah_1]

Livingstone is bit of lottery like Afridi

Highly inconsistent

 

[Asif321]

Time for afghans to take revenge vs Aussies

 

[Devadwal]

Dew is playing the part now .

 

[Bhaijaan]

We believe
We believe

Vande Mataram

 

[Bhaijaan]

Time for afghans to take revenge vs Aussies

Pehle Inglish ko harayenge,
Phir Inglis

 

[Bhaijaan]

90 to win from last 10 overs

6 wicket down

I say 70-30 in our favour this game. Let’s get Joe out asap

Come on

 

[jnaveen1980]

Time for afghans to take revenge vs Aussies

They already did in wt20 by humiliating them

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

How empty-headed can you be, Livingstone?

 

[Asif321]

Pehle Inglish ko harayenge,
Phir Inglis

Rain might be issue . Afghan will be behind in NRR

 

[Devadwal]

Root is single handedly winning the match for england

 

[Asif321]

They already did in wt20 by humiliating them

It has to be done in 50 over ICC event to be called revenge

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

They already did in wt20 by humiliating them

Not the same as winning an ODI in CT or WC

 

[Devadwal]

Rain might be issue . Afghan will be behind in NRR

Not enough for a washout. I checked the weather and 40% rain forecast upto 3PM Only and match start at the same Time

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Root is single handedly winning the match for england

He might if any of the other players stick around with him!

 

[Hellion]

Can't afford so many runs, Gullu

 

[Asif321]

Not enough for a washout. I checked the weather and 40% rain forecast upto 3PM Only and match start at the same Time

Showing 90 percent on Friday

 

[FearlessRoar]

Shoaib can't stay silent – well he had already picked Afghanistan for the semi-finals.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894785240494948696

 

[JaDed]

If Root can’t take them over he deserves to be mocked

 

[JaDed]

Afghanistan has started playing like how Pakistan used to play---mostly unprofessional but on their day can destroy any opposition.


Meanwhile, Pakistan has started to play like how Afghanistan used to play---mostly rubbish and largely one-dimensional.

I would say Pakistan is playing like Bangladesh, Afghanistan in such short period of time has improved drastically.

 

[sweep_shot]

All the powerhitters are gone. RRR has gone above 9.

I don't think England can win this now. Highly unlikely.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Rain might be issue . Afghan will be behind in NRR

Qudrat ke nizaam ko koi badal nyi saqta bhai.

Qudrat gonna Qudrat

 

[Asif321]

Tbh Rashid is bigger superstar than any current Pakistani cricketer

 

[Bhaijaan]

Joe bhai gets a century. Well done brother

But we winning tonight

 

[Asif321]

Big task for rooty boy to win this

 

[JaDed]

Tbh Rashid is bigger superstar than any current Pakistani cricketer

Unfortunately true and Zadran has more heart than Pakistani batsman.

 

[JaDed]

Big task for rooty boy to win this

Why? If he wants to be ATG this is right up his alley..

 

[BDfanforever]

Advantage Afghanistan now.

Livingstone departs.

Afghanistan left BD in the dust. Was watching Salman Butt interview yesterday he was shocked Mushy Riyad still playing for BD. Butt was also playing with them like decade ago lol.

 

[PakistanMeriJaan]

Fantastic innings from root. This is what we wanted from Babar.

 

[sweep_shot]

Big task for rooty boy to win this

78 are needed from 51 balls.

Not sure if Root can do this. He is not a natural hitter.

 

[Bhaijaan]

If Root can’t take them over he deserves to be mocked

He played his part. Even if he gets out now he’s played a very good knock.

 

[sweep_shot]

Afghanistan left BD in the dust. Was watching Salman Butt interview yesterday he was shocked Mushy Riyad still playing for BD. Butt was also playing with them like decade ago lol.

Yeah. For sure.

Afghanistan are a level above BD in white ball cricket currently.

They have gun batters and gun spinners. But, I think BD pacers are better. Overall, Afghans are better clearly.

 

[Asif321]

Unfortunately true and Zadran has more heart than Pakistani batsman.

Pakistan have been heartless post 2019

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Wickets have also fallen in crucial stages. Root is just fine he doesn't need to be rash. Keep the innings ticking. If he got out making 70 off 50, they could have lost already with none of these other batters staying for long

Agreed, Root did his job, but the other batsmen failed to support him.

 

[JaDed]

He played his part. Even if he gets out now he’s played a very good knock.

It’s Afghanistan not Aus, played his part lol

 

[sweep_shot]

Century for Root. Well played.

 

[batandballbattle]

Good innings from root but I think it's too much for them to do. He's not the sort to go hard and finish off chases