Glenn Maxwell and Bas de Leede were among the major record-breakers during Australia’s innings against the Netherlands at the 2023 World Cup at Delhi.
After Australia won the toss, Mitchell Marsh fell early and was elected to bat in Delhi, but David Warner and Steve Smith (playing in his 150th ODI) scored 132 runs. did. This is the second World Cup wicket stand against Netherlands. They overtook Craig Spearman and Stephen Fleming’s 116 at Vadodara in his 1996.
While Smith could not manage to score 71 off 68 balls, Warner managed 104 off 93 balls, his sixth 100 in a World Cup and tied for second in the history of the tournament. Became the highest scorer. Only Rohit Sharma (seven points) has scored more, while Sachin and Tendulkar have also scored his 600 in the World Cup.
Glenn Maxwell hit the fastest 100 hits in World Cup history from just 40 pitches. He broke the previous record set by Aiden Markram against Sri Lanka at same venue at the start of the tournament by a whopping nine balls.
Maxwell’s 100 is also the fastest ODI 100 by an Australian by a wide margin. He broke his own record of 51 balls in the 2015 World Cup against Sri Lanka in Sydney. James Faulkner’s 57 Boutons against India in Bangalore in 2013-14 is the fastest by any Australian player.
Only three batsmen have scored hundreds faster than Maxwell in all ODIs: AB de Villiers (31 balls against West Indies in Johannesburg in 2014/15) , Corey Anderson (36 balls against West Indies in Queenstown, 2013/14) and Shahid Afridi (37, against Sri Lanka in Nairobi).
According to statistician Mazar Arshad, Maxwell was the first 100 player to get the first ball after 40 overs.
Maxwell’s eight six is a World Cup record against the relevant countries. There are several examples of sevens, including his six by Herschel Gibbs against the Netherlands at Basseterre in 2007.
Notes on Maxwell’s innings:
- Australia were 266-4 in 39 overs when Maxwell joined Warner. He did not face any of the next eight balls. The first ball Maxwell faced was the third of the 41st over, and he reached his hundred off the fifth ball of the 49th.
- Maxwell had scored 35 off the first 21 balls he faced, and took 19 more to reach his hundred. The second fifty – 47, to be precise, from 54 to 101 – took him only 13 balls.
- Maxwell made 91 out in a 103-run seventh-wicket partnership with Pat Cummins.
- Inside a span of 18 days, Delhi has witnessed three of the eight fastest World Cup hundreds including the top two.
Australia scored the second highest score in the World Cup with 399:8 (after 417:6 against Afghanistan in Perth 2015). The 15 sixes were Australia’s second-highest six innings in a World Cup after the 19 they hit against Pakistan five days earlier.
Bas de Lido finished with numbers 10-0-115-2. This isthe most runs conceded by a bowler in an ODI. This record was previously shared with Mick Lewis (Johannesburg 2005/06) and Adam Zampa (Centurions 2023/24) against South Africa.
Notes on de Leede’s spell:
- At Basseterre during the 2007 World Cup, Bas de Leede’s father Tim bowled the most inexpensive 10-over ODI spell for the Netherlands against Australia.
Logan van Beek (4-74) became the first bowler from a partner country to take four wickets against Australia in a World Cup. The previous best record was his 3 wins and 8 losses in the 2003 edition of Aasif Karim.
Across all ODIs, Van Beeks is second-best for associated countries against Australia behind Gordon Gordy’s 5-73 at Edinburgh in 2009.
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