LAHORE: The England cricket team, led by captain Jos Buttler, has arrived in Pakistan to participate in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled to commence on 19 February.
The 31-member touring party, including players, coaching staff, and management officials, reached Lahore via Dubai. Head coach Brendon McCullum and England’s managing director Robert Key also accompanied the team.
It’s worth noting that the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy will kick off on 19 February with host and defending champions Pakistan taking on New Zealand in the curtain-raiser in Karachi’s National Bank Stadium.
The eight-team tournament will consist of 15 matches over 19 days and will take place in Pakistan and Dubai.
In Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi will be the three venues to host tournament play. Each Pakistan venue will feature three group games apiece, with Lahore hosting the second semi-final.
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Lahore will also host the final on 9 March, unless India qualify, in which case it will be played in Dubai. Both the semi-finals and the final will have reserve days.
The three group matches involving India, as well as the first semi-final, will be played in Dubai.
England are placed in Group B featuring the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 champions Australia, alongside Afghanistan and South Africa. They will play its group-stage matches in Lahore and Karachi.
England will kick off their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign on February 22 against arch-rivals Australia at Lahore’s newly renovated Gaddafi Stadium.
The second group match will be against Afghanistan on February 26, also at Gaddafi Stadium, while their final group stage encounter is scheduled for March 1 against South Africa at the National Stadium in Karachi.
England Squad for Champions Trophy 2025
Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
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