Champions Trophy 2025: Australia beat England by 5 wickets

Ben Duckett set the records straight against Steve Smith’s Australia earlier in the day, but it wasn’t enough for England to taste victory in their first match of Champions Trophy 2025. Josh Inglis smashed his maiden ODI hundred off 77 balls as Australia raced to a five-wicket victory on Saturday, February 22, in front of a packed house at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

Duckett scored 165 runs off 143 balls, the highest individual score in the history of the Champions Trophy, but Inglis helped Australia record the highest successful run-chase in the



tournament. Tracking down a mammoth target of 352, the Aussies broke Sri Lanka’s record of 322 against India back in 2017 at the Kennington Oval in London.

It was also Australia’s first win in the Champions Trophy since they beat New Zealand by six wickets back in 2009 at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. They also notched the highest run-chase in ICC tournament’s history, toppling Pakistan's 345 against Sri Lanka in the ODI World Cup 2023. England, in the meantime, slumped to their fourth loss in ODIs after also losing the bilateral series against India 0-3.