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Australia’s explosive batter Glenn Maxwell went berserk in Delhi to break the record for the fastest century in World Cup history. While the pitch and short boundaries at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium suited his style of play during the 40-ball ton, he was not happy with the light show during the drinks break in the ongoing World Cup 2023.
"Well, I had something like that light show similar happened at Perth Stadium during a Big Bash game and I just felt like it gave me shocking headaches and it takes me a while for my eyes to readjust," Maxwell said in the post-match press conference.
"I just think it's the dumbest idea for cricketers when you've got this thing coming at you quickly and your eyes take so long to adjust and I think we just lost a wicket and the Perth Stadium lights went nuts and I was at the other end and it took me ages to get my eyes to go again.
"It's a horrible, horrible idea. Great for the fans, horrible for the players," Maxwell added.
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Maxwell smashed eight sixes and nine fours in his 44-ball 106 that helped Australia post 399/8 and beat the Netherlands by a record-breaking margin of 309 runs to boost their net run rate (NRR). Maxwell believes that his experience of playing in India, especially in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has helped him immensely.
"The fact that I've made runs in India during the IPL pretty regularly over the last couple of years, so I'm not too worried about people saying that I haven't made runs in ODI cricket because it doesn't really matter, especially my role in one-day cricket," the 35-year-old said.
"It's so similar to T20, so I just draw on those experiences, knowing that if I do get it right on the day, hopefully my team will be winning. Having had a bit of success this year in India during the IPL, I've come to India during this World Cup full of confidence and even started well in the practice games with a good 70 against Pakistan.
"People talk about my last 20 ODI games but they're spaced out over 6 years over different continents all over the place and one game at a time every four months, so there's not really much you can sort of go by."
Maxwell also revealed that he is well aware of the statistics regarding the fastest fifty and century. He tries to push himself in situations and break the records.
"I'm very aware of them. I'm very aware of balls faced. I love the fastest 50, fastest 100 records. I think they're pretty cool records," he said.
"Sometimes to the detriment of myself, I've always probably pushed the boundaries a bit too much. I think against Afghanistan in 2015, I was 88 off 37 and I was like I'm getting into the next two balls I hit one straight to cover and butchered it. I think I got my fastest 100 next game.”
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