'Qualifying for 2025 Champions Trophy is our aim': England’s assistant coach

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Their execution has been all awry, but England would like to end their World Cup campaign with a consolation prize of qualifying for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan, assistant coach Carl Hopkinson said on the eve of their penultimate game against the Netherlands.

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The top eight teams get to play the Champions Trophy and with one of them being hosts Pakistan. "Absolutely, I don't think there's ever a dead rubber when you play for England to be honest, I think the lads are completely up for - we've got two games in which we need to win both to qualify for the for the Champions Trophy," said Hopkinson.

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