The toss belonged to the Afghanistan captain as Hashmatullah Shahidi decided to bat first and defended total. Although Rahmanullah Gurbaz was cleaned up in the first over by Johnson, Ibrahim Zadran’s start and Sediqullah Atal’s mesmerising 85 laid the foundation for a formidable total before Australian bowlers and fielding brilliance pulled things in their favour with Spencer running out Nabi being the highlight of all.
On the fifth ball of the 37th over, Johnson bowled a short ball over the stumps that Nabi intended to pull but ended up getting beaten on the outside edge. The wicketkeeper, Josh Inglis, failed to grab the ball neatly and parried to his left, and the Afghan pair tried to sneak a bye. In the process, Nabi was sent back midway through the strip by Omarzai, and the oldest player in the tourney was tasked to reach the ground. Meanwhile, Johnson ambled towards the striker’s end, grabbed Inglis’ throw, and broke the stumps even before Nabi could drag the willow. The fact that Johnson was cautious about the need to be near the striker’s end and effect the runout, welcomed applause from the Twitterverse.
Ooops!!
— ashik (@ashik1587212) February 28, 2025
Are You Sure!
Australia 🦘 are into the SEMIs
Along with SOUTH AFRICA !!
Our Four Finalist :
1. Australia
2. India
3. Newzealand
4. South Africa #ChampionsTrophy #ICCChampionsTrophy— 𝐒𝐀𝐒 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥™ (@sasofficial23) February 28, 2025
Nabi Gone!
Mohammed Nabi gone at 1(1)
Afghanistan now 182-6#ViratKohli𓃵 #ICCChampionsTrophy2025 #RohitSharma𓃵 #BabarAzam𓃵 #CT25 #PakistanCricket #ShubmanGill #PAKvBAN #PAKvsBAN #BANvPAK #BANvsPAK #AFGvsAUS #AFGvAUS #AUSvsAFG #AUSvAFG pic.twitter.com/qSTEaDSKi3— SOHAIB (@S0HAIB_7) February 28, 2025
He is in!
Sher Afzal Marwat just spotted on camera in the stadium #AFGvENG
— Mustafa Saleem (@Callmemustafa_) February 28, 2025
Sometimes!
Mohammed Nabi is not a good player
— 𝐊𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐋🎖️ (@I_amkunal01) February 27, 2025
Good team Work!
What’s good to see is Afghanistan is not all about Rashid Khan or Mohammed Nabi anymore… So many are putting out their names on that list… #AFGvsAUS #ChampionsTrophy2025
— ABS (@AbhiBSarda) February 28, 2025
On Going!
255+ coming from afganistan 🤞 #AFGvsAUS
— Krishna Kapoor (@PradeepK51645) February 28, 2025
Afg on right track!
#ChampionsTrophy2025 – Today’s Match Between Afghanistan & Australia in Lahore
AFG won the Toss and Elected to Bat
AFG- 201/7 in 41 Over #AFGvsAUS #AFGvAUS #AUSvsAFG #AUSvAFG #Afghanistan #Australia #ChampionsTrophy #ICCChampionsTrophy #SportsUpdate #ODI— SportsUpdate (@SPORTSINBIHAR) February 28, 2025
Yes!
Afghanistan has to score min of 275 here to give themselves a chance. #AFGvsAUS #ChampionsTrophy
— Arooj (@freehitnoball) February 28, 2025
