AUS vs ENG Highlights, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Australia beats England by five wickets in record run-chase
AUS vs ENG Highlights, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Australia beats England by five wickets in record run-chase
Wood to bowl what should be the final over. Excellent stop at mid-on by Brook and just a single for Inglis off the first ball. Pulled to deep midwicket by Maxwell for one more. SIX! Full and flicked by Inglis and it just goes over the deep midwicket fielder for a maximum. Australia win by five wickets and complete the highest successful run-chase in ICC Champions Trophy history.
Archer continues. Yorker to begin the over and Maxwell digs it out for a single. SIX! Short now and pulled behind square-leg by Inglis for another maximum.
FOUR! This assault doesn’t relent. Maxwell stays in his crease and carts this through cover to the boundary. OUT! Full toss and Maxwell is caught at deep square-leg. Umpires are checking if that was over the waist. Maxwell still in the middle. That has been ruled as a waist-high no-ball by the third umpire and Maxwell survives. Nothing going England’s way.
There is some confusion in the middle as to who is supposed to be on strike. It is Maxwell who returns to take strike. SIX! And he adds injury to insult as he launches this full delivery over long-on for another big maximum.
Just 34 needed now from 30 balls. This has been some stunning display of ball hitting from Inglis.
Wood is back. Buttler is having a long chat with him. A near-impossible task now for England. FOUR! Hard-length on leg-stump, and Maxwell makes room outside off to crash this through cover. SIX! This is getting ridiculously easy now. Maxwell shuffles across the stumps and pulls this over fine-leg for half a dozen runs.
With just 44 needed from 36, this is now Australia’s game to lose. Archer with the ball. Flicked to mid-on for a single by Inglis, who moves to 98. Swatted to deep midwicket by Maxwell for one more. SIX! Pulled over midwicket for another six and Inglis brings up his century in style, off just 77 balls! He gets to his maiden ton and what a way and occasion to get it. Take a bow, Inglis!
Just 57 needed from 42. Carse continues. SIX! Inglis swivels and pulls and clears the boundary behind square. SIX! Back-to-back maximums for Inglis. This is outrageous. He reverse scoops Carse over the third-man fielder.
Wood comes back. Guided to point by Inglis for a couple. Huge appeal for lbw as Wood gets the ball to nip back in and rap Inglis on the front pad. But this looked like it was missing leg-stump and not given. Buttler signals it may have been too high also.
FOUR! Maxwell is off the mark with a boundary. This was wide outside off and Maxwell got down on one knee to spank this to the long-off boundary. FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Maxwell. He chips this over mid-on and this is getting easier for Australia.
Carse is back into the attack. He comes around the wicket to Carey. FOUR! Carey steps out and pulls this to the square-leg fence. A couple more for him next ball. FOUR! Carey gets a top edge as he looks to flick this behind. The ball falls short of the fielder at fine-leg and goes for four. OUT! Carey is gone and huge blow for Australia at this stage.
In comes Glenn Maxwell. He starts off with a couple of dots and finally some breathing space for Carse, who has had a rough evening with the ball.
Alex Carey c Jos Buttler b Brydon Carse 69 (63b 8×4)
Livingstone comes back. Australia needs just 87 runs in the last 10 overs. FOUR! Pulled down the ground by Carey for a boundary. Swept by Carey next ball behind square for one more. Punched off the backfoot through cover by Inglis and that has stung Buttler’s fingers; just a single. Seven runs from the over.
Rashid bowls out. Just four singles from the over and Rashid bowls out with figures of 1/47 in 10 overs. Top stuff from the leggie but England in a real spot of bother now.
Archer continues. That dropped catch will stay be playing in mind and he will hope to make amends with ball. FOUR! Inglis has reverse scooped this to the third-man boundary. FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Inglis as he flicks this behind square-leg and Livingstone’s dive can’t stop the ball. Loose short ball down leg-side and pulled behind by Inglis for two more. That will be given leg-byes.
