Australia registered a thumping 309-run victory over Netherlands of their ODI World Cup 2023 match on Wednesday in New Delhi. Batting first, the Pat-Cummins-led facet posted an enormous whole of 399/8 in 50 overs with Glenn Maxwell and David Warner hitting centuries. Later, Adam Zampa registered a four-wicket haul as Netherlands acquired bundled out for 90. The match turned out to be actually particular for Maxwell as he smashed the quickest century (40 balls) within the historical past of ODI World Cup. Apart from this, there have been many different data which had been damaged by the 35-year-old all-rounder.

Maxwell scored the quickest hundred within the competitors’s historical past, reaching the landmark in simply 40 balls to go previous South African Aiden Markram’s earlier report of 43 balls, which was additionally achieved on this version. His 40-ball effort can be the quickest century by an Australian on this format.

Maxwell can be the primary Aussie to attain 100-plus runs within the remaining ten overs of an ODI. Maxwell struck eight sixes in his knock, which is the second most by an Australian in a World Cup match, together with Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting.

Lastly, Maxwell and Pat Cummins added 107 runs for the seventh wicket, which is the very best for the facet for a similar or decrease down the order in a World Cup innings.

Talking in regards to the match, Maxwell waltzed his approach to the quickest World Cup century after David Warner hit his second successive hundred as Australia crushed the Netherlands by 309 runs — the most important in match historical past — to proceed their profitable run in New Delhi.

The profitable run margin was additionally the second greatest in ODI cricket after India’s 317-run victory over Sri Lanka earlier this 12 months. Australia bettered their very own 275-run win over Afghanistan within the 2015 World Cup at dwelling to notch up the most important run-margin win within the showpiece’s historical past.

(With PTI Inputs)