Australia wins the ICC Champions Trophy match against England by a margin of five wickets.

LAHORE: At Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Australia won the ICC Champions Trophy against England by a margin of five wickets.

Australia scored the total in the 48th over, with five wickets remaining, after chasing a goal of 352.

Josh Inglis, the wicketkeeper-batter, scored an undefeated 120 runs off 86 balls in a game-winning knock.

Matt Short scored 63, Alex Carey scored 69, and Marnus Labuschance scored 47.

Steve Smith, the captain, scored five runs, and Travis Head scored six. At 32, Glenn Maxwell was still undefeated.

Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse, Liam Livingstone, and Adil Rashid all took one wicket for England.

Earlier, England set a “absolute road” target of 352 runs for injury-plagued Australia on the pitch at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

With an incredible knock of 165 from 143 balls, Ben Duckett stole the show and made the Australian bowling attack seem foolish. Joe Root scored 78 runs, and the two of them worked together to set up a huge score. On the 23rd, Butler went back to the pavilion.

Ben Duckett and Joe Root had previously joined, and England had a target of 350 or more on the “absolute road” at the Gaddafi Stadium.

Prior to Root and Duckett carrying the third wicket partnership, England lost Jamie Smith (15) and Phil Salt (10).

The only player to take two wickets during the powerplay was Ben Dwarshuis.

In the Champions Trophy match in Lahore, Australia chose to field against their bitter foe England after winning the toss.

In the Champions Trophy 2025, the two Ashes rivals square off at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday, putting a tired Australian team to the test against an unproductive England.

Five important members of Australia’s original team were sidelined due to injuries, leaving stand-in skipper Steve Smith with a difficult task in a pivotal group-stage match.