The fourth match of the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between Australia and England today. This is the second match of Group-B. Australia won the Champions Trophy title in 2006 and 2009. At the same time, England is looking for the first trophy.
The recent form of both teams has been very disappointing. On the one hand, India beat England 3-0 in the ODI series. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, made a clean sweep in the 2 -match ODI series against Australia.
Match Details, Fourth Match Australia vs England Date: February 22 Stadium: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Time: Toss – At 2:00 pm, The match starts – 2:30 pm
The tournament collided with 5 times, including two semifinals In the history of the tournament, the two teams have clashed against each other 5 times. In this, the English team won 3 times and the Kangaroo team 2 times. These five matches also include the 2004 and 2009 semifinals. England beat Australia in 2004 and Australia beat England in 2009.
Overall, both teams have faced each other 161 times in ODIs. Australia won 91 matches and England won 65 matches. While the results of 3 matches could not come and two matches were tie.
Five Australian players out of the Champions Trophy Five of Australia's important players are out of the Champions Trophy. These include the names of Captain Pet Cummins, fast bowler Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazelwood, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis. In the absence of Cummins, Steve Smith is leading the team.
Everyone's eyes will be on Travis Head No player has played big innings in the ODI match played for the Australian team this year. But, England will have to avoid the Travis head. His performance will help a lot. The head can create a rhythm with the range of his shot. Alex Kerry has scored the highest 41 runs for the team this year. Sean Abbot has taken the highest wicket.
Rashid took the most wickets Ben Duckette has scored the highest runs for England this year. He has scored 13 runs in 3 matches. Spinner Adil Rashid has taken the highest wicket. He has taken 7 wickets in 3 matches. Spinners will dominate the match played in Pakistan, on Asian pitch. In this case, the spin bowler Rashid will have a special responsibility for England.
The position of the pitch of Gaddafi Stadium Most high -scoring matches have been played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The pitch here is helpful for the batters and that is why high scoring matches are seen here.
So far 69 ODIs have been played here. The batting team has won 35 matches and the first bowling team has won 32 matches. At the same time, the result of a match could not come. While a match was tie. The highest score here is 375/3, which Pakistan scored against Zimbabwe in 2015. The highest run chase at Gaddafi Stadium is 349/4, which Pakistan scored against Australia in 2022.
Lahore's Weather Report The weather will be good in Lahore on Saturday. The day will be fog all day. There is no possibility of rain. The temperature is expected to be around 10 to 23 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at a speed of 13 km / h.
Both teams on Thursday announced a playing-11 for the match against Australia for the match.
England's Playing-11: Jose Butler (Captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Ben Ducket, Jamie Smith, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Liam Livingston, Braidan Cars, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
Australia's Potential Playing-11: Steve Smith (Captain), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Marnus Labushen, Glenn Maxwell, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Aaron Hardy, Sean Abbot, Nathan Alice, Tanvir Sangha and Adam Zampa.
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