With Josh Inglis’ historic century at Gaddafi Stadium, Australia registered a historic run chase against England.
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.
During the AUS vs ENG Champions Trophy 2025 clash in Lahore, my mistake, the officials played the India national anthem for a couple of seconds instead of Australia’s.
Speaking of the match, winning the toss Australia opted to field first where Philip Salt and Ben Duckett opened the batting inning for England while Spencer Johnson opened the bowling attack.
Phil Salt made an aggressive start by hitting a boundary and a six off the final delivery of the first over. In the very next over, Ben Dwarshuis dismissed Phil Salt for 10 after Alex Carey pulled off a screamer in mid-on.
𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙏𝙎 𝙂𝘼𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙀, 𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙉… 𝙂𝙊𝙉𝙀! 😲💥
Phil Salt was in full flow, but Alex Carey’s stunning grab brings his blazing knock to an end! 🧤🔥
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After losing an early wicket, England was expected to make a steady inning but Dwarshuis in the sixth over struck back and dismissed Jamie Smith was 15 runs. At the end of six overs, England scored 46 runs for 2 wickets loss.
After a couple of dismissals inside the first powerplay, Ben Duckett and Joe Root started to build a steady partnership which pushed England to score 73 runs for 2 wickets at the end of 10 overs.
Ben Duckett and Joe Root continued to add runs at a healthy run rate and pushed England’s score to 200 at the end of 30 overs. While the duo was seen cemented, Zampa dismissed Root for 68 in the final ball of the 31st over. Following Root’s dismissal, Duckett secures his maiden Champions Trophy century in 95 deliveries.
While Buttler was seen dangerous with his bat, Maxwell dismissed him for 23 in the final delivery of the 41st over. Duckett continued his momentum and went on to register the highest individual score in Champions Trophy history. At the end of 42 overs, England scored 285 runs for five wickets loss.
Without much contribution from the lower order, England ended their inning with a total of 351 after losing eight wickets.
With a mammoth target on the board, Australia failed to make an impressive start as the Aussies lost a couple of wickets for 27 runs. Though Head and Smith returned pavilion with single-digit scores, Matthew Short and Marnus Labuschagne’s 95 runs stand pushed the team’s score to 122.
Adil Rashid broke the partnership by dismissing Marnus Labuschagne for 47 runs in the second delivery of the 20th over. Soon in the 23rd over, Liam Livingstone dismissed opening batter Matthew Short for 63 runs.
While losing their 4th wicket, Australia scored 136 runs in 22.2 overs. With more than 200 runs ahead for the chase, Josh Inglis and Alex Carey made a massive 146 runs chase and pushed Australia into a better position.
While Aussies seem to be in a better position, Brydon Carse dismissed Alex Carey for 69 runs and broke the well-settled partnership. But on the other hand, Josh Inglis continued his aggression and secured his maiden ODI century.
With Glenn Maxwell’s quick-fire 15 balls 32 runs, Australia registered a historic run chase with 15 balls left to bowl.
