On Tuesday, the cricket world witnessed the Maxwell Mayhem, as the founder of Australia set fire on stage with an unbeaten knock of 201 runs. A piece of news comes on record books re-written by Maxwell and helps Australians script to win against Afghanistan. It helps them to secure their place in the World Cup semi-finals. The unbeaten record of Maxwell 201 comes in 128 balls, with 10 sixes and 21 fours. He struck at more than 157 strike rate. This is the process where he wants to achieve history by achieving a new milestone in his cricket career.
List of Records broken with unbeaten 201
- It is the first-ever ODI double century of Australia and the 11th instance of a double hundred in cricket 50 over when the record was broken. Maxwell overtook the 185* Shane Watson in 2011 against Bangladesh.
- It is also the highest score considered in ODI run chase. At that time, Maxwell toppled Fakhar Zaman of the Pakistan team. He smashed 193 runs in 2021 against the South African team.
- The double ton of Maxwell surpassed Charles Coventry of Zimbabwe’s 194 in 2009 against the Bangladesh team. He achieved the highest score in his ODI cricket career by a non-opener
- The Maxwell 201* is only the third case of a double hundred in world cups, with Martin Guptill ( In 2015, 237 against West Indies for New Zealand) and Chris Gayle ( In 2015, 215 for West Indies against Zimbabwe) as are other two cases.
- The partnership between skipper Pat Cummins and Maxwell for 202 runs is the highest in the ODI, made for the 7th It overtook the run stand 177 between Adil Rashid and Jos Buttler of England against New Zealand for the 7th wicket. This record was also broken in 2015
- With the unbeaten records, Maxwell reached only 128 balls by double ton and made the 2nd fastest double century in ODI. The Ishan Kishan, named player of India, made the fastest double century of all time, only in 126 balls last year against Bangladesh.
- As the 10 sixes are smashed in cricket matches, Maxwell made 33 in the World Cup and gained 3rd place as the player with the highest WC sixes. The legend of West Indies, Chris Gayle ( 49) and skipper of the India team, Rohit Sharma ( 45 ), are above him.
Conclusion
Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten 201 record in the Australia World Cup 2023. This match was played on Tuesday in Mumbai against Afghanistan. Glenn registered himself the highest individual score in the match and achieved a place in one-day internationals. The innings were also made the first double century by the batter of the Australian team and helped the Afghanistan team to overtake three wickets. It helped them to achieve a place in the finals of the World Cup. With an unbeaten 201, Maxwell is called the third batter who scored a double ton in the World Cup and broke all records of past time.
