Steve Smith said at one stage his Australian side thought England would score 400 runs on a flat track here but his bowlers pulled the team back to a "chaseable" target of 352, ultimately winning their high-scoring Champions Trophy match by five wickets on Saturday. Australia's five-wicket win was the highest-ever chase by any team at an ICC white-ball tournament, the previous best being Pakistan's 345 against Sri Lanka at the 2023 men's World Cup.

"We thought 350 was chaseable. Looked like they (England) would get 400 but we trusted each other's skills, took pace off at the right times, hit hard lengths, squeezed and controlled the back end," Smith said at the post-match presentation. "Marnus bowled nicely too and took a few wickets. The two 'keepers (Alex Carey and Josh Inglis) have been batting beautifully, (they are) in great form," said the skipper who opted to bowl after winning the toss. Inglis was the main architect of the five-wicket win as he played the innings of his life, smashing his maiden ODI century (120 not out) to overshadow England opener Ben Duckett's masterclass 165. "The guys were outstanding, Matt Short played beautifully, Travis (Head) and I (were) the only two to miss out. We would have bowled first regardless, given how wet it got in training. It slowed up in the first innings.