Australia progress to semi-finals after their Group B match against Afghanistan in ICC Champions Trophy 2025 ends with no result due to wet outfield

[Local.Dada]

Did the renovation money not go towards drainage system

 

[Asif321]

That was 30 years ago. Nothing of the sort has happened in ages

But it happened . It remains in history

 

[Hellion]

40 minutes of rain and match is called off. Wow.

 

[Devadwal]

Pathetic drainage systems have runied the match .

 

[RidiculousMan]

Congratulations to Australia for winning another ICC tournament.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Disgraceful

This happens in no other global sport. Absolutely pathetic

 

[Asif321]

Australia qualify for semis . SA need to lose horribly for Afghans to qualify

 

[Local.Dada]

Rashid Khan has the stature to rival Virat Kohli in world cricket. What an icon. Virat, Rashid Khan and Rohit/ Bumrah that’s the iconic fab 4, Williamson might make it fav 5. Not talking about cricket just ambassadors of the game.

 

[Devadwal]

But it happened . It remains in history

2009 say hi hello

 

[RidiculousMan]

Australia qualify for semis . SA need to lose horribly for Afghans to qualify

How horribly? Is it in the choke territory?

 

[jnaveen1980]

What did they do with the money. Did they hire cheap contractors?

 

[RidiculousMan]

What did they do with the money. Did they hire cheap contractors?

Unfortunately the money was not enough to bribe God

 

[Mainul]

Australians were on top. So Afghanistan would have lost the game.

So apart from SA no team remains for me to support.

 

[Asif321]

How horribly? Is it in the choke territory?

210 runs

 

[jnaveen1980]

How horribly? Is it in the choke territory?

They did in 2007 world T20 in their backyard. Against India they had to lose gracefully to move to semis. But they got destroyed so bad that their NRR took a massive hit and got eliminated. That was ATG SA team. NZ made it to semis. Otherwise SA would have faced Pakistan in the semis.

 

[Mainul]

Pathetic drainage systems have runied the match .

Pakistan should hire our Mirpur cricket stadium staffs

 

[FearlessRoar]

Australia (109/1) progress to the semi-finals, as their Group B match against Afghanistan (273) ends in no result due to a wet outfield​

 

[RidiculousMan]

210 runs

Can't rule out. That's touching the choke territory. Specially if South Africa bat 2nd

 

[FearlessRoar]

Australia qualify for semi-finals after rain truncates chase against Afghanistan in Lahore

After Afghanistan's stunning win over England to knock them out, Australia have snatched one of the Group B qualification spots for the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals.

Australia have qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 after a rain-truncated clash against Afghanistan.

The weather intervened to stop play while Australia were on 109/1 in the 13th over in their run chase, with Travis Head leading the charge, not out on 59 off 40 deliveries, and Steve Smith alongside him on 19.

The match was ultimately abandoned, meaning that Australia progress to the semi-finals.

Rashid Khan had a great chance to remove Head on 6, moving his feet brilliantly yet failing to close his fingers round the ball.

But it was Matt Short who was first to go, edging to Gulbadin Naib off Azmatullah Omarzai for 20.

Earlier, Sediqullah Atal was Afghanistan's top scorer as they reached 273 all out, making 85 before being caught by Smith from the bowling of Spencer Johnson.

Johnson had taken the early wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the first over, leaving Afghanistan on 3/1.

But Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah weathered the storm.

Zadran went for 22, caught by Marnus Labuschagne from the bowling of Adam Zampa, followed by Rahmat Shah, caught behind by Josh Inglis off the bowling of Glenn Maxwell.

That put Afghanistan on 91/3 - but a solid half-century from Sediqullah, joined at the crease by captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, looked as if it would set them up nicely for the second half of their innings.

But the skipper reached only 20 from 49 balls and was dismissed by Zampa courtesy of another Labuschagne catch.

After that, the tail began to wobble, with Mohammad Nabi run out for a single, and Gulbadin caught for four.

But Azmat and Rashid put up some resilience for the eighth wicket - scoring 36 off 33 balls.

Rashid made a delightful cameo of 19 before he was caught by Maxwell from Ben Dwarshuis's bowling, but Omarzai continued at the crease, making a deserved 67 and impressing with some big hitting before Alex Carey held on to a shot off Dwarshius.

