During Tuesday’s World Cup match, Glenn Maxwell Mayhem set the stage on fire with an unbelievable unbeaten knock of 201 runs against Afghanistan. With Maxwell’s help, the Aussies wrote a new chapter in cricket history, securing a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Maxwell unbeaten 201*
In 128 balls, Maxwell scored an unbeaten 201 with 21 fours and 10 sixes. His strike rate was over 157. His illustrious cricketing career was enriched by several new milestones he achieved in the process.
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The double century is Australia’s first in ODIs and the 11th in 50-over cricket. It was Maxwell who overtook Shane Watson’s 185* against Bangladesh in 2011.
Highest individual ODI Run-Chase Score by Glenn Maxwell:
It is also the highest individual score in an ODI run-chase. Maxwell beat Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman, who in 2021 hit 193 against South Africa.
Maxwell’s double century has surpassed Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry’s 194 against Bangladesh in 2009 as the highest ODI score by a non-opener.
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It is only the third time a player has scored a double century in ODI Cricket World Cups, with Chris Gayle (215 against Zimbabwe in 2015 for West Indies) and Dynamic Martin Guptill (237 against West Indies team in 2015 for New Zealand) being the other two.
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Maxwell and Cummins’ partnership of 202 runs is the highest partnership for seventh wicket or below in ODIs. In 2015, Jos Buttler and Adil Rashid of England scored 177 runs for the seventh wicket against New Zealand.
Glenn Maxwell: Second Fastest ODI Century
As a result, Maxwell’s double century was the second-fastest in ODI history. Ishan Kishan made the fastest double century of all time against Bangladesh last year, in just 126 balls.
With 10 sixes, Maxwell has 33 sixes in his World Cup career, which puts him in third place among players with the most sixes. Chris Gayle (49) and Rohit Sharma (45) are above him.
As for the match, Afghanistan decided to bat first. While Zadran held one end steady, Rahmat Shah (30), Hashmatullah Shahidi (26), and Azmatullah Omarzai (22) contributed to Afghanistan reaching 230 runs. Then in the last few overs, Zadran accelerated while Rashid Khan played a cameo to take Afghanistan to 291/5 with 18 deliveries and two fours and three sixes.