Rashid into his ninth over. Full on middle stump and swung away by Carey for a couple through midwicket. Pulled to wide long-on by Carey for one more. Googly from Rashid and punched by Inglis to long-on for another single. Dropped! Archer drops a sitter at deep midwicket as Carey pulls this rank short ball straight to the fielder. Carey also gets to his 50 off 49 balls with a couple of runs.
Archer will continue. Australia needs 111 runs to win from 84 balls and it is very much game on in Lahore!
Full and pushed to mid-on by Carey for a quick single. Inglis goes for a reverse scoop but only makes contact with air. A single at point for Inglis and just two runs off the first four balls of this over. Short and guided off the backfoot by Carey for one more.
Excellent over from Archer with just three singles coming from it. The required run rate now 8.30.
Rashid will continue. Thick inside edge for Inglis and he almost chops on. He collects three runs behind the stumps to bring up a 100-run stand with Carey.
Archer comes back into the attack. Slower delivery outside off and it beats Inglis’ swipe. FOUR! Short and pulled to the square-leg boundary by Inglis. Beaten! Inglis is beaten all ends up as he looks to steer this to third-man with soft hands. FOUR! Another slower delivery wide outside off and sliced behind point by Inglis to the boundary.
Rashid comes back. Five singles from the over. Rashid beats Carey’s attempted cut off the last ball of the over.
Wood continues. FOUR! Full and driven through point by Inglis to the boundary. Two more for Inglis with a late cut to the third-man region. He moves to 49. Wood asks for some sawdust with dew around.
Inglis brings up his half-century off 41 balls with a single.
Carse comes back into the attack. Around the wicket to Carey. FOUR! Short and wide and cut away aerially over cover-point by Carey for four runs. FOUR! Short again and this is pulled away by Carey to the deep midwicket boundary. Time for a drinks break.
Wood continues. LBW appeal but Inglis will survive as this was missing leg-stump. England doesn’t review it either. FOUR! Full on the pads and whipped away through square-leg by Inglis for a boundary. That’s 200 on the board for Australia in 30.5 overs.
Root again. FOUR! Root gives Inglis room outside off as he comes around the wicket. Inglis rocks back and punches the ball through cover and mid-off to find the boundary.
Meanwhile, Archer has returned to the field of action.
Mark Wood returns. Inglis and Carey put on 50 runs off 39 balls to drive Australia’s chase. FOUR! Cut away by Carey to the point boundary as Wood gives him too much room outside off.
Root continues. Archer is receiving some treatment on his leg on the boundary line and hopefully it is nothing serious.
Archer has walked off the field and a substitute is on for him. Eight runs from the over and the batters do it with ones and twos.
SIX! Tossed up on leg-stump and Inglis clears his front leg to deposit this over long-on for a maximum. Inglis getting a move on here. A couple of twos for him to make it 10 runs from four balls this over. FOUR-BYES! This was lucky! Inglis missed the ball trying to work this on leg-side and the ball missed the leg-stump and the keeper to run away for four extras.
Root into his second over. Now Inglis unfurls the reverse-sweep to collect a single at deep point. Five singles from the over.
Livingstone will continue. Paddle-sweep from Carey and a couple more for the left-hander at fine-leg. FOUR! Full outside off, and Carey just manages it to lift it over mid-off to find the boundary. 150 up for Australia in 24.2 overs. FOUR! Carey has taken on the mantle of attacking the spinners. Full on off-stump and confidently driven through cover by him for another boundary.
Root replaces Rashid in the attack. A couple of twos to end the over to make it six from Root’s first.
OUT! Straight back to Livingstone and Short has to go. Sharp catch from Livingstone diving low to his left as Short drove the ball back to him.
Alex Carey comes in next. Carey brings out the reverse-sweep to collect a couple behind point.
Matthew Short c & b Liam Livingstone 63 (66b 9×4 1×6)
Maiden over from Rashid. There is a loud appeal for lbw off the last ball as Rashid gets the ball to skid through and catches Inglis in front of the stumps off the backfoot. England doesn’t review. That could have been tight.
