Whereas Group A of the ICC Champions Trophy has already confirmed its two semi-finalists within the type of India and New Zealand, issues are heating up in Group B after the washed-out Australia vs South Africa match on Tuesday, which has stored the race to the semis extensive open.
The winners of the match between the Proteas and the Aussies would have given Group B one in all its two semi-finalists, however with the 2 groups splitting factors in Rawalpindi, the place rain did not even enable the toss to occur, hopes have renewed for England and Afghanistan who will face off on Wednesday on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Each England and Afghanistan are with out factors after defeats of their opening video games in opposition to Australia and South Africa, respectively, who’ve three factors every.
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However as issues stand presently in Group B, England and Afghanistan have a recreation extra in hand and the consequence on Wednesday will maintain the profitable crew shut on the heels of the Australians and the Proteas. On the opposite aspect, curtains will come down on the marketing campaign of the shedding crew.
That makes match quantity eight of this Champions Trophy a knockout fixture for the Afghans and the English crew.
A few components that might resolve the winner on Wednesday could possibly be the flat deck in Lahore and the late-evening dew.
With runs on provide on a placid observe, the crew profitable the toss would need to chase. The opposite cause for batting second in Lahore is the dew issue that makes bowling below the lights a troublesome job, as was seen within the match between Australia and England that noticed the Aussies chase down a formidable goal of 352 runs.
