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ICC Champions Trophy: Australia find an Inglis hero in record chase against England | Cricket News

ICC Champions Trophy: Australia find an Inglis hero in record chase against England | Cricket News

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It has not been a lengthy international career till date but there was a graphic on broadcast towards the end of his match-winning innings that showed Josh Inglis scores nearly two-thirds of his ODI runs in the region between point and midwicket. So it was fitting that he went from 86 to 104 with three sixes in that segment of the Gaddafi Stadium. When Brydon Carse changed his pace and hit a hard length, the ball sat up for Inglis to smash one over square leg. The very next ball, out came the scoop to a length ball on off-stump, flinging it over third man for a maximum. And in the next over, another change of pace delivery, this from Jofra Archer, Inglis pulled in front of square for a massive six to reach his century. The England-born Inglis’ unbeaten 120* off 86 balls led Australia to a stunning five-wicket win against England in Lahore on Saturday, chasing down 352 with 15 balls to spare. England had their chance though. Last ball of the 38th …

Champions Trophy: Australia complete highest successful run chase in all ICC tournaments, defeat England by 5 wickets | Cricket News

Champions Trophy: Australia complete highest successful run chase in all ICC tournaments, defeat England by 5 wickets | Cricket News

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Josh Inglis scored a blistering century as Australia completed the highest successful run chase in all ICC tournaments when they defeated England by 5 wickets at Lahore on Saturday in the Champions Trophy. Along with Inglis, opener Matthew Short scored a 66-ball 63, Alex Carey scored 69 while Glenn Maxwell chipped in with a quickfire 32 runs. England who were sitting comfortable after they got rid of Travis Head and Steve Smith but Inglis’s knock came out of the syllabus as the Australian player stayed unbeaten at 120, playing 86 deliveries in an innings peppered with 6 sixes and 8 fours. Earlier, Ben Duckett struck a magnificent career-best 165 to power England to 351 for 8 against Australia in their Champions Trophy Group B opening match. Story continues below this ad The 30-year-old Duckett, who was benched during England’s disastrous T20 World Cup campaign last year, grabbed his moment on the big stage, hitting 17 boundaries and three sixes during his 143-ball knock to lead his side to their highest ever total in the Champions …

Champions Trophy: India left to rue dropped chances as Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy dig Bangladesh out of hole | Cricket News

Champions Trophy: India left to rue dropped chances as Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy dig Bangladesh out of hole | Cricket News

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The Indian team were left to rue two important dropped catches with Bangladesh batters Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy made the most of their second lives, steadying the Bangladesh innings after the team was down to 35/5 at one point in the match. Ali and Hridoy were both dropped at low scores and have since made the Men in Blue pay with respective half centuries. The first dropped catch came in the 9th over when Jaker had just come out to bat and was facing Axar Patel who was on a hattrick after sending back Tanzid Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim in back to back deliveries. With three slips in place, Jaker got an outside edge and the ball went straight to Rohit who was standing in the 1st slip. It came at him at a very comfortable height but Rohit dropped an absolute dolly and beat the ground in frustration. The second miss was in the 20th over when Hridoy tried a drive down the ground and the ball sailed straight to Hardik Pandya at …