Champions Trophy 2025: Australia vs England, Match 4 - Who Said What?

Australia got their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign off to a wonderful start by emerging victorious by five wickets and 15 deliveries to spare in a record-breaking run-chase against England at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. 

Ben Duckett and Joe Root forged a vital partnership together after the fall of a couple of early wickets for England within the powerplay. Duckett continued to amass 165, and was only dismissed at the fag end of the innings. His special knock off 143 deliveries was one of the main reason his side ended up on 351 in the first innings. Ben Dwarshuis secured a three-wicket haul.

Coming to the second innings, Australia's start followed a similar template in comparison to their opponents. They too lost a couple of wickets within the first 10 overs. Marnus Labuschagne stuck around with Matthew Short, putting on a crucial stand for the third wicket. However, both the batters were dismissed within a short span of time for 63 and 47, respectively. From that point, it was all about the Josh Inglis-Alex Carey show, as they dispatched the English all around. Inglis ended up remaining at the crease till the end, registering an unbeaten 120.    

Talking Points from Match 4 of Champions Trophy 2025:

1. Ben Duckett puts up stunning showing  

The swashbuckling southpaw was arguably the only batter in the English setup who looked well-accustomed with conditions and the opposition bowling attack. His 165 came at a decent rate too. It was a majestic knock which comprised 17 fours and three maximums.

2. Josh Inglis stamps authority with stunning maiden ODI ton

The Australian wicketkeeper-batter showed the cricket fraternity why he was there to stay in the Australian 50-over lineup. He stood tall throughout the run-chase, staying till the end to stroke a brilliantly-paced century - his first in the format in 26 innings. 

3.  Milestones topple left and right

Australia's 352-run chase was, as mentioned above, the highest successful chase in ICC ODI events. Other than that, it was also the highest total in Champions Trophy (batting first or second), the highest successful chase against England, the second-highest successful chase by Australia, and the second-highest successful chase on Pakistan soil.

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Who Said What?

Losing skipper, Jos Buttler

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.

Winning skipper, Steve Smith

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.

Player of the Match, Josh Inglis

Over the moon, great win. We knew it was going to be tough coming up against England, it always is. 350 - a lot of things have to go right to chase that down. Really pumped on a personal level. For the guys out there, it was a great performance. There wasn't too much (talk) at the halftime. We'd done a lot of talking before the game. We knew that second half here is going to be tough with all the dew. it's quite wet now. It was always going to be better for us batting second. He (Carey) doesn't really say anything when he bats, just a few words here and there. I was trying not to look at the scoreboard too much. We were going so well that we just need to keep chipping away. We knew with Maxi still in the sheds, there'd always be a chance. I still think that their part-time options are very handy, Livi and Rooty have bowled a lot in international cricket, you can't not respect their bowling. I tried to be proactive. At the back end, we knew it'd skid on nicely. Short, sharp tournament, to go 1 from 1 is really important, we'll recover and look forward to the next game.