Josh English created history, became only the second Australian wicketkeeper after Gilchrist to achieve this feat in ODI cricket.

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Josh Inglis Century: Australia's star wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Inglis has created history. In the last ODI of the series played at Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe, batting first, scored a strong score of 271 runs with the help of Innocent Kaiya (55), Craig Erwin (59) and captain Sikandar Raza's unbeaten 81 runs. In reply, when the Australian team, chasing the target of 272 runs, lost the wickets of both its openers at the score of just 25 runs, then Josh Inglis took the lead and batted intelligently under heavy pressure and scored a explosive century. This magical century innings of English not only helped the team but also registered a new record in Australian cricket.

Big record registered in the name of Josh English

The Australian team, which set out to chase the target of 272 runs given by Zimbabwe, suffered initial setbacks early. After the initial wicket fell early, Josh Inglis took charge and led the innings well. He batted brilliantly and completed his century. English played an excellent inning of 103 runs in 102 balls with the help of 11 fours. However, he could not return after finishing the match and became the victim of Sikandar Raza on the first ball of the 42nd over of the innings, but Josh Inglis created history as soon as he scored a century. He made a big record in his name.

Josh English became only the second Australian wicketkeeper to do so

Josh Inglis has now become only the second Australian wicketkeeper to score more than one century in the history of ODI cricket. Before him, this historic feat was recorded only in the name of legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist. This is the second century of English's ODI career. Earlier, he had scored his first ODI century by playing a explosive inning of 120 unbeaten runs against England during the 2025 Champions Trophy. Now, thanks to this inning of 103 runs played against Zimbabwe, he has joined this very special and elite club of Gilchrist.

Talking about this match, Zimbabwe team, which won the toss and came to bat first, played brilliantly and scored a challenging score of 271 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. Captain Sikandar Raza took charge from the host team and played a brilliant inning of 81 runs in just 72 balls. Apart from Raza, Craig Erwin contributed 59 runs and Innocent Kaiya contributed 55 runs. On the other hand, Nathan Ellis was the most successful among the Australian bowlers, who took 3 wickets. Whereas Spencer Johnson and Adam Zampa got 2-2 wickets.

In response, Australia had a very poor start, but Josh English kept the team's hopes of victory alive by scoring a brilliant century. After this, in an exciting match, Nathan Ellis did what no one had expected with the bat after the ball. Ellis, who came to bat at number 11, scored 36 runs in 44 balls and gave Australia a miraculous victory by 1 wicket. Despite coming so close to victory, the Zimbabwean team could not save itself from a clean sweep in the series.

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