England’s Ben Duckett scored the first ever 150-run knock in Champions Trophy history on Saturday when he reached the milestone in the 45th over of their match against Australia.
Duckett struck his third ODI century and his second against the Aussies while batting first. Ever since returning to the 50-over setup in September, Duckett has slammed two centuries among his five 50-plus scores in last nine innings.
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The previous highest individual score in the Champions Trophy history belonged to New Zealand’s Nathan Astle who scored an unbeaten 145 against USA in the 2004 edition of the tournament.
Australia won the toss against their Ashes rivals and put England into bat in Lahore. After being reduced to 43/2, England picked themselves up courtesy Duckett and Joe Root who stitched a 158-run partnership to take the 2004 Champions Trophy finalists to 201/3.
Skipper Jos Buttler and Duckett then added 61 runs for the fifth wicket.
At the time of writing, England were 322/7 in the 48th over with Ben Dwarshuis taking three wickets for the Aussies.
Duckett eventually perished on 165 runs courtesy Marnus Labuschagne. While trying to give England a bigger total, Duckett missed his pull and was adjudged leg before. He tried to get out of it by opting for the review but it was not to be.
Highest individual scores in Champions Trophy history:
165 – Ben Duckett (England) vs Australia in 2025
145* – Nathan Astle (New Zealand) vs USA in 2004
145 – Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) vs India in 2002
141* – Sourav Ganguly (India) vs South Africa in 2000
141 – Sachin Tendulkar (India) vs Australia in 1998
