Coming into the Champions Trophy, Afghanistan were a much fancied side having won 8 of the 10 ODIs they played but a loss to South Africa has heavily impacted their chances at the next round. But the Afghan team is known to cause upsets with the outfit producing one of the shocks of the 2023 ODI World Cup when they defeated England, who are their opponents on Wednesday.

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England, meanwhile, are coming into the match with a ego-bruising loss to Australia where the 2023 ODI world champions chasing down their 351-run target with relative ease thanks to a century by Josh Inglis. The loss was also England 4th straight ODI loss, having lost to India 3-0 in a recent bilateral series.

Teams:

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith(w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi

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Australia's Josh Inglis celebrates after scoring century during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and England, in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP)

ICC Champions Trophy: Australia find an Inglis hero in record chase against England

Josh Inglis delivered a spectacular, match-winning century, propelling Australia to a thrilling five-wicket victory against England in Lahore. Inglis's unbeaten 120* off 86 balls, characterized by powerful sixes in his favored scoring zone, guided Australia to chase down a daunting 352 with 15 balls to spare.

A graphic during the broadcast highlighted Inglis's tendency to score heavily between point and midwicket, and he capitalized on this strength, hitting three crucial sixes in that region. His innings featured powerful shots against England's pace attack, including Brydon Carse and Jofra Archer. Inglis's pivotal 146-run partnership with Alex Carey (off just 116 balls) proved decisive in overturning England's strong position.

England had a crucial opportunity to break the partnership when Alex Carey offered a catch to Jofra Archer at deep midwicket. However, Archer dropped the catch, a costly error that shifted the momentum. Carey and Inglis then capitalized, hitting boundaries off Archer's subsequent over, further solidifying Australia's comeback.