England captain Jos Buttler expressed the excitement for the Champions Trophy 2025 clash against Australia in Lahore, claims “Guys are in a really good place”.
The fourth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 has been scheduled to be played between Australia and England on 22 February at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Australia and England have played 160 ODIs so far where Australia have the upper hand with 90 wins. Australia has won the ICC Champions Trophy a couple of times while England hasn’t won a single title but has reached the final twice in 2004 and 2013.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Australia vs England game is also the first time that England and Australia will be playing an ODI match on Pakistani soil.
Notably, Australia have not won a match in the Champions Trophy across the last two editions – they have lost three while three ended in no results. On the other hand, England played their last ODI in Pakistan back in December 2005.
After the toss, England captain Jos Buttler said “We probably would have batted, we were a bit 50-50 whether the dew comes in or not. Looks a really good surface, look to try and make good first use of it. We are not trying to hide anything, we are very confident.
We are really excited for the game and guys are in a really good place. Anytime you play Australia in an ICC event, you want to be part of.
(On Jamie Smith) Very unflappable, immense talent with a great head on his shoulders. Gives us a chance to have a dynamic top three and some good guys behind him”.
England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith(w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Australia (Playing XI): Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson
