Glenn Maxwell did the unexpected by scoring a marvelous double ton against Afghanistan & helping Australia secure a spot in the ODI World Cup 2023 semi-finals. Maxwell’s unbeaten 201 runs came in just 128 balls in an innings braced with 21 fours and 10 sixes. He struck at a strike rate of over 157. And Glenn Maxwell’s glorious knock, he went on to unlock unique records & achieve new milestones in his gleaming cricketing career.
Top Records unlocked by Aussies Great Glenn Maxwell
- Glenn Maxwell’s 201 run knock is Australia’s first-ever ODI double ton & overall 11th double ton in ODI format. Maxwell surpassed Shane Watson’s unbeaten 185 socred against Bangladesh in 2011.
2. This is also the highest individual score in the ODI run-chase. Here Maxwell topped Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman who registered 193 runs against South Africa in 2021.
3. Glenn Maxwell’s double century has surpassed Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry’s 194 scored against Bangladesh in 2009 which is the highest score by an opener in ODI World Cup history.
4. Maxwell’s unbeaten 201 is the only third time that a double century is socred in ODI World Cup history. Earlier it was Chris Gayle (215 against Zimbabwe in 2015 for West Indies) and Martin Guptill (237 against West Indies in 2015 for New Zealand) who went berserk to register double centuries in ODI World Cups.
5. The stand of 202 runs between Maxwell and skipper Pat Cummins (12*) is the highest-ever partnership for the seventh wicket or below in ODIs. It has overtaken the massive 177-run stand between Jos Buttler & Adil Rashid scored against New Zealand for the seventh wicket in the 2015 World Cup history.
6. Maxwell reached his double ton in just 128 balls making it the second fastest double ton in ODIs. India’s Ishan Kishan is the faster batter to reach a double century in ODIs as he has done that in 126 balls in India’s ODI fixture against Bangladesh in 2022.
7. Now with 10 sixes in a single fixture, Maxwell has a total of 33 sixes in his entire ODI World Cup career. He is placed third on the list of players with most World Cup sixes. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (45) and West Indies legend Chris Gayle (49) are above him.
Glenn Maxwell & the entire Australian team will be brimming with confidence as they have secured a place in the ODI World Cup semi-finals & are raring to march into the finals.
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