πππππ :βΒ ββAfghanistan vs Australia
ππππ : February 28, Friday
ππππ : 14:30 PM ISTββ
πππππ : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan
ππππππππππ : 10th ODIβ 2025
After beating England on Wednesday, Afghanistan look to qualify for the semi-finals when they take on Australia on Friday!
- Afghanistan have won three of their last four ODIs.
- Australia ended their losing run in this format with Saturdayβs victory over England.
- Afghanistan won the last head to head between the sides, in the T20 World Cup last June.
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TV channels: The fans can watch the match live on Hotstar
Live Streaming: Live streaming of the match will be available on the FAFA191 Cricket Exchange India and website.
AFG vs AUS Match Prediction & Analysis
An upset and some poor weather has seen this game between Afghanistan and Australia suddenly take on a lot more significance with the winner being guaranteed a place in the semi-final of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy!
Afghanistan showed that they are now a consistent team in this format when they beat England for the second successive ODI with an eight run victory on Wednesday. It was a huge win for Afghanistan who had begun the tournament with a very poor performance against South Africa on the previous Friday.
TEAMS PREVIEW
Afghanistan Preview
To win a game in the ICC Champions Trophy, a team often needs at least one player to produce a brilliant performance and fortunately for Afghanistan they had two players who were on a different level on Wedensday.
With the bat, Ibrahim Zadran struck the highest ever individual score in the ICC Champions Trophy with his 177 runs from 146 balls and he will be joined in the batting line-up by captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi who all made scores of 40+. Rahmat Shah disappointed against England but is in fine form at the moment.
Omarzai dominated with the ball on Wednesday, taking 5/58 including the final dismissal to secure the victory. Rashid Khan has been consistent but the experienced all-rounder Nabi has picked up two wickets in both games so far in this campaign.
Australia Preview
Very few cricket followers ever write Australia off and it was no surprise to see them end a poor run of results not just in ODI cricket but also in ICC Champions Trophy fixtures with their five wicket success over England last Saturday.
However, a tougher task against South Africa never got underway in Rawalpindi but that should have given their inexperienced bowling attack plenty of rest-time ahead of this match.
Josh Inglis, Matthew Short and Alex Carey stood out with the bat against England but it was Glenn Maxwell who produced one of the all-time ODI innings the last time they played Afghanistan. And with Travis Head and Steven Smith in the line-up, there are plenty of runs available for the Green and Gold.
Weather Conditions
There is likely to be some rain on Thursday evening into Friday morning in Lahore but by the time this game gets underway on Friday afternoon we expect dry weather. Humidity levels will also increase from 7pm onwards.
AFG vs AUS Pitch Report
This is an excellent batting pitch which has yielded four team scores of 300+ so far in this ICC Champions Trophy. The only issue has been in the powerplay where at least two batters have been dismissed in all four innings.
Toss: To Bowl
So far in the tournament, we have seen a team win from batting first as well as bowling first. But with humidity likely to increase across the second innings of the game, we predict that both sides would want to bowl first in this match.