Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE Score Updates, Champions Trophy 2025: Rashid Khan Makes Massive Blunder, Travis Head Gets A Life

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Massive blunder!

Oh, dear Rashid Khan! What have you done there? There was a chance for Afghanistan to strike early after Travis Head mistimed the ball towards Rashid at mid-on but the fielder made a mess out of the easy catch and dropped it. 

AUS 32/0 (3.1)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: FOUR! SIX! FOUR!

Matthew Short got an outside edge on the first ball of the over that flew through third man for four, but he connected the fourth ball from the middle of his bat. It was a cracking pull shot from the Australia opener for a six over deep mid-wicket. He then slammed a four off the final ball through the square leg to make it a 14-run over.

AUS 32/0 (3)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Expensive over!

14 runs came off Fazalhaq Farooqi’s first over. While a four went via bye, Travis Head hit a beautiful pull shot through mid-wicket for the second four of the over.

AUS 18/0 (2)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: FOUR!

Fazalhaq Farooqi errs in his line and that goes away for a four as bye. He hit Travis Head on his front foot with an inswinging delivery but the ball raced away to the fence after getting deflected off his pad. The player at long leg was wide and failed to stop it.

AUS 8/0 (1.2)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: FOUR!

Matthew Short hit a four to Azmatullah Omarzai on the fifth ball of the over to get off the mark.

AUS 4/0 (1)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: The chase begins!

Azmatullah Omarzai has the new ball in hand. Matthew Short is on strike, Travis Head is at the other end. Here we go…

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Players walk in!

We are all set for the chase. Australian openers walk into the ground and so are the Afghanistan players. It is a tough game for Afghanistan from this point, but a good start could really help their cause.

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Here’s what Zampa said –

“Mixed bag today, was struggling to find my lengths but was able to create a couple of opportunities which were taken. Bowled a couple of overs after the powerplay, it held on a bit back then but when the ball got older, it came on better onto the bat. These guys love bowling stump-to-stump, especially Rash (Rashid Khan), we need to play straight. We are happy with that score, they put us under pressure before in the 2023 ODI WC and 2024 T20 World Cup, tonight we need to be cautious,” said Adam Zampa at the innings break.

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Afghanistan are all out!

Ben Dwarshuis gets the wicket of Noor Ahmad and Afghanistan are all out for 273 runs. Afghanistan have something on the board to fight. This is the same ground where Australia chased down a target of over 350 vs England so Afghanistan need a really good bowling effort to make a game out of this. 

AFG 273 (50)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: OUT!

That is the end of an entertaining knock from Azmatullah Omarzai. He hits it into the hands of the fielder in deep and departs for 67 off 63 balls. He has done his job of taking Afghanistan to a fighting total.

AFG 272/9 (49.4)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Fifty for Omarzai!

Azmatullah Omarzai races to his half-century in 54 balls. A terrific knock this is from Omarzai.

AFG 252/8 (47.5)

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.

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: 10 off the over!

Azmatullah Omarzai took a single on the final ball to retain strike. With that, he has moved to 48. A total of 10 runs came off the over for Afghanistan. Only three overs remain in their innings.

AFG 248/8 (47)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: SIX!

Wow! That is a stunning shot from Azmatullah Omarzai for a six down the ground. Nathan Ellis bowled a back of length delivery but Omarzai still fetched it to hit it straight like an arrow. A couple comes off the next ball and Omarzai is now on 47.

AFG 247/8 (46.3)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: OUT!

Rashid Khan is out! He hit the back of length ball in the air and Glenn Maxwell runs forward from long-on to take the catch. Rashid departs for 19 off 17 balls. Afghanistan are eight down now and they might even miss out playing the entire quota of 50 overs.  

AFG 235/8 (45.3)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: FOUR!

A short ball outside off stump from Ben Dwarshuis and Rashid Khan has slammed it away for a a four.

AFG 235/7 (45.2)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: FOUR!

A slower bouncer from Nathan Ellis and Rashid Khan jumped out of his crease to hit the ball, but got an edge there. To the batter’s good luck, the ball went for a four through the right side of wicketkeeper.

AFG 230/7 (45)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: 12-run over!

Azmatullah Omarzai and Rashid Khan are trying to bring Afghanistan back in the game with some quick boundaries. Seven overs left in the innings and Afghanistan will aim to get as close to 300 as possible.

AFG 217/7 (43)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: SIX!

Tha is a sensational six from Azmatullah Omarzai. He created room for hismelf by moving on the leg side and slammed the Glenn Maxwell delivery for a 98-metre six. This is good game awareness from Afghanistan. They know they need a big total to challenge Australia or this game will be nearly over in the first innings itself.

AFG 211/7 (42.1)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: OUT!

Gulbadin Naib is out! He never looked comfortably during his short stay at the crease and now departs for 4 runs off 12 balls. A back of length ball from Nathan Ellis and Naib tried to play a pull shot but got a leading edge. Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis ran for the ball and comfortably completed the catch.

AFG 199/7 (40)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Bizarre review!

