How to watch the ICC Champions Trophy and when Australia is playing
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Steve Smith will captain Australia at the ICC Champions Trophy. (Getty Images: Robert Cianflone)
For the first time in eight years, the ICC Champions Trophy will be contested between the world’s best ODI nations.
The biggest white-ball tournament of the year will be held in Pakistan and the UAE.
Here is everything you need to know about the ICC Champions Trophy, including when Australia is playing and how to watch.
The Champions Trophy is a 50-over cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The original two editions of the tournament in 1998 and 2000 were known as the ICC KnockOut Trophy. These tournaments were held in Bangladesh and Kenya and were eight-team single-elimination tournaments.
In 2002, the format changed to having a group stage, followed by finals. Originally the tournament was held every two years, before a three-year gap from 2006 to 2009.
The tournament was then changed to be held every four years.
There was no tournament in 2021, meaning the last time the Champions Trophy was played was in 2017.
The ICC Champions Trophy will be streamed on Amazon’s Prime Video in Australia.
Prime Video will also have a broadcast stream in Hindi.
You can follow on ABC Sport in our live ScoreCentres, linked below and tune in to our live radio coverage.
For the first time in almost three decades, an international ICC tournament is being held in Pakistan.
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It is the first time since the 1996 Cricket World Cup that Pakistan has hosted an ICC tournament, with security concerns hindering the nation’s ability to host.
From 2009 to 2019 there was little to no international cricket played in Pakistan.
However, not all matches at this year’s Champions Trophy will be played in Pakistan.
Due to political conflict, India will play all of its matches in the UAE. If India advances to the semifinal or the final, these matches will also be played in the UAE.
There are eight teams in this year’s tournament, divided into two groups of four.
Australia is in Group B with England, South Africa and Afghanistan.
Group A features Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and New Zealand.
Each team will play their fellow group members once.
The top two teams from each group will move on to the semifinals — the top team of each group will play the second-placed team of the opposite group.
The winners of the semifinals will play in the final on Sunday, March 9, starting at 8pm AEDT.
All matches begin at 8pm AEDT
Australia will field a squad mixed with experience and young talent.
The two-time winners (2006, 2009) are missing several big names who have been mainstays in Australia’s white-ball teams for many years.
Captain Pat Cummins returned to Australia for the birth of his child, while fellow pace bowler Mitchell Starc withdrew last week for personal reasons.
Three other Aussies who have featured prominently in recent years but will not play in the Champions Trophy are Mitch Marsh (back), Josh Hazlewood (side strain) and Marcus Stoinis (retirement).
Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa. Travelling reserve: Cooper Connolly.
These nations were the winners of the eight previous Champions Trophy/ICC KnockOut Trophy tournaments:
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Australia Champions Trophy squad
Yet to bat
351 – 8 (50.0 overs)
Thanks Jim, cracking stuff. So there we have it, England’s most convincing batting for a while and their highest Champions Trophy total – spearheaded by Ben Duckett’s rich Tiramisu of an innings – the fifth highest ODI score by an Englishman. In Lahore, the sky has faded from blue to purple and Australia’s XI of old guard, off-cuts and substitutes prepare to show what they can do.
Dwarshuis continues, three singles off the over until the last ball when four leg byes give England a pep in their step. Australia guilty of gifting a few of those down in this innings. Buttler has had a quiet start to his innings so far. No I/m not trying to tempt fate, promise.
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Duckett hits 165 as England post 351-8 against Australia
England’s 351-8 is the highest total in Champions Trophy history
Duckett hits 165 – the best individual score in the CT
Root scores 68 in stand of 158 with Duckett
Australia win toss and bowl first
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by Timothy Abraham
Thanks, Sam.
I think England would have bitten your hand off for anything north of 350 but it does feel like they left 20 or 30 runs.
Right then, England have put a record-breaking total on the board but on a flat surface and with the prospect of dew in the second innings, it feels like there are still plenty of nerves among England fans ahead of Australia’s chase.
To see if those nerves are justified in the first half of the Aussie innings, it’s over to Timothy Abraham.
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If the dew doesn’t appear I think 350 is more than enough but I fear it’ll come around 15 overs.
Adam, West Malling
That’s a very precise fear, Adam!
That late onslaught from Jofra Archer brought England’s most productive over of the lot – Australia may rue giving the 50th to Marnus Labuschagne.
Vic Marks
Former England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That’s a terrific score. England will be happy with 350 but there’s no guarantee. The Aussies hung on throughout that innings.
England can’t be disappointed with their score given their recent history. Ben Duckett played brilliantly.
All the Aussie bowlers stuck to their tasks relatively well. I think we’re in for an absolutely cracking game with England being the slight favourites. There is a slight dew factor but we don’t know how that will play out.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator
England have their 350. That gamble from Australia didn’t quite work.
England scamper two from the last ball and they have got past 350 – just.
That’s the highest total in Champions Trophy history. Will that record stand at the end of the day?
Ben Duckett led the way for England with a magnificent 165 at the top of the order, while Joe Root contributed a classy 68.
Australia fought back well but that little cameo from Jofra Archer – 21 off 10 balls – gave England a push late on.
