Glenn Maxwell is the first man in Australia’s men’s one-day international cricket team to score two centuries.

Glenn Maxwell is the first man in Australia’s men’s one-day international cricket team to score two centuries.

Glenn Maxwell’s score against Afghanistan He is the first batter to score a double-century for Australia in men’s ODIs.

Shane Watson’s 185* against Bangladesh in 2011 in Mirpur was the previous highest score for Australia.

Maxwell is the first batter to score a double-century during an ODI chase. The previous highest individual score in an ODI chase was 193 by Fakhar Zaman against South Africa in 2021.

Maxwell is also the first player to score an ODI double-ton while batting at No. 3 or lower. Charles Coventry’s 194* against Bangladesh in 2009 was the previous highest ODI score by a non-opener.

No player before Maxwell had scored a double-century while batting outside of the top four, even in List A cricket.

three batters with double-hundreds at the men’s ODI World Cup. Maxwell joins Chris Gayle (219 against Zimbabwe in 2015) and Martin Guptill (237* against the West Indies in 2015).

Glenn Maxwell battled through pain and became the first batter to hit a double hundred in a run chase in ODIs on a magnificent evening in Mumbai on November 7.

Afghanistan had posted a challenging total of 291 in their 50 overs on the back of Ibrahim Zadran’s historic World Cup hundred.

Zadran received support at the end from Rashid Khan, who played a blinder to help them get the score.

The Australian chase was completely in tatters as they lost Travis Head for a duck in the second over of the game.

The aggressive innings from Mitchell Marsh came to an end quickly, and Naveen got two wickets before Azmat Omarzai would clean up David Warner and get Josh Inglis out in consecutive deliveries.

Glenn Maxwell battled through pain and became the first batter to hit a double hundred in a run chase in ODIs on a magnificent evening in Mumbai on November 7.

Afghanistan had posted a challenging total of 291 in their 50 overs on the back of Ibrahim Zadran’s historic World Cup hundred.

Zadran received support at the end from Rashid Khan, who played a blinder to help them get the score.

The Australian chase was completely in tatters as they lost Travis Head for a duck in the second over of the game.

The aggressive innings from Mitchell Marsh came to an end quickly, and Naveen got two wickets before Azmat Omarzai would clean up David Warner and get Josh Inglis out in consecutive deliveries.

Marnus Labuschagne, Marcus Stoinis, and Mitchell Starc would get out shortly after, with Pat Cummins joining Maxwell in the middle with the score at 91 for seven. The all-rounder had a couple of lucky moments as well during the day.

Omarzai had gone for a review on his very first ball before Hashmatullah Shahidi and Mujeeb ur Rahman dropped catches to give him another lease of life.

He would also survive a leg before the wicket shout, as he reviewed the decision and it went in his favor.

Maxwell would ride on his luck and get to his hundred in 76 balls before cramps would hamper his ability to run between the wickets.

However, the all-rounder refused to be taken off the field and started to tee off with some incredible shots.

This also included a reverse sweep off Omarzai for a six that got the crowd on their feet. He would then absolutely brutalize Mujeeb for three sixes and a boundary to get to his landmark in style and get the win for his side in the end.