Australia's Glenn Maxwell holds the record for the fastest century in World Cup history. He reached three figures in 40 balls against the Netherlands on Wednesday (October 25).
Maxwell scored a century in 8 fours and an even number of sixes. In the end he got out after scoring 106 runs off 44 balls.
Before Maxwell, the record for the fastest century in a World Cup was held by South Africa's Aiden Markram. He scored a 49-ball century against Sri Lanka a few days ago. Ireland's Kevin O'Brien scored a 50-ball century against England in the 2011 World Cup.
Maxwell himself scored a 51-ball century in the 2015 World Cup. In the same tournament, AB de Villiers reached his century off 52 balls.
Maxwell's century is the fourth fastest in the history of ODI cricket. AB de Villiers has the least number of centuries. In 2015 against the West Indies, he scored a terrible century by playing only 31 balls. A year before that, Corey Anderson scored a century off 36 balls. In 1996, Shahid Afridi scored a century against Sri Lanka off 37 balls.
Australia's mountain of runs riding on the bat of Warner-Maxwell
David Warner started with Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne. And in the end, Glenn Maxwell took all the lights alone. Pahar has led the team to the fastest century in the history of the ODI World Cup against the Netherlands.
India batted first in the 24th match of the World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday (October 25) after losing 8 wickets after the scheduled 50 overs, Ajid collected 399 runs.
Maxwell's innings, which was the fastest century in World Cup history in 40 balls, ended with 106 runs off 44 balls with 9 fours and 8 sixes. Warner scored 104 runs off 93 balls. Smith and Labuschagne also picked up fifty. Pacer Logan von Beek took the maximum 4 wickets at the cost of 74 runs for the Dutch. Apart from that, Bass de Lidy took 2 wickets.
After winning the toss, Australia did not get off to a good start. As soon as 28 runs were added to the team's account, Mitchell Marsh, the centurion of the previous match, returned to the dressing room after suffering a concussion. His innings ended with 9 runs off 15 balls. However, in the second wicket, Smith and Warner dominated the crease. 132 runs came in the pair of the two. Smith returned with 71 runs in 68 balls with 9 fours and 1 six.
After that, Warner made another partnership of 84 runs with Labuschenne. Labuschenne got out with 62 runs in 47 balls, 7 fours and 2 sixes, but Warner kept one end of the crease. After scoring his second and 22nd career century in the current World Cup, Warner left the field with 267 runs for the team. His innings was arranged in 93 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes.
After that, Maxwell made a new history in the World Cup by coming down to the crease. The Dutch bowlers got a century off 40 balls. Earlier in the current World Cup, Aiden Markram's 49-ball century against Sri Lanka was the fastest century in the World Cup. In the end, Australia scored 131 runs in the last 10 overs based on his marquette innings of 106 runs. Only Pakistan holds the record for the highest chase of 345 runs in World Cup history. Dutch have to chase 400 runs to win there against Ajid.
In the current season, Australia is in fourth place with 4 points from 2 wins in 4 matches so far. All the next matches are important for them in the race for the semi-finals.
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