Afghanistan vs England, the highly anticipated clash of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is set for February 26 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. This is an exciting match as Afghanistan defeated England in CWC 2025 and either side’s recent form makes it a more interesting contest. Both teams faced defeats in their first game and are eager to bounce back in this match. Afghanistan lost their first game to South Africa while England faced defeats against rivals Australia. In this article, we will cover the Afghanistan vs England prediction of who will come out as the winner with an understanding of the recent form, squads, H2Hs, pitch report, and other factors.
Afghanistan vs England: Both teams preview
Afghanistan
Afghanistan led by Hasmatullah Shahidi lost their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy to South Africa by 107 runs. The team conceded 315 while bowling first and got all out on 208 chasing the total. However, Rahmat Shah showed some fight with his 90-run inning but did not get support from the other end.
Strengths: The bowling lineup of the team is good featuring names like Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, and Azmatullah Omarzai. However, they struggle against South African batters.
Weaknesses: The batting lineup of the team doesn’t have much experience and is heavily dependent on a few names like Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, and Ibrahim Zadran.
England
England also lost their first game of the Champions Trophy 2025 against their rivals Australia by 5 wickets. The team put a good total of 351 on board thanks to 165 run innings of Ben Duckett and half-century of Joe Root but their bowlers were unable to defend the total as Josh Inglis and Alex Carey batted amazingly well against English bowlers.
Strengths: The batting lineup of the team is solid with names like Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Harry Brook, and Liam Livingstone.
Weaknesses: The team is struggling to get wickets in the middle overs and their key pacers Mark Wood and Jofra Archer struggled in death overs.
Afghanistan vs England: H2H and Pitch Report
| Winner | Won by | Date |
| Afghanistan | 69 runs | 15 Oct 2023 |
| England | 150 runs | 18 Jun 2019 |
| England | 9 wickets | 13 Mar 2015 |
Pitch Report
Afghanistan vs England, the 8th match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is set to be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The pitch here is often a good batting surface. In a total of 69 ODIs played at this venue, the batting first team won 35 while the chasing team emerged victorious 33 times.
Results of the last two ODIs played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
England vs Australia (Feb 22, 2025) – Australia won by 5 wickets
| England | 351/8 |
| Australia | 356/5 |
South Africa vs New Zealand (Feb 10, 2025) – New Zealand won by 6 wickets
| South Africa | 304/6 |
| New Zealand | 308/4 |
Afghanistan vs England: Who will win?
With both team strengths, weaknesses, and recent form England is expected to win this match. They have a solid squad with an in-form batting lineup. Afghanistan struggled in both batting and bowling departments in the last match.