Labuschagne punished by Archer with back-to-back boundaries
Long hop again and this time Jofra Archer nails it over the leg side for six!
Hammered down the ground for four by Jofra Archer!
Drag down and it was punished.
Dawid Malan
Former England batter on TMS
When you’re running backwards, that’s one of the hardest catches to take.
Carse c & b Labuschagne 8 (Eng 338-8)
Tossed up bravely by Marnus Labuschagne and Brydon Carse skies it looking for a maximum.
The ball goes a long way up but not all that far.
Labuschagne still does well to run back and take the catch as it drops over his shoulder.
Four balls left in the innings as Adil Rashid walks to the middle.
Dawid Malan
Former England batter on TMS
One thing that’s been pretty obvious is that the wicket has gotten extremely slower. If the dew doesn’t form tonight, that’s something that will work in England’s favour because they’ve got so many spin options.
Full toss from Nathan Ellis to end an otherwise very good spell today.
Jofra Archer doesn’t miss out, clubbing it back over the bowler’s head, one bounce for four.
Still a chance for 350 for England? Maybe?
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Absolutely stunning innings, absolutely terrible review. Will take that every day of the week!
Viren, Croydon
Ben Duckett has just edged out captain Jos Buttler to secure fifth place in England’s highest ODI knocks.
Very good over from Marnus Labuschagne at this stage of the innings.
Just four from it and the wicket of Ben Duckett.
Two overs to go. How many more can England add to their total?
Dawid Malan
Former England batter on TMS
That was definitely an innings that Ben Duckett can look back at and think how can I contribute like that every time I go out there.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator
It wasn’t a headstrong, wreckless innings at all. He calculated everything. That’s an innings for him to look back on.
Duckett lbw b Labuschagne 165 (Eng 322-7)
‘The end of an outstanding innings’ – Duckett dismissed LBW for 165 runs by Labuschagne
Plumb as it gets but the crowd in Lahore rise to Ben Duckett as he walks off at the end of a magnificent innings.
The left-hander completely lost his balance as he went to sweep Marnus Labuschagne, the long hop did for him really.
Ball-tracking shows it was hitting middle stump about of the third of the way up so it’ll be up to Brydon Carse and Jofra Archer to try to get England up to 350.
Dawid Malan
Former England batter on TMS
I think Ben Duckett was pointing that it hit him on the hip but when you’re that short I don’t think it makes a difference.
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| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Salt,caught Carey, bowled Dwarshuis
Salt,
caught Carey, bowled Dwarshuis
|
10
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
166.67
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Duckett,leg before wicket, bowled Labuschagne
Duckett,
leg before wicket, bowled Labuschagne
|
165
|
143
|
17
|
3
|
215
|
115.38
|
|
Smith,caught Carey, bowled Dwarshuis
Smith,
caught Carey, bowled Dwarshuis
|
15
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
16
|
115.38
|
|
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Zampa
Root,
leg before wicket, bowled Zampa
|
68
|
78
|
4
|
0
|
106
|
87.18
|
|
Brook,caught Carey, bowled Zampa
Brook,
caught Carey, bowled Zampa
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
50.00
|
|
Buttler,caught Ellis, bowled Maxwell
Buttler,
caught Ellis, bowled Maxwell
|
23
|
21
|
1
|
1
|
28
|
109.52
|
|
Livingstone,caught Ellis, bowled Dwarshuis
Livingstone,
caught Ellis, bowled Dwarshuis
|
14
|
17
|
0
|
1
|
26
|
82.35
|
|
Carse,caught and bowled Labuschagne
Carse,
caught and bowled Labuschagne
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
114.29
|
|
batting,Archer,not out
batting,
Archer,
not out
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21
|
10
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
210.00
|
|
batting,Rashid,not out
batting,
Rashid,
not out
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
100.00
|
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Extras,
no balls 2, wides 11, byes 5, leg byes 5, total 23
Extras,
no balls 2, wides 11, byes 5, leg byes 5, total 23
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Total,351 for 8
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Total,351 for 8
50.0 overs
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Johnson
|
7.0
|
0
|
54
|
0
|
7.71
|
|
Dwarshuis
|
10.0
|
0
|
66
|
3
|
6.60
|
|
Ellis
|
10.0
|
0
|
51
|
0
|
5.10
|
|
Maxwell
|
7.0
|
0
|
58
|
1
|
8.28
|
|
Zampa
|
10.0
|
0
|
64
|
2
|
6.40
|
|
Short
|
1.0
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7.00
|
|
Labuschagne, bowling
|
5.0
|
0
|
41
|
2
|
8.20
|
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
|
13 for 1 (1.4 overs)
|
Salt
|
|
43 for 2 (5.2 overs)
|
Smith
|
|
201 for 3 (30.6 overs)
|
Root
|
|
219 for 4 (34.1 overs)
|
Brook
|
|
280 for 5 (40.6 overs)
|
Buttler
|
|
316 for 6 (46.4 overs)
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Livingstone
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322 for 7 (47.2 overs)
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Duckett
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338 for 8 (49.2 overs)
|
Carse
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