Australia break plethora of records with massive 309-run win over Netherlands

A plethora of records were broken as Australia crushed Netherlands by 309 runs during their ICC World Cup 2023 league stage contest on WednesdayGlenn Maxwells fastest century in the tournaments history inarguably was the highlight of the show Batting first the Australians amassed 399 for eight with hundreds from David Warner 104 and Maxwell 106 before spinner Adam Zampas fourfor skittled the Dutch for 90 by the 21st overBelow are some of the new records It is the biggest margin of win across all editions of World Cup and the second biggest in ODI history besides being the biggest for Australia It is the highest total for Australia in a World Cup match in India and their second highest in the event overall Maxwell scored the fastest hundred in the competitions history reaching the landmark in just 40 balls to go past South African Aiden Markrams previous record of 43 balls which was also achieved in this edition Maxwells 40ball effort is also the fastest century by an Australian in this format Maxwell is also the first Aussie to score 100plus runs in the final ten overs of an ODI Maxwell struck eight sixes in his knock which is the second most by an Australian in a World Cup match along with Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting Maxwell and Pat Cummins added 107 runs for the seventh wicket which is the highest for the side for the same or lower down the order in a World Cup innings Warner has become the fourth Australian player to score backtoback centuries after Mark Waugh 1996 Ponting 200307 and Matthew Hayden 2007 Warner 6 now also has the most World Cup centuries among Australians going past Ponting 5 while joining Indias Sachin TendulkarAlso ReadDown the memory lane Warner has also become the fastest Australian to reach his 22nd ODI ton in 153 innings and is third in the global list behind Hashim Amla 126 and Virat Kohli 143 It is only the second time that two Aussie batters have scored tons in a World Cup innings with the previous instance being in their last game of the competition against Pakistan Adam Zampa has scalped a fourwicket haul in his third consecutive World Cup tie thus becoming the first Australian to do so Australian seamer Mitchell Starc is now on level terms with the legendary Wasim Akram in terms of getting maximum batters clean bowled 25 Steven Smith 10 now has the secondmost 50plus scores in the World Cup for Australia after Ponting 11 It is also the highest total by any side against the Dutch in the World Cup From the Netherlands perspective it is their lowest total against Australia Bas de Leedes spell of 2 for 115 is the most expensive in ODI history Also De Leede has conceded 100plus in the format on four instances this year the joint most by a bowler in a year alongside Jacob Duffy Adam Zampa and Cameron GreenWith inputs from agencies