Australia put aside all talks about a potential early exit from the Champions Trophy, with younger talent showcasing top batting form and Glenn Maxwell and Josh Inglis finishing on a high, taking Aussies to the biggest run chase in an ICC ODI event by a team ever.
Within one night, several ICC Champions Trophy and ICC white-ball event records were broken and it was only right that the oldest superpowers of the cricketing world got the right to shatter them.
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 Austr
The Gaddafi Stadium at Lahore witnessed this unexpected mix-up as the portion of Indian national anthem saying "Bhaarat Bhaagya Vidhaata" was played for around two seconds before the ones in charge of playing the national anthem realised their mistake and halted it.
Australia will finally kickstart their CT2025 campaign against arch-rivals England in Lahore. While both sides have displayed woeful ODI form as of late, Australia has not won a match in the Champions Trophy since the 2009 edition when they defended their title.
England will kickstart their Champions Trophy campaign against arch-rivals Australia from February 22 at Lahore, with matches against Afghanistan (February 26) and South Africa (March 1) coming later.
ICC Hall of Famer and former World Cup-winner Ricky Ponting predicted India and Australia as the two finalists of the upcoming mega event, ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 which is scheduled to kick start from February 19 in Pakistan.
Reflecting on her dominant leg-spin performance in Test whites at the MCG, Alana King hoped that somewhere, the late Shane Warne had been watching and enjoying the spectacle.
England will miss the services of right-arm seamer Kate Cross or the one-off Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), while two important Australian players make a comeback in the squad in order to seek a series whitewash, as per the ICC official website.
The eight-team cricket tournament, featuring heavyweight ODI sides, will take place across four venues, Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Lahore in Pakistan, as well as Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
India and Australia have joined South Africa in booking their spots in the semi-finals of the U19 Women's T20 World Cup, with one game still remaining, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC).