The cancellation of the Afghanistan vs Australia Champions Trophy 2025 game on Friday at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, arose from a malfunctioning drainage system. Although the ground staff worked for an hour, the outfield was soakiy and the game could not go on thanks to the half-hour rain. The game was called off as the staff did not quite dry the field quite using mops and sponges.
Particularly considering this was the third rain-impacted game among ten in the competition, fans went on social media to decry Pakistan’s weak infrastructure.
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Afghanistan’s Hopes Hang by a Thread; Australia Qualifies for Semi-Finals.
As they split points with Afghanistan, the washout allowed Australia to reach the semi-finals with a score of four. Afghanistan’s chances of qualifying, meanwhile, are few—they now depend on England beating South Africa by a huge score to advance.
Before the rain stopped the game, Australia had achieved 109/1 in 12.5 overs while following Afghanistan’s 273 runs. Opening batter Travis Head was outstanding, with an undefeated 59 off 40.
Afghanistan batted first earlier and scored 273 runs in 50 overs thanks to Sediqullah Atal’s (85) and Azmatullah Omarzai’s (67) important innings. Ben Dwarshuis was the choice of the bowlers for Australia; he took 3/47; Spencer Johnson and Adam Zampa each claimed two wickets.
Australia is advancing in the competition with this outcome, and Afghanistan is waiting a very improbable scenario to remain in contention.
