Champions Trophy 2025: Josh Inglis stars with 120* as Australia smash 356/5 to defeat England (351/8) by 5 wickets to win Match 4

[Aqib_mustafa]

England batting is there. But the bowling is horrendous.

Bro same is with australia even their bowling looks mediocre but somehow their batting won them a game here how can one stop this australian team i dont get it india have got three spinners somehow if they face australia in semis australia will still win it despite being minnows vs spin how is that even possible?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Also i am not sure why they have pulled the rope so far in. It looks tiny.

Playing area is bigger than Chinnaswamy and maybe slightly bigger than Wankhede as well.

But you won't see 352 chased in either venue in 48 overs.

Lahore with dew has always been one of the most batting friendly venues in the world, going back to the 90's.

 

[mominsaigol]

Also, I only rated a Pakistan side with both Saim and Fakhar in it. Without them, it's not that good obviously.

Saim and fakhar would have made this side competitive but their only 2 people.

People overrate travis head's influence. Australia played an entire world cup without trabis before semi's and travis in BGT had 2 gun knocks but otherwise aus dominated india and it would have been 4-1 if not for rain, 3 games were won without Travis's help.

Don't get me wrong he's the X factor in aussie lineup and if he doesn't perform the team obviously takes a massive hit, but to claim Australia is nothing without him is pushing things way way way too far.

Same cannot be said for pakistan. Their reliant on 2 people and both openers ain't gonna kick off every game. Had they played ct, they would have failed at some point and pakistan would have been exposed eventually.

 

[shah9425]

Great win for Aussies

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bro same is with australia even their bowling looks mediocre but somehow their batting won them a game here how can one stop this australian team i dont get it india have got three spinners somehow if they face australia in semis australia will still win it despite being minnows vs spin how is that even possible?

I will wait for the remaining matches. England has lost in West indies, in England against AUstralia, white washed by India. They have lost like 17 or 18 matches out of last 24 matches. Even 2023 world cup Aussie side was rubbish side. This is even worse. There is no business for them winning it. SA or NZ should stop them. india won't stop them with kohli, rohit, rahul, unfit Shami, rookie Rana/Arshdeep.

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

I will wait for the remaining matches. England has lost in West indies, in England against AUstralia, white washed by India. They have lost like 17 or 18 matches out of last 24 matches. Even 2023 world cup Aussie side was rubbish side. This is even worse. There is no business for them winning it. SA or NZ should stop them. india won't stop them with kohli, rohit, rahul, unfit Shami, rookie Rana/Arshdeep.

Great points as usual from you bro your read of the game is outstanding ya south africa or nz can stop them.

 

[ChennaiFan]

Buckett said something like beating India in semi final will cancel the series loss. At this rate they won't even go past first round.

Is Buckett = Ben Duckett ?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

@Rana

I did say that this would be chased if England bowled garbage.

Here's some data on how English pace attack bowled today.


Full length - 23 % , 0 wickets , 8.8 RPO

Short balls - 46 % , 1 wicket, 9.9 RPO

Good length - 31 % , 2 wickets, 5 RPO


It's just garbage bowling no matter what pace they bowl at

@Markhor @RedwoodOriginal @shaz619 @mominsaigol @Devadwal

 

[jnaveen1980]

Is Buckett = Ben Duckett ?

yes

 

[jnaveen1980]

@Rana

I did say that this would be chased if England bowled garbage.

Here's some data on how English pace attack bowled today.


Full length - 23 % , 0 wickets , 8.8 RPO

Short balls - 46 % , 1 wicket, 9.9 RPO

Good length - 31 % , 2 wickets, 5 RPO


It's just garbage bowling no matter what pace they bowl at

@Markhor @RedwoodOriginal @shaz619 @mominsaigol @Devadwal

Bowling for clock speed. I think even retired Braod would bowl with more thinking.

 

[ChennaiFan]

yes

He is a good player. But I don't expect England to win against India in a slow spin friendly conditions. However, we don't know if they are going to play in the semis or not yet.

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

Saim and fakhar would have made this side competitive but their only 2 people.

People overrate travis head's influence. Australia played an entire world cup without trabis before semi's and travis in BGT had 2 gun knocks but otherwise aus dominated india and it would have been 4-1 if not for rain, 3 games were won without Travis's help.

Don't get me wrong he's the X factor in aussie lineup and if he doesn't perform the team obviously takes a massive hit, but to claim Australia is nothing without him is pushing things way way way too far.

Same cannot be said for pakistan. Their reliant on 2 people and both openers ain't gonna kick off every game. Had they played ct, they would have failed at some point and pakistan would have been exposed eventually.

Bro i just cant take my mind off this australian side can beat pakistan i mean you look at australia team they looked absolutely clueless vs spin saim just thrashed them in their den somehow they might still win this ct lol funny game is cricket.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

@Rana

I did say that this would be chased if England bowled garbage.

Here's some data on his English pace attack bowled today.


