AFG vs AUS: What’s the Weather, Pitch Report, and Qualification Scenario?
Afghanistan will be facing Australia in the 10th match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Friday, 28th Feb. This match will clear the scenario of teams who are going to play in the semi-finals. Australia’s Last match got abandoned due to the rain and has to share the points with South Africa and if they get defeated by Afghanistan, they will find themselves in big Trouble.
Rain has also become a factor that may come into play and create problems for teams who are still in the race for the semi-finals. Two matches have been abandoned due to rain till now which created problems for Australia and had to share their point with South Africa.
AFG vs AUS Weather Report
| Match No. | 10th |
| Teams | AFG vs AUS |
| Venue | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Lahore Weather Today | Chances of Rain 40-70% |
| Pitch Behaviour | Batting Friendly |
Lahore weather today is not very pleasing for Fans of both teams as the chances of rain on the day of the match are around 40-70%. The chances of play on the match day are around 50%. It is predicted to rain from 6 AM to 3 PM on the 28th.
The 10th match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is expected to start delayed because of Rain and a Wet Outfield.
Even if there is the possibility of the game, then it is almost certain that we will not be able to get the full match because of the rain.
AFG vs AUS Pitch Report
AFG vs AUS match will be played in the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. All the previous matches played in this Stadium were high-scoring matches. There are a total of four innings that have been played in this stadium, and every time the batting team was able to score 300+ runs. That significantly tells about the pitch and its behaviour.
This pitch doesn’t have much for the bowlers. We can expect a run-fest if the weather doesn’t affect the match.
There are two matches played on this ground in the first match Australia chased down 352 against England and in the Second Match England almost chased 322 runs.
If the weather is more cloudy and rainy in between the match, it might help the bowlers a little.
What if the match of AFG vs AUS gets abandoned due to rain? Qualification Scenario of Group B
If the match between Afghanistan and Australia gets washed out or abandoned due to rain, there will be plenty of Qualification Scenarios for the Semi-finals in Group B. Let’s unleash all the qualification scenarios which will be created if there is a rain Tomorrow.
- Australia will Qualify with 4 points.
- Afghanistan will still be there in the race of Semi-finals.
- South Africa needs to win in their last league match to qualify or if they lose the margin should not be big.
Scenario 1: Australia Qualifies
Australia will be through to the Semi-Finals if the match gets abandoned due to rain as their total points will be 4 which can’t be achieved by any other team except South Africa. Rain will guarantee the ticket to the semi-finals for Australia.
Scenario 2: South Africa Qualifies
If the match between Afghanistan gets abandoned due to rain in that case either South Africa has to win the last league match against England by any margin so they will qualify for the Semi-finals with 4 points as after the rain the total points of Afghanistan will be only 3 or even if they lose the match against England they just have to make sure that the margin of the defeat is not big as they have 3 points and their Run-rate is positive.
Scenario 3: Afghanistan Qualifies
In the case of rain abandoning the match between Afghanistan and Australia, Afghanistan will still be in the race for the semi-finals. They will be hoping that England register their first win in this year’s ICC Champions Trophy by defeating South Africa in the last league match of their group. If this all happens, then only Afghanistan will go into the Semi-finals.