Livingstone with the ball again. Six runs from the over. Inglis ends the over with a paddle sweep but finds the short fine-leg fielder.
OUT! Marnus slaps this straight to the cover fielder as Rashid gives him room outside off-stump.
Josh Inglis comes out to the middle. FOUR! Short from Rashid and Inglis rocks back and cuts this to the boundary to open his account. Inglis races to 7 off 4 balls by the end of the over as he adopts a positive approach against spin.
Marnus Labuschagne c Jos Buttler b Adil Rashid 47 (45b 5×4)
Livingstone continues. Excellent stuff from Livingstone with just four runs coming from the over. England’s spinners have really put a lid on the runs.
Rashid again. Three dot balls in a row as just a single comes off the first four balls. Just four runs from the over. Only 13 runs have come from the last 18 balls and Australia will look to get a move on now.
Spin from both ends as Livingstone comes into the attack. Both Short and Marnus are finding it hard to put the spinners away. Just five runs from the over.
Rashid continues. The leg-spinner continues his economical spell. Just six runs coming from the over and no boundaries.
FOUR! Too full from Carse and beautifully driven through cover by Short for a boundary. Going down leg-side, called a wide, but the wicketkeeper thinks Short got some time on that. England will go upstairs. There is nothing on UltraEdge as the ball passes the bat and England has thrown away a review. FOUR! Full on the pads and whipped away by Short to the boundary. Short gets to his fifty off 47 balls and it is also 100 up for Australia in 14.5 overs.
Rashid continues. He keeps it tight, with just two singles coming from the over.
Carse continues. SIX! Don’t bowl short to Short seems to be the message that England just doesn’t get. Carse bowls into the pitch and Short deposits the ball over deep square-leg with a pull shot.
Adil Rashid comes into the attack. Dropped! Rashid puts down a chance off his bowling off the first ball of the over and Short is the one who gets another lease of life. Six singles from the over.
Archer will continue. A couple of singles off the first four balls and that’s the 50-run partnership between Short and Marnus off just 39 balls. Just three runs from the over.
Carse continues. Beaten! Marnus looks to cheekily guide this through short-third and misses. FOUR! Lucky runs for Marnus. He gets an inside edge and the ball runs away to the fine-leg boundary. Tucked away through square-leg by Marnus for a couple more. FOUR! Too full on the pads and easily flicked away through square-leg for a boundary by Marnus. FOUR! Short, and easily pulled away to the square-leg fence by Marnus. Runs coming thick and fast now for Australia.
Archer replaces Wood. Just five runs from the over as Archer mixes his lenghts and his pace on a few occasions.
Brydon Carse into the attack. FOUR! Drifted on the pads and flicked away to the fine-leg boundary by Marnus. Too straight again and clipped through midwicket by Marnus for a couple more. Outside edge for Marnus on the drive and a single at third-man for him. Slower one, short and Short is too early into the pull as the ball hits him on the elbow.
Wood will continue. Tucked away on the leg-side by Short for a couple of runs. Livingstone with an athletic effort to keep the ball from going to the boundary. FOUR! Short, waist-high for Short and he won’t have any qualms pulling it to the midwicket boundary. Fifty runs up for Australia in 6.5 overs.
Archer continues. FOUR! Slashed away by Short to the point boundary as Archer again gives too much room outside off-stump. FOUR! Short finds the fine-leg boundary now. Too full outside leg-stump and Short just nudges it behind. Rashid puts in a dive in the deep put cannot parry the ball back in. FOUR! Short and pulled away by Short to the square-leg boundary. Almost chops on! Archer now bowls on a hard length on off-stump and Short gets an inside edge and almost chops onto his stumps.
OUT! Wood strikes and Smith is gone. A hard length from Wood and Smith gets an outside edge to Duckett in the slips as he looks to drive with hard hands.
