ODI World Cup 2023, Match 24, Australia vs Netherlands Stats Review: Glenn Maxwell's fastest hundred, Australia's biggest win and other stats

Sensational 6^th ODI World Cup century from David Warner and fastest World Cup Century from Glenn Maxwell followed by the third consecutive four-fer from Adam Zampa helped Australia beat The Netherlands by 309 runs in match number 24 of the ODI World Cup 2023, at Arun Jaitley Stadium, in Delhi. Australia registered the biggest win of the ODI World Cup

Speaking about the game, winning the toss and opting to bat first, Australia lost Mitchell Marsh earlier for 9 runs as Logan Van Beek struck first up. Steven Smith and David Warner added 132 runs for the second wicket while Labuschagne joined Warner for the third wicket, adding 84 runs. Smith scored 71 runs while Labuschagne scored 62 runs. David got dismissed after registering his 22^nd ODI Century. Warner amassed 104 runs including 13 boundaries.

Australia slipped down from 244/2 to 290/6 as The Netherlands bounced back with an intelligent bowling display. From there on, it was Glenn Maxwell who stunned the crowd with a sensational 40-ball hundred to help Australia post 399/8 in 50 overs. Maxwell went wild against the likes of Netherlands bowlers scoring 106 runs off just 44 balls, his knock included nine fours and eight maximums. For the Netherlands, Logan Van Beek was the pick of bowlers for his spell of 4/74 while Bas De Leede registered the worst-ever spell of ODI giving away 115 runs and picking up two wickets.

Chasing 400, Netherlands had an awful outing as the Australian bowlers were over the moon, picking up the wickets in regular intervals. Vikramajit Singh did start the chase on a positive note, but a stunning direct hit from Glenn Maxwell ended his short stay, as he got dismissed for 25 off 25.

The Dutch skipper Scott Edwards remained unbeaten on 12, as ace Australian leggie Adam Zampa wrapped up the clueless tail in his 3 overs picking up 4/8. The Netherlands were bowled out for 90 runs, eventually losing by a massive margin of 309 runs.

Let us look at the stats and numbers from the 24^th game between Australia and The Netherlands:

40 -Glenn Maxwell registered his century in 40 balls, the fastest century by a batter in ODI World Cup history, surpassing Aiden Markram’s tally of 49 balls. This is also the fourth fastest hundred in the history of ODIs.

309 -Australia defeated The Netherlands by 309 runs, the biggest margin of win in the ODI World Cup they surpassed their own record of 275 runs against Afghanistan in 2015.

31 -Glenn Maxwell now has 31 sixes in the World Cup, the joint most sixes by an Australian in the ODI World Cup. He shares the spot with Ricky Ponting.

6 -David Warner registered his sixth century in the ODI World Cup, the second joint most number of centuries along with Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit Sharma tops the list with 7 centuries.

3 -Adam Zampa has picked four-fers in his third consecutive game in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, this is the most by an Australian in the ODI World Cup and joint most along with Shahid Afridi and Mohammed Shami overall.

56 -Mitchell Starc (56) surpassed Wasim Akram’s tally of 55 wickets and has equalled Lasith Malinga’s tally of 56 wickets in the ODI World Cup. Glenn McGrath (71) and Muttiah Muralitharan (68) are the top two wicket-takers.

2 -Australia’s 309-run victory is the second-biggest victory in ODIs. India’s 317-run win against Sri Lanka in 2023 tops the list.

12 -Adam Zampa has picked four-fer for the 12^th time in ODIs, the second most number of four-fer by Australian Spinner. Shane Warne tops the list with 13.

90 -The Netherlands registered their third-lowest total of 90 in ODIs and this is also the lowest total registered in the ODI World Cup 2023.

200 -Josh Hazlewood completed 200 international wickets away from home.

250 -Glenn Maxwell (251) completes 250 sixes across formats.

25 -Mitchell Starc has now 25 bowled dismissals in the 50-over World Cup, he is now joint with Wasim Akram for most bowled dismissals in the ODI World Cup.

103 -Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins added 103 runs for the seventh wicket, the highest partnership for Australia for the Seventh Wicket. They Surpassed Nathan Coulter Nile and Steven Smith’s tally of 102 against West Indies in 2019.

115 -Bas De Leede conceded 115 runs in his 10 overs, the most expensive spell in ODIs.

399/8 -Australia posted 399 runs in the game against the Netherlands, their second-highest total in the ODI World Cup. 417 against Afghanistan is their highest total.

14 -Mitchell Starc has now 14 wickets in Powerplay in the ODI World Cup, the second most by any bowler in Powerplay in the World Cup as he surpassed Lasith Malinga’s tally of 13. Trent Boult tops the list with 21 wickets.