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Lahore: In his first match of ICC Champion trophy Australia has opened their account with the record-breaking highest ever run chase of 352 against England on Saturday at Lahore in Pakistan.
This is the highest-ever run-chase in any ICC ODI event, outdoing Pakistan’s 345 against Sri Lanka at the 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup, and the highest-ever total in ICC Champions Trophy history, outdoing England by a run in this aspect. This is also the second-highest ODI run chase by Australia and highest ODI run chase against England. On the Pakistan soil, this is the highest ODI run-chase ever.
Inglis was the star of the chase, scoring 120* in just 86 balls, with eight fours and six sixes, scoring at a strike rate of 139.53. His 77-ball ton is tied with Virender Sehwag’s ton against England in 2002 as the fastest ton in the tournament history.
Having been set a mammoth target of 352, Australia had lost star batters Travis Head (6) and Steve Smith (5) early in the powerplay. While Matthew Short (63 in 66 balls, with nine fours and a six) and Marnus Labushchagne (47 in 45 balls, with five fours) 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, as per ICC.
Inglis would then combine alongside Alex Carey (69 in 63 balls, with eight fours) 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 32 off 15 deliveries, with four boundaries and two sixes. Inglis went on to close the game with a maximum, with 15 balls left.
Mark Wood, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone took a wicket each for England.
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, 165 in 143 balls, comprising of 11 fours alongside one maximum to put England in the ascendancy with the highest-ever total in Champions Trophy history – 351/8.