Noor Ahmad was the last man to fall, caught behind on the last ball of the innings.

Afghanistan also benefited from some surprisingly lax work in the Australia attack and field, with 37 extras conceded.

Earlier, Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat first.

After Australia got their tournament off to a flying start by chasing down the highest-ever score at an ICC event against England, rain played spoilsport in their next, forcing them to share points with South Africa, who both are now on three points each and occupying the top two spots in Group B.

Afghanistan, on the other hand, lost their opening game to South Africa by 107 runs but came back in stunning fashion to complete an incredible triumph against England to knock them out of contention for a semi-final spot.

The two teams go head-to-head today to try and grab a last-four spot in a winner takes it all contest in Lahore.

Australia qualify for semi-finals after rain truncates chase against Afghanistan in Lahore

After Afghanistan's stunning win over England to knock them out, Australia have snatched one of the Group B qualification spots for the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals.

www.icc-cricket.com

 

[BDfanforever]

After SRL legends retired Asian teams strengths have gone down significantly or that they couldn't keep up with SENA teams. It has been total domination by SENA teams across the board. IND should have won at least one of the Test Championship.

 

[ChennaiFan]

I am happy with the way Afghanistan played in the tournament. They are fighters. If they develop a couple of good pacers, and tighten up their fielding, they can go a long way.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I am happy with the way Afghanistan played in the tournament. They are fighters. If they develop a couple of good pacers, and tighten up their fielding, they can go a long way.

They have to work on mental aspects. Cannot drop sitters in crunch games

 

[shah_1]

Disgrace from Mohsin Naqvi

All the money went to on that useless glass structure(PCB head office)

Could have used some money for better drainage system

 

[Devadwal]

They have to work on mental aspects. Cannot drop sitters in crunch games

First they need to be dropped Shahidii .he is useless so how he has become captain

 

[shah_1]

Disgrace from Mohsin Naqvi

All the money went to on that useless glass structure(PCB head office)

Could have used some money for better drainage system

We should not be hosting any ICC tournaments after this

 

[BDfanforever]

They have to work on mental aspects. Cannot drop sitters in crunch games

I personally think catching is an aspect that should be removed as "chance" like how it is baseball where they use glove. What that means is, if the ball is in the air, most likely it should be out.

 

[ChennaiFan]

They have to work on mental aspects. Cannot drop sitters in crunch games

I agree. They need to believe they can compete well with the top teams. They will learn with more opportunities.

 

[Local.Dada]

Unfortunately the money was not enough to bribe God

But enough to buy 2 super soppers

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

When will the Taliban ever host a tournament?

Answer on a postage stamp please.

Well If Taliban ever host they will do a much better job then this third class tournament and it will be much more succesful then this embarrasment. Installed new plastic seats from China but forgot to do anything about drainage. Hope both semis are moved out of Pakistan.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Atleast they didn’t burn seats and throw stones on players

The way Pakistani players embarrassed the whole nation they absolutely deserved a few tomatos to be thrown at them.

 

[Rajdeep]

3 wash out games out of 6?

Not looking good for hosts even though weather is in no ones hand. Looks like BCCIs decision to play in Dubai is getting vindicated even though weather had nothing to do with that decision

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

3 wash out games out of 6?

Not looking good for hosts even though weather is in no ones hand. Looks like BCCIs decision to play in Dubai is getting vindicated even though weather had nothing to do with that decision

Of course it's in hand of hosts. It rained for 30 minutes but Pakistan has no drainage facilities.
They "finished" the renovation last minute so they have not given one thought to what they will do in rain situation.

 

[Hellion]

Need India’s poodles Afgh out of the tournament they devalue tournaments.. like last t-20 where they got hammered by SA in semis.

Poodles would've slapped the cornered kittens senseless if they had played them.

 

[sweep_shot]

Of course it's in hand of hosts. It rained for 30 minutes but Pakistan has no drainage facilities.
They "finished" the renovation last minute so they have not given one thought to what they will do in rain situation.

I am actually surprised it rained this much in Pakistan. Washout rarely happens in Pakistan. It happens more in England, Sri Lanka etc.