admin The Valorous performance by Glenn Maxwell at the Cricket World Cup match led Australia into the semi-finals after beating Afghanistan by three wickets.
Based on the reports of on field journalists, Australia slumped to 91-7 chasing Afghanistan’s seemingly imposing 291-5 but an injured Maxwell dragged his side to victory after nursing various cramps on field with a valiant 201 not out off 128 balls, after he was dropped on 33.
His spectacular one-leg cameo included 21 fours and 10 sixes as he recorded Australia’s highest individual ODI score and became only the third player to make a World Cup double century.
Previously, Afghanistan put on an impressive performance as well with Ibrahim Zadran hitting a sublime 129 not out to make history by becoming his country’s first batter to score a century in a World Cup.
Afghanistan’s onslaught continued with the ball when they removed Travis Head (0), Mitchell Marsh (24) David Warner (18) all within the powerplay.
However, their seamers and spinners struggled to remove Maxwell and Australia’s skipper Pat Cummins, who shared an unbeaten 202-run stand. It was Australia’s highest eight-wicket partnership, breaking the record of of 119 between Shane Warne and Paul Reiffel.
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