FOUR! Marnus Labuschagne is off the mark with a boundary off the first ball he faces. Too full from Wood and Marnus drives with an open face behind point to find the boundary. Four dot balls in a row as Wood keeps it on a good length outside off-stump to keep Marnus quiet.
Steven Smith c Ben Duckett b Mark Wood 5 (6b 1×4)
OUT! Head is gone first ball of the over as Archer takes a superb return catch off his own bowling.
Skipper Steve Smith is the next man in. FOUR! Smith is off the mark in style. Archer goes short and wide again and Smith slashes through cover-point to find the boundary. Smith ends the over with a single at fine-leg as Archer goes for a yorker-length delivery.
Travis Head c & b Jofra Archer 6 (5b 1×4)
Wood continues. FOUR! Short opens the face of his bat and sends the ball behind point for a boundary after four consecutive dot balls. Still, just four runs from the over.
Travis Head and Matthew Short are off to a quick start in this record 352-run chase. Mark Wood is too full in the first over, and Short takes a toll on him with two fours. Head capitalises on a short and wide delivery from Jofra Archer and sends it to the boundary through the off-side.
Archer smacks Labuschagne for a four and a six before taking a double off the last ball to take England past the 350-run mark. This is now the highest-ever total in Champions Trophy history!
Ellis. Boundaries have dried up, England fighting to go past 350 now which at one point was looking easy. Full toss and Archer slaps it straight for four!
Labuschagne. OUT! Duckett has been given LBW trying to slog sweep. He has taken a review. Three reds mean he has to go. Duckett falls for 165 off 143 balls.
Jofra Archer at the crease. Terrific over by Marnus, just four runs off it and a big wicket.
Dwarshuis. Short ball and Duckett smacks him wide of mid off for four. OUT! Livingstone tries to slog over square leg but gets caught in the deep.
Brydon Carse at the crease. Duckett meanwhile smacks another pull for four to end the over.
Zampa. In the slot and Duckett slog sweeps towards square leg for four. Eight runs added to the total. Australia is doing decently well.
Ellis. Duckett cuts, misfield by Head at point allows him to take a single and get to his 150! LBW appeal against Livingstone and umpire raises his finger. He has reviewed. Spike on the bat saves Livingstone.
SIX! Livingstone takes on Labuschagne, slog sweeps him for a six over midwicket. Made full use of the low full toss there. 10 runs from that over.
Labuschagne is back. He’s bowling well, hasn’t bowled a boundary ball yet. Five singles in that over.
Maxwell. Buttler comes down the track and smacks the ball over long on for a SIX. OUT! Buttler goes for a slog sweep and is caught at deep midwicket.
England continues to cruise. Duckett and Buttler take out nine runs from the Dwarshuis over. Duckett is now touched 140 – already the top score by an English batter in Champions Trophy.
Maxwell is back. Duckett comes down the track and smacks the ball over the sight screen for SIX! Duckett has turned on his aggressive mode. 10 runs off the over.
Zampa for his ninth over. Duckett takes out the reverse sweep and hits it behind square for four. SIX off the last ball of the over by Duckett. Straight over the bowler’s head.
Dwarshuis. England’s scoring rate has dropped down a bit in the last few overs. Four singles in this over.
Zampa. OUT! Another terrific catch by Carey and Brook falls cheaply. Brook charged Zampa, got a leading edge and Carey had to run back from point and dive to grab that.
Jos Buttler in at six. Five runs off the over and a wicket.
Ellis is back. England has a strong platform right now to go past the 350-run mark. Brook is taking his time.
Harry Brook is the new man in.
Johnson. Short ball and Duckett slaps the ball straight past the bowler for four. Same ball, same result and that’s century for Duckett off 95 balls!!
Zampa. Root attempts as sweep, and a huge appeal follows. Umpire has given it out but Root has reviewed the LBW decision. Umpire’s call on wickets which means Root has to go after scoring 68. Breakthrough for Australia!
Johnson is back. Short ball and Root pulls it towards square leg for four. That also brings 150-run partnership between the two.
