ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - SWOT Analysis of Australia

Australia is a dominating nation when it comes to international cricket. They have won every major ICC Trophy and for the past 3 deceased, the Aussies have dominated all three formats of cricket. It is because of the same reason, that Australia is expected to dominate the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy and the cricket betting websites have already favoured Australia.

However, before the start of the Champions Trophy, Australia is currently in a difficult situation because of the absence of their key players. After the absence of skipper Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood from the pace unit, Australia will be now without Mitchell Starc as he has withdrawn from the tournament.

This declares the absence of Big 3 pacers from Australia and that will create a major void in the team for the Aussies. Pat Cummins is currently recovering from an ankle injury and Josh Hazlewood has been sidelined from the action due to a side strain. Mitchell Starc has withdrawn himself from the tournament and has not shared any particular reason.

In the absence of Pat Cummins, Steve Smith will be the leading man for the team. He will have Spencer Johnson, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott and Ben Dwarshuis as the key pacers in the team and these new names in the team need to step up their game for the big event.

In this article, we bring you the SWOT Analysis of Australia for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and the winning odds for the team from betting websites in India.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - Australia - Squad

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.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - Australia - SWOT Analysis

Strength

The primary strength of Australia will be their batting unit this time. Steven Smith will be leading the team and he will be dependent on Travis Head, Alex Carey, Matthew Short, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, and Aaron Hardie for the majority of the runs.

Travis Head will be in the spotlight because of his consistent performance in all the formats of cricket. He is in fabulous form and he has slowly and gradually become a fear in the hearts of every bowler in the world.

Steve Smith was the leading scorer for Australia in the ODI format. He has been through many ups and downs in his career but Steve has always come out as a reliable batter and a leader who can be in his control in every situation.

Josh Inglis will be another batter to watch out for. The 29-year-old was the third-highest run-scorer for Australia last year and has done exceptionally well as a wicket-keeper batter for the team.

Weakness

With multiple injuries in the pace unit, Australia’s pace unit has become their primary weakness. Names like Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, and Mitchell Starc will be missing out on the tournament because of their respective reasons. In their absence, Spencer Johnson, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott and Ben Dwarshuis have taken centre stage but these bowlers are new in the game and they don’t have much international experience. If these bowlers fail, Australia will be in a difficult position throughout the tournament.

Opportunity

The ICC Champions Trophy is scheduled to take place in Pakistan. In recent times, Pakistan pitches have supported spin bowling and hence Australia’s spin maestro Adam Zampa has had the opportunity to come out as the match-winner on multiple occasions. He has done well in the T20 format and now the time has come for Zampa to shine the 50-over format especially when his team needs him.

Threat

Australia is one team that can overcome any void which exists in their team. However, this time their threat lies in the group they are part of in the tournament. They have England and South Africa in their group that can stop them from reaching their end goal. Afghanistan is also part of the game and in the past, Afghanistan has come out as the underdogs against the bigger teams.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - Australia - Winning Odds

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