Afghanistan vs Australia Highlights, Champions Trophy 2025: Australia made it to the semi-finals of Champions Trophy 2025 after their last Group B match against Afghanistan in Lahore got washed out on Friday. It started raining during Australia's chase and by the time it stopped, the ground got so wet that the staff failed to keep the umpires hopeful. The abandonment saw Steve Smith and co. share points with Afghanistan and move to four points, a mark that takes them to the next round. On the other hand, Afghanistan just have an outside chance. They will need England to beat South Africa by a huge margin to make it to the semi-finals. Before the rain arrived, Travis Head had scored a quickfire fifty (59 not out off 40) as Australia reached 109 for 1 in 12.5 overs in their chase of 274. Earlier, Sediqullah Atal (85) and Azmatullah Omarzai (67) scored fighting fifties as Afghanistan posted 273 all-out in 50 overs after opting to bat first. Ben Dwarshuis picked three wickets for 47 runs while Spencer Johnson and Adam Zampa also accounted for two wickets each. (SCORECARD)
Here are the Highlights of Afghanistan vs Australia, Champions Trophy 2025 Group B match -
- 21:50 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: It's a wrap!Okay, guys. That is it from the Afghanistan vs Australia match! We hope you liked our coverage. Do join us for another crucial Champions Trophy match that takes place between South Africa and England tomorrow (Saturday). Keep following NDTV Sports for more, goodbye.
- 21:47 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: What about Afghanistan?Afghanistan now have 3 points to their credit. South Africa, who also have equal number of points, have far better net run rate than that of Afghanistan that too with one match left to play. To make it to the semi-finals, Afghanistan need South Africa to suffer a huge loss in their last group match vs England. Here is the points table -
- 21:21 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: That's it!There is the inevitable, folks! The match gets abandoned due to rain. This was always coming given the amount of water left on the ground. Despite their best of efforts, the ground staff could not keep the umpires hopeful. This means that Australia enter semi-finals with 4 points.
- 21:16 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Inspection underway!Umpires are out for inspection and Kumar Dharmasena puts his right foot at one point and finds enough water there, that too inside the circle. The ground staff are still using sponges to clear the water. But again, the group still looks a lot wet.
- 21:09 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: It looks bad!The ground staff are giving their all, but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done as there is a still too much water on the ground. The field is still shining with water on its surface. There is only one super sopper, so the draining process is taking time. The staff are even using sponges to dry out the water.
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- 20:31 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Inspection underway!The umpires are out there at the middle, inspecting the ground. There is still a lot of water is there. They are assessing the conditions but to be very honest, it looks all wet from the naked eye. the super soppers are in action. Let's see how it goes.
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- 19:26 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Fifty for Travis Head!10.4 - That is a 34-ball half-century for Travis Head. It has come really quick. He got a life earlier but never looked back since then. The southpaw didn't let the Afghanistan bowlers rest and kept on attacking them relentlessly. He is still there and Afghanistan must be under pressure.
- 17:50 (IST)Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Great gesture from Smith!Steven Smith showed great game spirit at the end of the 47th over. As Noor Ahmad completed the run on the final ball of the over, he walked out of his crease without even wicketkeeper Josh Inglis collecting the ball. As Noor had walked out by the time the throw arrived at striker's end, Inglis clipped off the bails to ask for a run-out. However, Australia captain Steve Smith told his players not to appeal for it.
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