37.1 – That is a bizarre review from Australia. A short of length ball from Nathan Ellis missed the outside edge of Azmatullah Omarzai’s bat but wicketkeeper Josh Inglis made a huge appeal. So huge that captain Steven Smith had to go upstairs only to find out that there was a massive gap between the bat and the ball. The replay saw Ellis giving a big laugh to it.

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: WICKET!

Run-out! This is the last thing Afghanistan would have wanted at this stage. Spencer Johnson bowled a bouncer down the leg side and wicketkeeper Josh Inglis failed to collect it at the first attempt. Mohammad Nabi went forward for a single before being sent back. Johnson showed good presence of mind to reach to the stumps and collect the throw from Inglis before somehow getting it hitting the target. Nabi was well short of his crease. 

AFG 182/6 (36.4)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: WICKET!

Hashmatullah Shahidi is gone and Afghanistan are five down now. Australia are right on top of this game. Adam Zampa gets his second wicket. Shahidi went across and wanted to hit it over the in-field but was caught out by backward square leg fielder. He departs for 20 off 49 balls.

AFG 176/5 (35.4)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: OUT!

31.2 – Spencer Johnson has got the wicket of set batter Sediqullah Atal and Afghanistan are under pressure now. Sediqullah hit the ball to Steven Smith at cover and fell for 85 off 96 balls. This is a massive blow for Afghanistan.

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Another chance goes begging!

29.5 – Another error from Australia. There was clear-cut chance for a run-out. Just a throw at right end would have put curtains on Hashmatullah Shahidi’s knock, but the fielder at covers made a blunder there. Shahidi hit the ball and ran for a single, but Sediqullah Atal was watching the ball. He decided not to take the run, but Shahidi was halfway down the pitch. Had the throw gone to the striker’s end, Shahidi would have been out. But the throw went to the non-striker’s end instead.

AFG 156/3 (30)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Shout for LBW!

28.5 – A loud shout for LBW against Sediqullah Atal on the bowling of Nathan Ellis but umpire was not convinced. Australia decided not to review against it. It seemed that the ball might have pitched down the leg stump. Oh, no!!! The ball tracking shows that it would have pitched on the line of stumps and gone to hit the middle stump. That is a massive blunder from Australia.

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: SIX!

Adam Zampa is back on the ground and he is welcomed by a six off the first ball on his return. That is a superb as well as courageous shot from Sediqullah Atal for a six. The mid-off was inside the ring and Sediqullah jumped out of his crease to play the shot.

AFG 137/3 (27.1)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Expensive over!

10 runs came off the comeback over from Ben Dwarshuis. Sediqullah Atal slammed a four on the fifth ball of the over. Notably, Adam Zampa is out of the ground due to reported niggle. This is a serious concern for Australia.

AFG 126/3 (25)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Fifty for Sediq!

A six towards the cow corner and Sediqullah Atal races to his half-century with it. He gets there in 64 balls. That is the southpaw’s second ODI fifty. Afghanistan 108/3 in 22.1 overs vs Australia.

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: 100 up for Afghanistan!

Sediqullah Atal takes a single on the bowling of Matthew Short and there is the 100-run mark for Afghanistan. They get there after losing three wickets but they could still make a game out ot this as Sediqullah is close to his fifty.

AFG 100/3 (21.3)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: WICKET!

Another wicket for Australia through spin and they are right on top of this game at the moment. Glenn Maxwell has dismissed Rahmat Shah and Afghanistan are in all sorts of trouble after going three down.

AFG 91/3 (18.2)

AFG vs AUS LIVE: Australia back in control!

Afghanistan’s scoring rate has fallen to 4.71. The wicket of Zadran has made a massive difference as the side has added only 10 runs off 21 balls post that. Sediqullah Atal is close to his half-century and he will be the key for Afghanistan.  

AFG 80/2 (17)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: WICKET!

Ibrahim Zadran is gone! Big wicket for Adam Zampa in his very first over. That is a massive blow for Afghanitan as they were looking really good through that partnership between Zadran and Sediqullah Atal, but this wicket has put Australia back in the game. 

AFG 70/2 (13.3)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Runs are coming!

Afghanistan have scored 39 runs in the last five overs. This is good scoring rate from the Afghans that too against the 2023 world champions. The partnership between Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal now grows to 60 runs.

AFG 63/1 (11)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: That’s a freebie!

This is much better from Atal! He tucks it away around the corner as Johnson gives him a freebie.

AFG: 48/1 (8.3)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Slashed away for a four!

Not the ideal control but it’s enought to find the gap towards the point region. This will boost Zadran’s confidence. 

AFG: 38/1 (7.2)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Sediq, at last!

It was full and straight from Johnson and Sediq breaks the shackles. Driven through the covers! First boundary of the match from the bat

AFG: 30/1 (6.3)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: Sediq survives!

Just falls short! The movement, again. Edge found but it lands just short of Matt Short at first slip. Sediq is racking the ball count. 6 off 23 for him so far

AFG: 24/1 (5.4)

Afghanistan vs Australia LIVE: The ball is swinging!

It moving and Johnson has been a nightmare so far! It’s important for Afghanistan to keep rotating the strike. They have had just 2 boundaries so far, both coming from byes

AFG: 21/1 (4.4)