Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Wednesday hit the fastest World Cup century in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 fixture against the Netherlands at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.
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Glenn Maxwell bettered the record of South Africa’s Aiden Markram, who blasted a century off 49 balls against Sri Lanka earlier in the tournament at the same venue, when he took his score into three figures in 40 balls.
He smashed Bas de Leede for two fours and three sixes on successive balls to achieve the feat before departing on 106 off 44 balls with nine fours and eight sixes.
Glenn Maxwell, speaking about his milestone, said he felt good but “wasn’t expecting much”.
“It feels pretty good,” the right-handed all-rounder said. “I have been pretty cooked today so I wasn’t expecting much but it probably cleared my head a little bit to be able to go out there and play.
“The situation when [David] Warner and [Cameron] Greeny (Green) both got out probably made me play the situation a little differently.”
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