Champions Trophy Game 8 Group B, Afghanistan v England 26/2 1930hrs @ Gaddafi Stadium Lahore

[Gough]

Afghanistan from, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Naveed Zadran, Farid Ahmad Malik, Nangyal Kharoti. Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Bilal Sami
England from, Jos Buttler (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood

 

[cats_09]

Some surprising numbers for a couple of big English names

 

[Cleavy]

Afghanistan batting first

 

[Mr5000]

Best result for Australia is?

 

[010203]

Best result for Australia is?

A washout.

 

[010203]

England playing Afghanistan heralds day of unmitigated shame

That's the headline in the UK Telegraph about this match taking place amidst Afghanistan's treatment of women.

 

[010203]

England has got Joel Wilson again.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Best result for Australia is?

Both to lose

 

[LukeParkerno1]

You are hopeless Afghanistan why bat first

 

[Doggy]

You are hopeless Afghanistan why bat first

Since the WC they have dropped off.not worried about them at all

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Since the WC they have dropped off.not worried about them at all

Only thing that slightly worries me is if the track really turns Rashid will be tough

 

[Moonwatcher]

You are hopeless Afghanistan why bat first

They are better at bowling they could potentially cause England some trouble in their chase.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Best result for Australia is?

IMO England to win allows Australia to qualify by either beating Afghanistan or SA beating England.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

They are better at bowling they could potentially cause England some trouble in their chase.

England can chase anything that’s what they want

 

[Moonwatcher]

England can chase anything that’s what they want

They might do to England what Maxwell rescued us from. They're underdogs either way.

 

[NYRB]

Since the WC they have dropped off.not worried about them at all

They beat South Africa just recently in a best of 3 ODI series?

 

[Doggy]

They beat South Africa just recently in a best of 3 ODI series?

And Australia belted South Africa in all recent series but that doesn't seem to matter to you

 

[Bedi]

England playing Afghanistan heralds day of unmitigated shame

That's the headline in the UK Telegraph about this match taking place amidst Afghanistan's treatment of women.

It will ruin Afghanistan forever as a cricket playing nation, but I have to agree with the sentiment. We boycotted South Africa during apartheid, so same should go for a country governed by the freakin Taliban and their oppressive treatment towards women.

 

[010203]

And Australia belted South Africa in all recent series but that doesn't seem to matter to you

Umm, South Africa have won the last 4 ODI series between the 2 nations and 15 of the last 19 completed ODI matches between the two sides.

 

[NYRB]

Livingstone saved 2 runs there.

 

[Moonwatcher]

You've been Adilled

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Why would you play a dumb reverse on middle stump

 

[Bedi]

big wicket.

 

[Moonwatcher]

200 could be a tricky target if Afghanistan can take early wickets.

 

[010203]

200 could be a tricky target if Afghanistan can take early wickets.

As long as dew isn't a factor.