Inglis, Carey combine to nullify Duckett's historic ton

Josh Inglis took the honours on a historic day in the Champions Trophy as his 77-ball ton - the joint-fastest in the tournament's history - eclipsed Ben Duckett's epic 165 - the highest-ever individual score in the tournament. Duckett's effort and Joe Root's 68 pushed England to 351/8 which Australia chased down in the 48th over following Inglis's unbeaten century and his 146-run stand with Carey. This is Australia's first win in the Champions Trophy since the 2009 edition.

England came into the tournament on the back of woeful ODI form but made quick amends by showing appreciable batting gumption through the middle-overs - their biggest pain point recently. Duckett curbed his natural instincts to blaze away, and combined with the more assured Joe Root to stitch a big stand and set England up for a 300-plus total. But their bowlers couldn't consolidate that performance as dew made its presence felt, like Steve Smith had predicted at the toss.

Jofra Archer, who found the most swing in the PowerPlay in this tournament, saw the back of Travis Head early in chase. The left-hander looked to drive a full ball that moved away late. Head's bat turned in his hand and the ball looped back up in Archer's direction who completed a catch in his follow-through. At the other end, Mark Wood bowled a fiery spell of four overs where only two of the 24 deliveries were fired in at under 150kmph. He took out Steve Smith in the midst of this effort, getting him to nick to Ben Duckett at slip.

Yet, Australia finished the PowerPlay on course in their tall chase at 76/2 with Marnus Labuschagne giving the team a quick recovery alongside Matthew Short. The pair looked to navigate their way through further against spin from both ends in Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone, but slipped up in the former's fifth over. The runs dried up a touch against spin and Labuschagne fell trying to go after Rashid, hitting a full, tossed up ball to Jos Buttler at cover. Short, who got to his fifty during the course of his stand with Labuschagne, suffered a soft dismissal as he hit one straight back to Livingstone.

Rashid got a break from one end but Buttler continued to try to smother Australia with spin as Joe Root came on. Josh Inglis and Alex Carey however, took the spinners on to keep Australia's scoring rate hovering at six-an-over. They started to take risks against Livingstone and went after Brydon Carse while Archer left the field with some discomfort. The partnership swelled quickly and runs came off Wood too, who did not bring his early fire to his second spell. Inglis got his fifty and Carey was on course for his when Buttler brought back Rashid. The leggie, who'd conceded just one four in his first six overs, bowled a seventh with five singles in the 34th.

Archer soon returned, fit and ready to bowl, but his attempted variations like the knuckle ball didn't come off because of dew and Inglis dispatched him for a couple of boundaries. The conditions gave the fifth-wicket pair the ammunation to close down the gap between the asking rate and the scoring rate. Their 100-run stand came off just 79 deliveries. Carey then got to his fifty in the 38th over, when Archer dropped a sitter in the deep to compound England's woes.

Carse came back to break the stand, but that led to Glenn Maxwell's arrival in the 42nd over with 70 to get. The fireworks first came from the other end as Inglis smashed his way to his 77-ball century. Maxwell also swung his bat around for a 15-ball 32* to complete the victory with five wickets and 15 balls to spare.

Brief Scores:England 351/8 in 50 overs (Ben Duckett 165, Joe Root 68; Ben Dwarshuis 3-66) lost to Australia 356/5 in 47.3 overs (Josh Inglis 120*, Alex Carey 69, Matthew Short 63; Adil Rashid 1-47) by 5 wickets