England crash out of the Champions Trophy
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Simon Mann is joined by Jonathan Agnew and Vic Marks to analyse England’s group stage exit from the Champions Trophy, after losing to Afghanistan by 8 runs in Lahore.
We’ll hear from England captain Jos Buttler, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott, as well as player of the match Ibrahim Zadran.
Make sure you’re subscribed to TMS wherever you listen to your podcasts - we’ll have regular episodes around the Champions Trophy
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| 0:50.7 | Hello and welcome to the Test Match special podcast. |
| 0:55.4 | I'm Simon Mann and we're reflecting on England's loss against Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy in Lahore. It means England have been knocked out of the tournament in the group |
| 1:00.6 | stage. We'll hear from England captain Josh Butler, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott, as well as player of the match, |
| 1:07.4 | Ibrahim Zadran. You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 1:14.1 | So Afghanistan have beaten England by eight runs in Lahore in a thrilling game. |
| 1:19.3 | The best game of the competition so far, Afghanistan, 325 for 7, England, all out for 317, |
| 1:27.4 | with one ball left of their innings a brilliant hundred from |
| 1:30.5 | Ibrahim Zadran made 177 three wickets for joff for archer Afghanistan at the halfway point of their |
| 1:37.7 | innings 103 for three but they recovered England had some problems in the field Mark wood was |
| 1:43.6 | injured it to go off couldn't bowl his full allocation of overs, Liam Livingston had to go off at one point |
| 1:48.8 | as well. Afghanistan, 325 to 7, even with the dew, even with a good batting surface and a fast |
| 1:55.2 | outfield, it felt like a really challenging score for England to chase. Joe Root, 100 for him, but not really that support. |
| 2:01.9 | The next best was Josh Butler with 38, and when he was out at 216 before, it really felt as though |
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