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No Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Cameron Green and Marcus Stoinis, but Australia still managed to break records in the Champion's Trophy in 2025. Thanks to Josh Inglis’s incredible innings Australia chased down a target of 352 runs, the highest chased in the history of Champion's Trophy and any ICC white-ball tournament ever! Furthermore, it was Australia’s first win in the tournament after 16 years.

Australia has not won a single match since the 2009 Champions Trophy final. As everyone knows, many of their matches got abandoned because of rain or they lost in the matches that remain. Many felt Australia was in trouble after the only innings the English posted such a huge score. However, it seemed as if everything changed with Inglis and Alex Carey’s brilliant 146-run stand, which was one of the best in contemporary cricket.

In the first innings, England completely obliterated Australia as Ben Duckett scored a whopping 165 runs, the highest in the history of Champions Trophy. Joe Root was great in the middle too and scored 68 runs. Other batsmen like Jamie Smith and Jos Buttler showed intent but couldn't convert on the opportunities.

Regardless, Duckett maintained his aggressive style as England scored 352 runs.

In the second innings, Head and Smith had a notable task at hand but were not able to show their experience on the field. Smith struck five runs and Head six runs as Australia crumbled for 27/2. This did not break the will of the Australians. Matthew Short was outstanding, scoring 63 and Marnus Labuschagne, 47.

The two laid the groundwork for Carey and Inglis to take over the game. Carey, who took two brilliant catches in the first innings, scored 69 runs and Inglis scored 120 not out. He dealt with all the pressure brilliantly and ensured nothing distracted him, which resulted in Australia receiving a comfortable victory. Without a doubt, there were touches of Glenn Maxwell, who helped towards the end scoring 32 runs off 15 balls not out as the Kangaroos chased it down in 47.3 overs.

 


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