It was a SUPER show by the ‘Big Show’ Glenn Maxwell as his unbeaten 201 powered Australia to an unthinkable win in AUS vs AFG World Cup match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Reeling at 91/7, Australia were looking at a heavy defeat in 292-run chase when Maxwell decided to go loose. The all-rounder enjoyed a fair-share of luck as well, being dropped in his 30s and surviving close LBW calls but the 35-year-old made the full use of the luck and punished the Afghanistan bowlers.
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His astonishing innings included 21 fours and 10 sixes, the last coming off as a winning run.
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Maxwell reached his first fifty in 51 balls. He then start toying the bowlers and took just 25 more balls to complete a hundred. He then scored the next hundred in 52 balls to take Australia over the line.
A record galore at Wankhede Stadium
Maxwell’s ‘once in a lifetime’ innings broke plethora of records at Wankhede Stadium. With 10 sixes in the innings, Maxwell surpassed his teammate David Warner and former South African skipper AB de Villiers to move to third in list of players with most sixes in World Cups.
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Most sixes in World Cups
49 – Chris Gayle
45 – Rohit Sharma
43 – Glenn Maxwell
37 – AB de Villiers
37 – David Warner
It was also the highest individual score in an ODI-chase. The previous record was held by former England skipper Andrew Strauss who scored 158 against Indian in Benglauru in 2011.
Highest individual scores in an ODI run-chase
201* – Glenn Maxwell (AUS) vs AFG, Mumbai WS, 2023 WC
193 – Fakhar Zaman (PAK) vs SA, Johannesburg, 2021
185* – Shane Watson (AUS) vs BAN, Mirpur, 2011
183* – MS Dhoni (IND) vs SL, Jaipur, 2005
183 – Virat Kohli (IND) vs PAK, Mirpur, 2012
The unbeaten 202 partnership between Maxwell and Pat Cummins was the highest 7th wicket or below partnership in ODIs. The previous record for 8th wicket or below in ODIs was 138* by Justin Kemp & Andrew Hall against India at Cape Town in 2006.
Highest partnerships for 7th wicket or below in ODIs
202* – Glenn Maxwell & Pat Cummins (AUS) vs AFG, Mumbai WS, 2023 WC
177 – Jos Buttler & Adil Rashid (ENG) vs NZ, Birmingham, 2015
174* – Afif Hossain & Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN), Chattogram, 2022
162 – Michael Bracewell & Mitchell Santner (NZ) vs IND, Hyderabad, 2023
While India, South Africa and Australia have qualified for the semi-final, the race for the final spot is still open between Pakistan, New Zealand and Afghanistan.
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