Aussie superstar Glenn Maxwell completed his fifth century in the T20 format. Maxwell scored a century in the second T20I of West Indies’ tour of Australia last day.
Maxwell scored an unbeaten 120 off 55 balls. Australia won on the strength of Max Well.
score
Australia 241/ 4(20)
West Indies – 207/9 (20)
After this century, Maxwell went on to become the top scorer in T20Is. Maxwell shares the top spot with Indian skipper Rohit Sharma with five centuries.
Maxi jumped to the first position after surpassing Indian superstar Suryakumar Yadav.
Players who have scored the most centuries in T20 Internationals
(In order of Player – Team – Century)
Rohit Sharma – India – 5
Glenn Maxwell – Australia – 5
Suryakumar Yadav – India – 4
Babar Assam – Pakistan – 3
Colin Munro – New Zealand – 3
Apart from this, many other records were born the other day.
Maxwell’s feat of becoming the highest scorer against the West Indies in the T20 format is key. Prior to this, Faf du Plessis in 2015 in Johannes Berg and England player Phil Salt in 2023 achieved this feat. Both scored 119 runs.
With this, Maxwell also rewrote the achievement of most T20 centuries on Australian soil to his name. B.R. Maxey shared the top spot with McDermott and held the record alone.
Players with most T20 centuries on Australian soil
(In order of Player – Team/ Teams – Century)
Glenn Maxwell – Australia, Melbourne Stars – 4
Ben McDermott – Adelaide Strikers – 3
Alex Carey – Adelaide Strikers – 3
Aaron Finch – Melbourne Renegades –
Usman Khawaja – Sydney Thunder – 2
Apart from this, the highest combined total in an international T20 match hosted by Australia was also achieved in the last match. Both the teams scored 448 runs. The previous record score was 415 in the first match of the series.
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