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Depression low to double-ton high, Glenn Maxwell powers Australia victory

Glenn Maxwell looked broken. He was crawling on his knees between overs, gasping in pain, but his spirit remained intact. The Aussie kept swishing his bat around to score an unbeaten 201 to script possibly the greatest ODI knock of all time. It was certainly the greatest innings in a World Cup chase, the one that dealt a heartbreaking blow to Afghanistan.The tournament’s giant-killers had reduced Australia to 91/7 while chasing 292. After beating England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, they had another former World Champion in their stranglehold and only the formality of pulling the trigger remained. But, in a game for the ages, the hunter became the hunted as a limping Maxwell carried his team across the finishing line. Maxwell’s double hundred was a throwback to Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar’s epi...
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Glenn Maxwell limps, crawl, falls but still sprints past the finish line against Afghanistan at Cricket World Cup

“Can’t move, but hits a six over third man. He’s a freak, different universe.”Australian captain Pat Cummins has been around for a long time to know Glenn Maxwell is a ‘freak’. But even then, as he watched the ‘greatest ODI innings’, the Australia captain could scarcely believe what had transpired. Cummins wasn’t the only one left with that feeling. “World-class innings,” Afghanistan’s English coach Jonathan Trott, a victim of many such Australian comebacks, said in admiration. Rashid Khan, their talisman, walked up to a hobbling Maxwell and gave him a bear hug. Deep within, Trott, Rashid and the rest of the Afghanistan players must be deeply disappointed. The stage was set for them to record their biggest win ever. The final confirmation, if it was ever needed, of their arrival on the ...
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ODI World Cup: Glenn Maxwell ruled out of AUS-ENG game after falling off golf cart

Australia’s swashbuckling batter Glenn Maxwell suffered a concussion and facial bruising on Monday after falling off the back of a golf cart and has been ruled out of their league stage game against England on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who scored the quickest hundred in World Cup history last year, was part of the group of players who were playing golf in Ahmedabad during the one week break since their win against New Zealand in Dharamsala. Per cricket.com.au, the aforementioned incident took place during evening hours and no other player has been hurt during the same. You can try your hand at solving our Cricket World Cup crossword It’s the second time in less than a year’s time that Maxwell has been involved in an off-the-field injury. Last year, during his birthday party in November...
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My left leg has healed but will take number of months to be fully fit: RCB’s Glenn Maxwell

Ace Australia and Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has said that while the injury to his left leg had healed, it’ll take a “number of months” before he is back to full fitness as he prepares for the upcoming edition of the IPL. The RCB player had suffered a broken left fibula in a horrific mishap during a friend’s birthday party days after Australia were knocked out of the T20 World Cup at home in November last year. The grievous injuries required urgent surgery and a long period of rehabilitation. Maxwell returned to the ODI side, which won the three-match series against India 2-1 recently, and the cricketer is now looking forward to playing for RCB on its home turf, the Chinnaswamy Stadium, after nearly two years. In a video posted by RCB on social media ahead of ...
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Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell set to return to action after long injury layoff

Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell could be priming himself for Sheffield Shield action after assessing his fitness during a weekend club cricket fixture on his return from a grievous leg injury suffered last year. Maxwell fractured his left fibula at a friend's birthday party days after Australia made a premature exit from the ICC T20 World Cup at home in November. The 34-year-old white-ball specialist is set to play his first competitive match in more than than three months over the weekend, which could clear his path to playing for Victoria in the Marsh Sheffield Shield clash against South Australia next week. When Maxwell got injured, he was bracing up for his maiden Shield match in three years to further his claim ...