The Australia-Afghanistan match was canceled in the Champions Trophy 2025 due to rain. With this, the Australian team has reached the semi -finals of this tournament after 16 years. At the same time, Afghanistan’s expectations are on the England-South Africa match in Karachi on Saturday.
On Friday, Afghanistan, batting first at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, was all out for 273 runs. Siddicullah Atal scored 85 and Ajmatullah Umarzai scored 67 runs. Ben Dwarsis took 3 wickets.
Chasing a target of 274 runs, Australia scored 109 runs losing one wicket. Then it started raining and the game had to be stopped. Travis Head remained unbeaten by scoring 59 runs off 40 balls and captain Steve Smith 19 runs off 22 balls.
After 2 equations draw
Australia reached the semi -finals. Due to rain, both teams got one point each due to the match being unnecessary. Australia has a total of 4 points. In this situation the team has reached the semi -finals.
Afghanistan is dependent on the England-South Africa match. Afghanistan have 3 points. South Africa also has 3 points. However, Africa is ahead in net run rate. Afghanistan will be out if South Africa wins the next match. At the same time, if Africa loses by a big margin, Afghanistan will reach the top-4.
Australia vs Afghanistan match scoreboard
Playing-11 of both teams
Australia: Steve Smith (captain), Matthew Short, Travis Head, Marnas Labushen, Alex Carrie, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshi, Nathan Alice, Spencer Johnson and Adam Zampa.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah, Sidikullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Azammatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Nur Ahmed and Fazal-Hak Farooqi.
