Recent Match
Champions Trophy, 2025, 4th Match, Group B, , Feb 22nd, 2025

Australia

(47.3 ov) 356/5

England

(49.6 ov) 351/8

complete Australia won by 5 wkts

Player of Match: Josh Inglis

Australia and ICC tournaments_______ Create your own one-liners. Absence of their best pace-trio. No contributions from their most experienced batting duo - Smith and Head. And they still find a way to get past the winning line. That said, England did most things right and gave their best to live up to the expectations of a high-voltage contest. And if you think your weekend is over, you clearly aren't following the CT schedule. Up tomorrow will be the mother of all rivalries - Pakistan vs India in Dubai. India will look to settle scores (remember the CT 2017 final?), while Pakistan fight to stay alive in the tournament. Licking your lips already? Well, I will try not to overcook that and leave it here. Cheers and goodbye from the team of Raju Peethala, Abhinand Raghavendran, Kumar Abhisekh Das and Av Venkatesh.
Jos Buttler | England skipper: Fantastic game, both sides played really well. We put on a really good score there. Credit to Australia. Fantastic innings there from Josh Inglis to see his side home. I think 350 you would take that at the start. pretty good score. Dew was a worry and it was wet. Whatever happens with the conditions, to chase down 350 is a fantastic effort. He (Duckett) played brilliantly. He's been brilliant at the top of the order in all the formats. He can be incredibly consistent in this format. Delighted for him with the way he played. Just a shame it is in a losing cause. Rather focus on partnerships than individuals. Take the focus off yourself and work on getting those big partnerships. Root and Duckett did that. I thought those two (Root and Livingstone) bowled really well today. They created chances. Credit to Australia. We tried to find ways to break that partnership Inglis and Carey earlier but just couldn't manage it. Sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition. Absolutely (confident), immense belief in the guys.
Steve Smith | Australian skipper: I thought the guys were outstanding from the outset. Short played beautifully up top. Travis and I were the only two to miss out and the middle order did a tremendous job. Really pleased. Regardless of what team we have, we would have bowled first knowing how wet it got when we trained the other night and this evening. Looked easiest to bat at the back end. I thought it slowed up in the end in the first innings and I thought 350 was chaseable. For a moment it looked like they were probably gonna get over 400, we were pleased by that effort and knew we could chase this if we batted 50 overs. Trusting each others' skills, boys did a really good job, took pace off at the right times, hit hard lengths and controlled at the back end of the game. Marnus bowled nicely at the back end. The two keepers have been batting beautifully for a while now. They are both in great form. Josh hits the ball all along the ground and has all the shots, Was an amazing effort from Inglis and Alex played beautifully as well. Really pleased with the team effort.
Australia chasing down 352
- highest total in Champions Trophy batting 1st or 2nd
- highest successful chase in ICC ODI events
- second highest successful chase by Australia
- highest successful chase vs England
- second highest successful chase on Pakistan soil
Josh Inglis | Player of the Match: Over the moon, great win. We knew it's going to be tough coming up against England. 350 - a lot of things has to go right. Really pumped on a personal note. For the guys, it was a great performance. We'd done a lot of talking before the game. We knew that it was going to be tough with the dew. It was always going to be better for us batting second. He (Carey) doesn't say anything while he bats, just a few words here and there. I was trying not to look at the scoreboard. We just need to keep chipping away. I still think that their part-time options are very handy, Livi and Rooty have bowled a lot in international, you can't not respect them. Tried to be proactive. At the back end, we knew it'd skid on nicely. Short, sharp tournament, we'll recover andlook forward to the next game.
After losing Head and Smith inside 5 overs, Labuschagne and Short took the rebuilding role and amassed a near 100-run stand for the third wicket. The former tried to accelerate against the spin of Adil Rashid and perished. A couple of overs later, Short followed suit and fell to Livingstone. Out came Alex Carey
Australia chasing down 352
- highest total in Champions Trophy batting 1st or 2nd
- highest successful chase in ICC ODI events
- second highest successful chase by Australia
- highest successful chase vs England
- second highest successful chase on Pakistan soil
22:04 local, 17:04 GMT, 22:34 IST:
47.3
Mark Wood to Josh Inglis, SIX, tipped over the bar. Josh Inglis gets a gimme on the pads and it has been whipped away on the leg-side
Rishi: "England missed a trick here. They should have gone with Liam or Root in the final powerplay, like Australia went with Marnus, instead of Carse or Archer as they were already expensive."
47.2
Mark Wood to Maxwell, 1 run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, Maxwell slogs and drags it off the toe end to the right of long-on
47.1
Mark Wood to Josh Inglis, 1 run, to mid-on
46.6
Jofra Archer to Maxwell, no run
46.5
Jofra Archer to Maxwell, SIX, to long-on
46.5
Jofra Archer to Maxwell, no ball
Jofra Archer to Maxwell, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Maxwell caught in the deep but it appears to be a no ball on height.
46.4
Jofra Archer to Maxwell, FOUR, save your legs Glenn Maxwell! He sits deep inside the crease, sees the full ball outside off and it has been spanked past the fielder at mid-off to his left
46.3
Jofra Archer to Josh Inglis, 1 run, short of length outside off, Inglis opens the bat face and chops wide of backward point
46.2
Jofra Archer to Josh Inglis, SIX, there's one of them - the big hits