Zampa is back into the attack and Duckett welcomes him with a four over long off. Eight runs off the over, Duckett moves into his 90s.
Only one over for Marnus as Maxwell is back from that end. England is having it easy at the moment. Duckett once again ends the over with a four – smacks the ball towards cover region.
Australia is now trying everything to get a breakthrough, Marnus Labuschagne into the attack. He’s bowling leg spin. Root and Duckett easily working him in the gaps to take singles. Seven runs off the over.
Dwarshuis is back. Root clips the ball towards fine leg and gets his fifty off 56 balls. Four runs off the over.
Matthew Short into the attack now. Root begins his over with a cover drive for four! 150-up for England.
Duckett hits two back-to-back fours off Zampa to bring up a century stand for the third wicket. He first cut the ball in front of cover and the paddle swept the ball towards fine leg.
England is kept the scoring rate close seven runs an over. Wicket-taking is a task here; Australians have decently well to keep the run rate in check.
Australia brings back seam. Johnson is here. Joe Root finds a boundary towards the fine leg region. Now Duckett pulls the slow ball towards midwicket for four to reach his fifty.
England continues to rotate strike. The conditions aren’t helping the bowlers in any way. Looks like a high-scoring match so far.
Adam Zampa into the attack now. England batters work him around the ground for singles and a double. Six runs from the over.
Maxwell. Both Root and Duckett are good at rotating the strike against spinners. Duckett once again finishes the Maxwell over with a boundary, this time a SIX! Comes down the track and lofts over the bowler’s head.
Ellis continues. England going well so far: rotating the strike regularly and also finding boundaries every two overs.
Spin is introduced in the form of Glenn Maxwell. Duckett finishes the over with a four as comes down the track and hits the ball straight.
Ellis continues. Length ball and Root places the ball towards midwicket and it runs away for four. Seven runs came in that over.
Fifth over for Dwarshuis. Final over of the PowerPlay as well. The over went well until the last ball when Duckett drove past cover for four to finish the PP.
Better over for Ellis this time. Just four runs off it.
Dwarshuis continues. Root drives straight but a terrific effort by Marnus at mid off saves a certain boundary.
Change in bowling. Nathan Ellis into the attack. On the pads and Duckett tucks it fine for four! Ellis beats the inside edge of the bat and Inglis fails to collect, it goes for four byes.
Dwarshuis. OUT!! Smith is gone. Tries to go over mid on but ends up giving an easy catch to the fielder.
Joe Root is the new man in.
Johnson. On the pads and Smith guides the ball behind square leg for four. Smith mistimes but the ball falls just over mid on and he gets two. He finishes the over with a cracking cover drive for four.
Dwarshuis. Full on the pads and Duckett picks the ball in front of square for four! Dwarshuis bowls a down the leg delivery and gets five runs off that; there was no chance Josh Inglis would have kept it.
Johnson. No movement in the air at all so far. A good tight over though by the left-armer, just three runs off it.
Ben Dwarshuis from the other end. Two left-armers begin things for Australia. OUT!! Salt is gone, Alex Carey takes a stunner. Full on the pads, Salt flicks the ball wide of mid on and Carey jumps to his right to grab a one-handed catch.
Jamie Smith at the crease. Smith comes down the track and is off the mark with a four towards cover region.
Spencer Johnson with the new ball. Phil Salt and Ben Duckett open the innings. First boundary for England as Salt drives a good length delivery straight past mid off. Follows it up with a six! Comes down the track and smacks the ball over midwicket.
England – Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith(w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Australia – Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson
Australia wins the toss and opts to bowl.
Outfield looks absolutely magnificent; it’ll be quick as lightning. This surface is an absolute road. Has a nice covering of grass on it. It’s really hard. The batters should prosper. If they don’t, blame them, reckons Simon Doull.
Matches played: 5
Australia won: 2
England won: 3
Travis Head, Matthew Short, Steve Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Sean Abbott, Spencer Johnson, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa.
Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
Australia: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.
England: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