Full length - 23 % , 0 wickets , 8.8 RPO

Short balls - 46 % , 1 wicket, 9.9 RPO

Good length - 31 % , 2 wickets, 5 RPO


It's just garbage bowling no matter what pace they bowl ar

@Markhor @RedwoodOriginal @shaz619 @mominsaigol @Devadwal

I must admit I didn't think even England's bowling attack could blow away this total. But the bowling was incredibly brainless. Especially when you saw Australian bowlers taking the pace off the ball and bowling more wicket-to-wicket. Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That's how you can sum up England's bowling performance tonight.

Full-credit to Inglis and Australia though. Incredible runchase and don't want to take anything away from their efforts.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I must admit I didn't think even England's bowling attack could blow away this total. But the bowling was incredibly brainless. Especially when you saw Australian bowlers taking the pace off the ball and bowling more wicket-to-wicket. Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That's how you can sum up England's bowling performance tonight.

Full-credit to Inglis and Australia though. Incredible runchase and don't want to take anything away from their efforts.

It was like watching 3 Mohammad Samis bowling lol

 

[sindhiboy]

England have won 1 of their last 8 odis

 

[shaz619]

@Rana

I did say that this would be chased if England bowled garbage.

Here's some data on how English pace attack bowled today.


Full length - 23 % , 0 wickets , 8.8 RPO

Short balls - 46 % , 1 wicket, 9.9 RPO

Good length - 31 % , 2 wickets, 5 RPO


It's just garbage bowling no matter what pace they bowl at

@Markhor @RedwoodOriginal @shaz619 @mominsaigol @Devadwal

Similarly Naseem faired significantly better then the others when he held his stock length opposed to the cute stuff he sprayed down leg when looking for yorkers. A good length absolutely is fundamental on these pitches, England were a bit too cocky with their bowling.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

It was like watching 3 Mohammad Samis bowling lol

You can't hustle Australian batsmen with pace or short-pitched bowling on a pitch as flat as this. Don't know what was going through their minds.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Similarly Naseem faired significantly better then the others when he held his stock length opposed to the cute stuff he sprayed down leg when looking for yorkers. A good length absolutely is fundamental on these pitches, England were a bit too cocky with their bowling.

It's the McCullum effect. He wants quick bowlers to dominate with short stuff.

But bowling short on these pitches to guys like Inglis who grew up playing at Perth.....

 

[sweep_shot]

Bro i just cant take my mind off this australian side can beat pakistan i mean you look at australia team they looked absolutely clueless vs spin saim just thrashed them in their den somehow they might still win this ct lol funny game is cricket.

Teams try much harder during ICC events. It is why heavyweights can sometimes lose bilateral series but generally do well during ICC events.

 

[jnaveen1980]

You can't hustle Australian batsmen with pace or short-pitched bowling on a pitch as flat as this. Don't know what was going through their minds.

You can do on spicy pitches. Not these pitches. If anything it will come on to bat even better. The funny thing is Jo Root mentioned half way stage ball was sticking into the surface. Instead of exploiting the slowness they were bowling faster and faster. There is no thinktank in English camp apparently. There is no strategy. Opposite of NZ camp who charts out plan for each batsman.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It's the McCullum effect. He wants quick bowlers to dominate with short stuff.

But bowling short on these pitches to guys like Inglis who grew up playing at Perth.....

They got their taste at the hands of ABhsihek. Still not learnt the lesson. Even washed up Rohit smashed them in one match.

 

[hassan918]

Inglis bashes maiden ODI ton to guide AUS to record chase over ENG in Champions Trophy thriller​

In the final fixture of the first round of games at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Australia fought back to script a remarkable win.

Josh Inglis registered a maiden ODI century to shoulder a historic chase for Australia in a Champions Trophy thriller on Saturday in Lahore.

The five-wicket win marked the highest-ever chase by any team at an ICC white-ball tournament - the previous best having been Pakistan's 345 against Sri Lanka at the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup.

Having been set a mammoth target of 352, Australia had lost star batters Travis Head and Steve Smith early in the powerplay. While Matthew Short and Marnus Labushchagne would bring Australia back into the game, adding 95 runs for the third wicket, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone removed the pair to reduce Australia to 136/4.

Inglis would then combine alongside Alex Carey (69) to forge a 146-run partnership for the fifth wicket before Brydon Carse broke their stand.

But even with Carey out of the equation, Inglis continued to keep the scoreboard moving and saw through the chase alongside Glenn Maxwell, who came in handy with a quickfire cameo of 31 off 14 deliveries. Inglis went on to close the game with a maximum, finishing with 120 runs off 86 deliveries.

For England, Ben Duckett racked up his third ODI ton - highest-ever total in ICC Champions Trophy history - to put England on the offensive after early loss of wickets.

The southpaw forged an attacking hundred, comprising of 11 fours alongside one maximum to put England in the ascendancy with the highest-ever total in Champions Trophy history - 351/8.

Left-arm pacer Ben Dwarshius had struck twice in his opening burst in the batting powerplay after Australia put England in to bat first. Alex Carey would latch onto a sensational catch at mid-on to remove Phil Salt off Dwarshius in the second over of the innings to break the deadlock.

