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England against Afghanistan: A central game of Group B to keep Champions Trophy Dreams alive Cricket News

England Captain Jos Buttler and Afghan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi

A fighting England must receive a victory against Afghanistan on Wednesday in its important trophy game of Group B of Group B in order to keep their tournament hopes alive. Both teams are out of elimination risks when they are defeated because South Africa and Australia have already secured points.
England's dominance in Cricket in limited over has decreased considerably. The former world champion fought defensively and did not protect an essential total number of more than 350 against Australia in her opening game.
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While England made an impressive score, it came against an Australian team who missed their most important Fast Bowler – Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. The English bowling attack turned out against an Australian striking position that was missing, with the injured Mitchell Marsh and retired Marcus Stoinis.
England needs significant improvements in both departments against Afghanistan. The impressive spin trio of Afghanistan from Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad and Mohammad Nabi is a significant threat. England's recent appearances against Spin Bowling were worrying.
England was another setback with the outcome of Brydon Carse due to toe injuries. The leg spinner Rehan Ahmed merges as a replacement and strengthens its spin options. This supplement effectively supports Adil Rashid when Liam Livingstone took over with his varied bowling style with Spin obligations.
England looks after Phil Salt and Harry Brooks inconsistent achievements. Salt's sole century in this format dates from 2022, with the opener often pounding between 30 and 40 runs according to a value.
Brook's performance pattern reflects this trend. Despite the impressive representation in Home Odis against Australia last year, including one century and two fifties. However, Brook's confidence in Spin has fluctuated since India's tour, which has recently shown his release to Adam Zampa. The 26-year-old faces a major challenge against the qualified spinners in Afghanistan.
After a defeat against South Africa, Afghanistan faces their own challenges in their opening game.
Although Odi Cricket has achieved the semi -finals of the T20 World Championship 2024 with similar staff, he demands excellent performance and strategy execution.
While Afghanistan has talent, despite the current vulnerabilities of the latter, they have to prove consistency to challenge England.
Teams (from):

  • Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran. Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Bilal Sami.
  • England: Jos Buttler (c) Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
  • Match starts at 2:30 p.m. is.