Sunday | January 11, 2026 | Dhaka
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NN Online:
Josh Inglis registered a maiden ODI century to shoulder a historic chase for Australia in a Champions Trophy thriller on Saturday in Lahore.
The five-wicket win marked the highest-ever chase by any team at an ICC white-ball tournament – the previous best having been Pakistan’s 345 against Sri Lanka at the 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup.
Having been set a mammoth target of 352, Australia had lost star batters Travis Head and Steve Smith early in the powerplay. While Matthew Short and Marnus Labushchagne 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.
Inglis would then combine alongside Alex Carey (69) 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 31 off 14 deliveries. Inglis went on to close the game with a maximum, finishing with 120 runs off 86 deliveries.
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, comprising of 11 fours alongside one maximum to put England in the ascendancy with the highest-ever total in Champions Trophy history – 351/8.