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Match number 4 in the Champions Trophy was played between Australia and England on 22 February. Australia performed brilliantly and won the match by 5 wickets. Josh Inglis and Alex Carey displayed brilliant batting from Australia’s side. After this, Glenn Maxwell also batted explosively. Now Australia has won its first match in the Champions Trophy since 2009.
England scored 351 runs on the strength of Duckett
Ben Duckett played a century in this match. He scored 165 runs in 143 balls with the help of 17 fours and 3 sixes and also became the batsman to play the biggest innings in the Champions Trophy. Apart from him, Joe Root scored 68 runs in 78 balls and completed his 10 thousand runs while batting at number 4 and also became the first player of England to do so. On the basis of the brilliant batting of both, England scored 351 runs for the loss of 8 overs after 50 overs.
Australia won the match
Australia, chasing the target of 352 runs, got the first blow in the form of Travis Head in 3.1 overs. After Head’s wicket, Steve Smith got out after scoring 5 runs in 6 balls in the very next over. After getting two big blows back to back, Australia came in a weak position. But then Marnus Labuschagne and Josh Inglis took charge of the innings. Inglis made a mark in this match. He played an unbeaten innings of 120 runs in 86 balls, in which the wicketkeeper batsman hit 8 fours and 6 sixes.
Apart from this, Alex Carey played an innings of 69 runs in 63 balls. Glenn Maxwell’s stormy batting was also seen, when this player scored 32 runs in 15 balls and gave Australia victory in just 47.3 overs. Australia made this match played in Lahore memorable.
Gill Bikram Singh