PUNE: Australia coach Andrew McDonald believes Glenn Maxwell’s breath-taking shotmaking, best illustrated by his incendiary double hundred in Monday’s World Cup match against Afghanistan, will inspire a new generation of cricketers.
Captain Pat Cummins called Maxwell’s unbeaten 201 off 128 balls the “greatest ODI innings”, as it rescued Australia from a potential shock defeat to secure a place in the semi-finals of the showpiece event.
Hobbled by cramp during the latter stages of his innings, Maxwell smacked 10 sixes and 21 fours in his batting pyrotechnics and McDonald said it would take time to fully appreciate the magnitude of the feat.
“It looks like it will take a long time for an innings like that to sink in,” McDonald told reporters.
“It’s one which you look the highlight back the next day and it still amazes you what happened. Maxwell will no doubt inspire a new generation.”
Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2023
