“Horrific. I really feel stunning,” Maxwell says when requested how he’s. “It was clearly fairly scorching after we had been fielding right this moment. Simply fortunate sufficient we got here out with a plan to remain at one finish as soon as I might get a little bit of motion again.
“It was nearly sticking to our personal batting plans for so long as we might. The lbw simply going excessive was the kick-starter I wanted to be a bit extra proactive.
“I definitely had my possibilities, I led a charmed life on the market and was very fortunate. To take advantage of it and go on with it tonight might be probably the most pleasing factor.
“To win a sport like tonight, hopefully that perception threads by way of the change room.”
Glenn Maxwell wins it.Credit score: Getty
Maxwell’s 201 not out is the very best ODI rating for Australia and the third-highest World Cup innings ever, amongst a bunch of different information damaged.
However these markers gained’t do justice to the truth that Maxwell noticed Australia slip to 7-91 earlier than he mixed with Cummins for a stand value a outstanding 202 runs – Cummins made 12 from 68 balls, however did all the things required by staying in.
Nor will they present the visceral battle Maxwell had along with his physique to bat with out shifting his toes till a few of his cramping subsided. His eyes and palms are one thing else.
That outcome secures Australia’s third spot within the desk and a semi-final assembly with South Africa.
Unbelievable scenes in Mumbai.