Australian players celebrate after winning their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Netherlands by 309 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on October 25, 2023.
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Glenn Maxwell struck the fastest century of the World Cup, while David Warner hit a second successive ton as Australia thrashed the Netherlands by a massive 309 runs here on Wednesday.
Australia’s win was the biggest in the World Cup in terms of margin of runs and second biggest in the ODI history. Maxwell (106 off 44 balls) blew away the Dutch attack to score his century off just 40 balls, while Warner struck 104 off 93 balls to power Australia to 399 for eight after opting to bat.
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In the process, Maxwell bettered the earlier record of South Africa’s Aiden Markram, who had smashed 106 off 49 balls against Sri Lanka at the same ground here on October 7.
Maxwell hit nine fours and eight sixes during his whirlwind knock.
Steve Smith also made a fine 71 off 68 balls, while Marnus Labuschagne scored 62 off 47 balls.
AUS vs NED | As it happened
Logan van Beek (4/74) and Bas de Leede (2/115) shared six wickets between them.
Chasing the huge total, Netherlands looked never in the hunt as they were dismissed for a paltry 90 in 21 overs.
Vikramjit Singh (25) top-scored for the Dutch.
For Australia, Adam Zampa (4/8) picked up four wickets, while Mitchell Marsh (2/19) scalped two.Scoreboard:
Australia innings: Mitchell Marsh c Ackermann b van Beek 9 David Warner c Dutt b van Beek 104 Steven Smith c van der Merwe b Dutt 71 Marnus Labuschagne c Dutt b de Leede 62 Josh Inglis c Engelbrecht b de Leede 14 Glenn Maxwell c Engelbrecht b van Beek 106 Cameron Green run out (Engelbrecht) 8 Pat Cummins (c) not out 12 Mitchell Starc c Ackermann b van Beek 0 Adam Zampa not out 1 Extras: (nb 1, w 11) 12
Total: (For 8 wickets in 50 overs) 399
Fall of wickets: 28-1, 160-2, 244-3, 266-4, 267-5, 290-6, 393-7, 393-8 Bowling: Aryan Dutt 7-0-59-1, Colin Ackermann 4-0-19-0, Logan van Beek 10-0-74-4, Paul van Meekeren 10-0-64-0, Vikramjit Singh 4-0-27-0, Roelof van der Merwe 5-0-41-0, Bas de Leede 10-0-115-2.
Netherlands innings: Vikramjit Singh run out 25 Max ODowd b Starc 6 Colin Ackermann lbw b Hazlewood 10 Sybrand Engelbrecht c Warner b Mitchell Marsh 11 Bas de Leede lbw b Cummins 4 Scott Edwards not out 12 Teja Nidamanuru c Josh Inglis b Mitchell Marsh 14 Logan van Beek c Josh Inglis b Zampa 0 Roelof van der Merwe lbw b Zampa 0 Aryan Dutt lbw b Zampa 1 Paul van Meekeren st Josh Inglis b Zampa 0 Extras: (w-7) 7
Total: 90 all out in 21 overs
Fall of wickets: 28-1, 37-2, 47-3, 53-4, 62-5, 84-6, 86-7, 86-8, 90-9 Bowling: Mitchell Starc 4-0-22-1, Josh Hazlewood 6-0-27-1, Pat Cummins 4-0-14-1, Mitchell Marsh 4-0-19-2, Adam Zampa 3-0-8-4.