Life surely comes a full circle and cricket has its own way of returning back. From almost quitting cricket to now slamming fastest Cricket World Cup century, life has come around for Glenn Maxwell. Back in the days during IPL 2017, Maxwell was involved in a drunken brawl, then the infamous 2017 Ranchi Test, where he was accused of spot fixing. Now in ICC World Cup 2023, Glenn Maxwell has slammed a 40-ball century to rewrite the history books.
Back in IPL 2017, Glenn Maxwell was its life’s lowest. Back then he was playing for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). Back then, Maxwell left the team hotel without informing his managers and liaison officers to party at resort which was apparently far away from the team hotel. The Aussie all-rounder got drunk and in a state of intoxication almost lost his life.
Maxwell fell from his cycle while retuning from the party to team hotel and was almost run over by speeding traffic. Fornutaely he was returned safely to the team hotel.
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Then in the Ranchi Test, Maxwell was accused of spot fixing, especially in a Test match where he slammed his maiden ton. “I was shocked, I was a bit hurt by it as well,” Maxwell told SEN’s Whateley at the time. “I still remember the feeling after hugging Steve Smith after getting my maiden Test hundred – to have that tarnished by these allegations was pretty devastating. Obviously absolutely no truth to it whatsoever (to the allegations)… To tarnish one of the best moments of my career was pretty brutal. The only thing they could have done that would be worse is tarnish that World Cup.
Fastest World Cup Century
Glenn Maxwell produced one of the most remarkable displays of death-over batting ever seen in a One Day International, as the Australian number six pulverised the Netherlands attack in Delhi.
Maxwell’s extraordinary innings finished in the final over with his score on 106 from just 44 balls – a knock that featured nine fours and eight sixes. And he brought up his century with one of those eight sixes, reaching his milestone off just 40 balls, setting a new record for the fastest hundred at a Men’s Cricket World Cup.
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Maxwell’s inspired knock is the fastest ever by an Australian man in ODI cricket, and stands as the fourth fastest of all time, with AB de Villiers’ 31-ball ton against West Indies in 2015 still leading the way.
The 35-year-old brought up his fifty from 27 balls, and accelerated in extraordinary fashion, taking just 13 further deliveries to reach three figures.