The keeper-batter, who isn't donning the gloves for Australia with Josh Inglish behind the stumps, was also in the thick of things as he grabbed Jamie Smith's catch to make it a brace for Dwarshius and Australia in the powerplay.

Former England skipper Joe Root then, compiled a resolute 158-run stand for the second wicket. Root stitched a patient knock of 68 from 78 deliveries and was looking on course to a first ODI hundred in almost six years when Adam Zampa struck.

The leg-spinner would trap Root leg before wicket to break the partnership and offer Australia a way back into the game.

Zampa delivered with the ball again shortly, this time to remove Harry Brook from the equation as Alex Carey snuck another stunning in-field catch.

England skipper Jos Buttler also didn't last long as Glenn Maxwell lured him with a fuller delivery that was latched onto in the deep by Nathan Ellis, reducing England to five down.

Duckett meanwhile, kept tickng the scoreboard from the other end, scoring the first-ever 150 plus individual score in Champions Trophy history. The southpaw was eventually dismissed by Marnus Labuschagne at the score of 165.

England were given added push by Jofra Archer towards the end, who nailed a quickfire cameo of 21 off 10 deliveries to close the innings on a high note.

ICC

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

You can do on spicy pitches. Not these pitches. If anything it will come on to bat even better. The funny thing is Jo Root mentioned half way stage ball was sticking into the surface. Instead of exploiting the slowness they were bowling faster and faster. There is no thinktank in English camp apparently. There is no strategy. Opposite of NZ camp who charts out plan for each batsman.

That's what happens when your philosophy is so heavily influenced by vibes.

It's disappointing to see how far England's ODI cricket has fallen after the part that Eoin Morgan's England played in taking this format forward.

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

You can do on spicy pitches. Not these pitches. If anything it will come on to bat even better. The funny thing is Jo Root mentioned half way stage ball was sticking into the surface. Instead of exploiting the slowness they were bowling faster and faster. There is no thinktank in English camp apparently. There is no strategy. Opposite of NZ camp who charts out plan for each batsman.

Bro is england stupid or what when they know pitch is going to help slow bowlers or ball going to stick why not bowl change up ball instead you see so called pace factory of archer and wood bowling fast and going for plenty you can see england has better bowling than australia but their coaching staff is just clueless who think they can beat team with just pace.

 

[Mas-LFC]

England lacking a left arm pacer, even a left arm spinner. Bowling attack is too one dimensional.

Australians turn up for ICC events. Even with weaker sides. Just the aussie cricketing way!

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

That's what happens when your philosophy is so heavily influenced by vibes.

It's disappointing to see how far England's ODI cricket has fallen after the role that Eoin Morgan's England played in taking this format forward.

Bro how can england team with archer and wood and rashid loose to this australian team.

 

[hassan918]

Bro how can england team with archer and wood and rashid loose to this australian team.

Archer dropped an easy catch at very crucial time of the match that made a big difference in the end.

 

[kron]

Saim and fakhar would have made this side competitive but their only 2 people.

People overrate travis head's influence. Australia played an entire world cup without trabis before semi's and travis in BGT had 2 gun knocks but otherwise aus dominated india and it would have been 4-1 if not for rain, 3 games were won without Travis's help.

Don't get me wrong he's the X factor in aussie lineup and if he doesn't perform the team obviously takes a massive hit, but to claim Australia is nothing without him is pushing things way way way too far.

Same cannot be said for pakistan. Their reliant on 2 people and both openers ain't gonna kick off every game. Had they played ct, they would have failed at some point and pakistan would have been exposed eventually.

India played with their weakest ever team in aus in a long times. Entire pace attack was missing. So many newbies. Batting had kohli and Rohit playing when better replacements were available.

Travis head is not the only reason aus win the icc events. He is THE only reason they won.

It’s no Australia’s bowling that wins them tournaments. It’s their batting. That’s what I want to be clear on. Lot of people get this twisted. No plebs, it’s actually the batting that helps Aus win tournaments and the reason why India has choked vs Aus in semis or finals? It’s the plebs in batting like kohli Rohit and Kl rahul

Batting yes oh god rhe sooopertars frauds are the reason

Yea I know India won t20 WC but they don’t play Aus in finals there.

So yea.

Maybe sooperstars should actually work on their technique to win tourneys or just quit. But they won’t.

 

[kron]

Great points as usual from you bro your read of the game is outstanding ya south africa or nz can stop them.

No they cannot

nZ will never stop aussies
Only team that can stop Aus is india

 

[kron]

Teams try much harder during ICC events. It is why heavyweights can sometimes lose bilateral series but generally do well during ICC events.

Thanks for the input. Aus are still always poor in t20 world cups. Why is that I wonder.

Only play well in odi and recently in tests. ODI seems to be their format. But no one cares for odi anymore so does it really matter?

 

[Champ_Pal]

Jofra Choker Archer is the most overrated bowler in the world. No brains and only pace. Got smashed for the clueless bowler he is.
England needs to find some other bowlers from domestic cricket instead of importing chokers from around the world.