Australia created history by chasing the score of 352 runs, years old record was broken in one stroke

The Australian team won the Champions Trophy 2025 match against England in a spectacular fashion. Josh Inglis proved to be the biggest hero for Australia and he scored a century while batting brilliantly.

Ankush Pandey Ankush Pandey
Feb 22, 2025 - 18:55 Updated: Feb 22, 2025 - 18:59
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Australia created history by chasing the score of 352 runs, years old record was broken in one stroke
Australia created history by chasing the score of 352 runs, years old record was broken in one stroke

The Australian team defeated the England team in a spectacular fashion by 5 wickets. In this match, England batted first and scored 351 runs, which Australia easily achieved thanks to Josh Inglis' century. When England scored 350 plus, no one thought that the Australian team would chase such a big score. But on the strength of the batsmen, the Australian team was successful in doing wonders.

Australia did the most successful run chase in Champions Trophy

The Australian team has created history by chasing a score of 352 runs. This is the most successful run chase in the history of Champions Trophy. Australia has broken Sri Lanka's record. Sri Lanka had chased a target of 322 runs against India in the Champions Trophy 2017 match. Now the Australian team has left it far behind.

Jos Inglis scored a powerful century

The Australian team lost two wickets for 27 runs at one time and looked to be in trouble. Batsmen like Steve Smith and Travis Head had returned to the pavilion. Then Matthew Short and Marnus Labuschagne took over the innings. Both these players presented a sample of well-planned batting. Short scored 63 runs and Labuschagne scored 47 runs. When both these batsmen were out. After that Alex Carey and Jos Inglis stepped on the crease. Both these players destroyed England's bowling attack. Carey scored 69 runs. On the other hand, Inglis remained unbeaten till the end and took rest only after making the Australian team win. He scored 120 runs in 86 balls, which included 8 fours and 6 sixes.

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Ben Duckett played an innings of 165 runs

The bowlers of both the teams could not do anything special in the match and flopped badly. Ben Duckett played an innings of 165 runs for England. He has become the batsman to play the biggest innings in the Champions Trophy. Apart from him, Joe Root contributed 68 runs. Captain Jos Buttler was able to score only 23 runs. It is because of these players that the England team was successful in scoring 350 plus runs.

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