Tournament debutants Afghanistan sent England packing from the Champions Trophy after opener Ibrahim Zadran's epic 177 set up their narrow eight-run victory in a Group B thriller on Wednesday. Zadran produced the highest score in the tournament's history to help Afghanistan overcome Jofra Archer's three early wickets and rack up 325-7.

An England boycott against Afghanistan would have left the side with no points from the game. On a hazy night in Lahore, that is all that England got anyway, stumbling to an eight-run defeat that confirmed their elimination from the Champions Trophy.