Updated On: 09 June, 2013 12:30 AM IST | | Agencies
England make an emphatic start to their Champions Trophy campaign by inflicting 48-run defeat on arch-rivals Australia in a Group A game at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Ian Bell starred as England drew first blood in a marathon sequence of matches against Australia with a 48-run victory over the title-holders in their Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Bell made 91 on his Warwickshire home ground, to the delight of a capacity 25,000 crowd, as England posted 269 for six after captain Alastair Cook won the toss.