Follow UsJosh Inglis’ backstory is perhaps the most interesting out of the lot.
Growing up in Leeds, United Kingdom, Inglis moved to Perth when he was 14. In his first-ever Champions Trophy game, he walked into bat at 122/3 against his country of birth, England, on February 22.
None of that really distracted the right-hander, who smacked an unbeaten 86-ball 120, smashing eight boundaries and six sixes, taking the game away completely from the Three Lions. While dew definitely played a part, Inglis hailed his 120 as the best innings that he has played thus far in his short international career.
"Maybe under the circumstances [it's my best innings]. It's really special. I think in an ICC event, you want to have an impact and you want to help your team win a game, so maybe - I'll reflect on that in the future,” Inglis said in the post-match press conference.
Inglis also added that the ‘dew factor’ really helped Australia, as they knocked off 352 to record the highest-ever run chase in an ICC ODI tournament.
"We trained here at night for the last couple of days, and it got really dewy around half past seven or eight o'clock," Inglis said.
"So, we sort of knew that was in our favour during the run chase, and if we could take it deep enough, it would be tough for the bowlers at the back end. It made life easier for us, the wicket skidded on beautifully and it really helped our run chase.
When asked if it was even more special because it came against England, Inglis said, "It doesn't matter who it's against.”
"It's a really tight, quick tournament. We knew how we started the World Cup in India last year and we weren't able to get a good start, we knew you can't work your way into this Champions Trophy. You've got to be right on it from the first game. So, I think that's probably the most pleasing thing, to get a win on the board in game one."
"And we knew if we could get close enough with Maxi [Glenn Maxwell] still to come - we've just seen what Maxi can do, and everyone's seen it for a while now. So, to get close enough for him to be able to explode like that at the back end was probably in the back of our thoughts."
Despite not having the strongest squad, Australia kicked off their Champions Trophy campaign with a statement win over England.