Crowd in Lahore stadium during Champions Trophy match. (Agency photo)Steven Smith’s Australia will lock horns with Hashmatullah Shahidi’s Afghanistan in the 10th match of the Champions Trophy 2025 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Friday.
While both teams have a chance to qualify for the next round if Afghanistan manages to lose tomorrow they will be definitely out of the competition. However, Australia on the other hand if they lose will be hoping for England to do them a favour when they play South Africa.
Pitch report
The Gaddafi Stadium in two games in the competition has provided surfaces which are conducive for batting. In the first game at the venue, Australia chased down a mammoth 351 which England put on and in the second game when Afghanistan met England over 600 runs were scored overall. The pitch will play similarly on Friday with batters enjoying the conditions.
Weather report
According to the Accuweather app, there is a possibility of rain in the morning however, in the afternoon it would be mostly cloudy and cool. The temperature is to stay around 20 degrees centigrade throughout the day. While there will be a possibility of dew in the evening Afghanistan would still back themselves to bat first and Australia would want to chase.
Australia vs Afghanistan squads
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran. Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Bilal Sami.
Australia: Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Tanveer Sangha
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