Champions Trophy 2025: Australia vs England, Match 4: Stats Preview of player records and approaching milestones

Match Overview

Historic rivals Australia and England will open their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against each other in the fourth match of the tournament. With this match, all participant teams will have played at least one match in the tournament. 

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Team Challenges: Form and Injuries

Both teams have suffered from issues of their own relating to form and injury. Australia have lost as many as five first-choice players heading into this tournament. Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh pulled out because of injuries, Marcus Stoinis retired from ODIs despite being named in the squad originally and Mitchell Starc has withdrawn for personal reasons. Australia have also suffered some issues with form having lost each of their last two ODI series - against Sri Lanka away and Pakistan at home. 

Recent Performance and Confidence

Before those two losses, Australia managed to win a thrilling series in the decider against England away from home. This will bode well for Australia's confidence going up against this inexperienced England side. England are not dealing with any major injuries or withdrawals, but their inexperienced line-up has found it tough in the 50-over format. 

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England's Recent Struggles

England have not won a bilateral ODI series since September 2023 and were dealt a severe blow in each of their last three series. After going down to Australia in the decider at home, England lost the away ODI series against West Indies - also in the decider. But the worst of it came when they were whitewashed 0-3 by India in India. 

Here are some important stats and numbers ahead of the Australia and England clash in the Champions Trophy 2025: 

Australian Players' Approaching Milestones:

• Travis Head: Needs 90 runs to complete 1000 runs against England in ODIs. 
• Glenn Maxwell: Needs 49 runs to reach 4000 runs in ODIs. 

English Players' Approaching Milestones:

• Jos Buttler: England's skipper needs 31 runs to complete 1000 runs against Australia in ODIs. 
• Phil Salt: Needs 42 runs to reach 1000 runs in ODIs. 
• Jofra Archer: Needs 2 wickets to reach 50 ODI wickets. 

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