Month: February 2025

In the match played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Australia achieved the target of 352 runs set by England for the loss of 5 wickets in the last over and achieved its first victory in the tournament.

Australia achieved the highest target in the history of the Champions Trophy.

Jose Ingles played an unbeaten innings of 106 runs, his innings included 8 fours and 4 sixes, Matthew Schutt stood out with 63 runs, Alex Carey also played a responsible innings of 69 runs.

Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed for 47 runs, Travis Head returned to the pavilion for 6 and captain Steve Smith for 5 runs, Glenn Maxwell was not out for 21 runs.

Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Brydon Criss, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingston took one wicket each for England.

In the match being played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, England batted first and scored 351 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated overs and set Australia a target of 352 runs to win.

Ben Duckett played a brilliant innings of 165 runs off 143 balls, his innings included 17 fours and three sixes. Joe Root stood out with 68 runs.

Phil Salt returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs thanks to an incredible catch by Alex Carey, Jamie Smith could score 15 runs, Harvey Brook was caught by Zampa after scoring 3 runs, captain Jos Buttler was dismissed for 23, Liam Livingston was dismissed for 14 runs.

Ben Droshwys took three wickets for Australia, Adam Zampa and Marnus Labuschagne took two wickets each.

Earlier, Australia won the toss and decided to field against England.

At the toss, Australian captain Steve Smith said that it was raining here at night during our practice, so we decided to bat first.

England captain Jos Buttler said that if we had won the toss, we would have preferred to bat, the players are confident, we are excited for this match.

England has a heavy advantage in the Champions Trophy, the English team has won 3 out of five matches and 2 to Australia, while both teams will play against each other in Pakistan for the first time.

It should be noted that Pakistan had to face a defeat by a margin of 60 runs against New Zealand in the opening match of the Champions Trophy 2025 due to weak death bowling and the failure of the star batsman.

On the other hand, India had defeated Bangladesh by six wickets in its opening match, in which the combined combination of the Indian team’s batters and bowlers helped them win.

While South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 107 runs in the third match of the Champions Trophy yesterday, the Afghan team was bundled out for 208 runs in the first match of Group B while chasing South Africa’s target of 316 runs.

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