David Warner made his second run-a-ball century in a row, but this one will pass unremembered as in less than one frenetic hour, Glenn Maxwell upstaged him.
David Warner made his second run-a-ball century in a row, but this one will pass unremembered into history because in less than one frenetic hour, Glenn Maxwell upstaged him with a 40-ball 100, the fastest by an Australian in one-day international history and the fourth fastest by anyone anywhere.
For as long as Maxwell was at the crease, no bowler or boundary was safe and for that matter, no spectator. Even in the faraway media box, we sometimes flinched. But as if to demonstrate that he is not merely a purveyor of party tricks, he also hit a handful of the crispest imaginable straight drives. This was batting in another dimension. It’s worth noting that few batsmen regularly rehearse their new age repertoires in the pinballing confines of the nets. Maxwell does.Yes, this was the Netherlands, the lowest ranked team at the World Cup. But hitting on this sort of scale would be memorable against anyone at any time.
“I’ve been pretty crook all day, so I wasn’t expecting much today,” Maxwell said when done. “It probably cleared my head a bit to just go out there and play the situation when Davey and Greeny both got out. I had to bat a bit differently and actually probably tapered me down a bit, it made play the situation.” Remind me to be there the day he let’s himself go.The day had begun in a very different key, with a minute’s silence for the late Bishan Bedi.
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne made half-centuries at 100-plus strike rates that would be called brisk any other day, but on this one were made to look plodding. The score built like the crowd; plentiful enough, but always with room for more. Two wickets suddenly became six. The last 10 overs were rushing by; 350 looked out of reach. Then Maxwell appeared, and suddenly the 350 milepost lay flat on the ground and so very nearly was the 400 marker too.
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