Australia skipper Steve Smith congratulated Ben Duckett following his heroics at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday, February 22.
Duckett played one of the best innings of his international cricket career during his team's ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opening match. He started off aggressively after England were invited to bat first.
Recently, Duckett faced a lot of criticism for not converting his starts into big scores, and in the match against the Aussies, he made sure to shut down his critics.
Duckett was dismissed on the second ball of the 48th over of the innings by Marnus Labuschagne. The Aussie part-time spinner bowled a tossed-up delivery, and Duckett tried to slog it across the line but failed to make a connection with the ball. The ball hit him in the front of the stumps, but he took a review.
Watch: Steve Smith’s beautiful gesture for Ben Duckett
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Australia entering Champions Trophy on the back of horror show in Sri Lanka
Australia entered the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on the back of a 2-0 whitewash at the hands of Sri Lanka. In their previous ODI, they faced a crushing 174-run defeat in Colombo. Notably, it was Sri Lanka’s biggest ODI win over Australia.
For Australia, Sean Abbott (1/41) and Ben Dwarshuis (2/47) bowled well and they were supported by Aaron Hardie (1/60) and Adam Zampa (1/47).
Matthew Short (2), Jake Fraser-McGurk (9), and Travis Head (18) fell early to Asitha Fernando (3-23). After that, Steven Smith (29) and Josh Inglis (22) offered brief resistance with a 46-run stand, but once Inglis was bowled by Dunith Wellalage (4/35), the innings got off the track.
Glenn Maxwell (1), Sean Abbott (2), and Aaron Hardie (0) were dismissed in quick succession, and from 83-4, Australia lost their last six wickets for just 24 runs.
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