AUS vs NED / Australia's biggest win over Netherlands, defeated by 309 runs

In the 24th match of World Cup-2023, Australia has defeated Netherlands by 309 runs. In the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Australia batted first and scored 399 runs in 50 overs. In reply, Netherlands team was all out for 90 runs. On the basis of Glenn Maxwell's record-breaking inning of 106 runs in 44 balls, Australia made a big score of 399 runs for eight wickets. Maxwell created a new record for

AUS vs NED: In the 24th match of World Cup-2023, Australia has defeated Netherlands by 309 runs. In the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Australia batted first and scored 399 runs in 50 overs. In reply, Netherlands team was all out for 90 runs.

On the basis of Glenn Maxwell's record-breaking inning of 106 runs in 44 balls, Australia made a big score of 399 runs for eight wickets. Maxwell created a new record for the fastest century in the World Cup by completing his century in just 40 balls. Earlier this record was in the name of Aiden Markram of South Africa. In the current World Cup, he had completed a century in 49 balls against Sri Lanka at the same ground.

This is the fourth fastest century in ODI matches. This record is in the name of South Africa's AB de Villiers (31 balls). Apart from hitting nine fours and eight sixes in his innings, Maxwell made a partnership of 103 runs in 44 balls with captain Pat Cummins (12 not out) for the seventh wicket, in which Cummins' contribution was only eight runs. During his explosive batting, he entertained the audience a lot by hitting sixes on the reverse sweep. With Maxwell's innings, Australia scored 131 runs in the last 10 overs.

Century innings of Warner and Maxwell

Earlier, opener David Warner hit 11 fours and three sixes during his innings of 104 runs in 93 balls. This is Warner's 22nd century in ODI, having scored 163 runs against Pakistan in the last match. During this, Warner made a partnership of 132 runs in 118 balls with Steve Smith for the second wicket and 84 runs in 76 balls with Marnus Labuschagne for the third wicket. Smith hit nine fours and one six during his innings of 71 runs in 68 balls, while Labuschagne scored 62 runs with the help of seven fours and two sixes in his aggressive innings of 47 balls.

For Netherlands, Logan van Beek took four wickets for 74 runs, while Bas de Leede got two successes but gave away 115 runs in 10 overs. For Netherlands, spin bowlers Aryan Dutt (one wicket for 59 runs) and Colin Ackerman started the bowling but Mitchell Marsh (nine) took two wickets in the first over and Warner took four consecutive wickets between point and third man in the third over. Spoiled his rhythm by hitting fours.

Captain Scott Edwards then handed over command to the fast bowlers from both ends. Logan Van Beek dismissed Marsh in his opening over. However, this bowler had to suffer the consequences of bowling towards Smith's leg. Smith hit a hat-trick four by flicking and glancing in the 10th over, due to which the team's score after the powerplay was 66 runs for one wicket.

In the 17th over, Max O'Dowd missed an easy opportunity to run out Warner and the batsman celebrated it by hitting a six. In the next over, Warner completed Australia's century by sending the ball to the boundary against Vikramjeet and then completed his fifty in 40 balls with a spectacular four.

Smith also completed his first half-century of the current World Cup in 53 balls with one run off Merv in the 20th over. Van der Merwe caught Warner on De Leede's ball but put the ball on the ground. However, this player made no mistake in taking a difficult catch of Smith off Dutt's ball in the next over.

When Warner started batting cautiously after getting close to his century, Labuschagne, who came to the crease from the other end, hit a four on a reverse sweep. After hitting a six on a slog sweep off Merv in the 34th over, he hit two fours behind the wicket and completed the ninth half-century of his career. Labuschagne returned to the pavilion in the 37th over after being caught by Dutt on the ball of De Leede. Warner completed his century in 91 balls with a four towards fine leg in the next over.

After this, Australia suffered two setbacks in two balls. Inglis (14) scored on the last ball of the 39th over, while in the 40th over, Van Beek's first ball was played by Warner to Dutt at fine leg. Glenn Maxwell changed the course of the match as soon as he came to the crease. He hit brilliant fours on straight drives on full pitch balls and then accelerated the run rate by hitting sixes and fours on consecutive balls in Meikeren's over. He hit two sixes against Van Wyck in the 48th over, while in the 49th over he hit two consecutive fours and three sixes against Lee Leede and completed his century in 40 balls.