Swashbuckling Glenn Maxwell, an Australian all-rounder, revealed that he had difficulties sleeping after his 128-ball 201 against Afghanistan in the 2023 World Cup. The 35-year-old revealed that he is still recovering.
Glenn Maxwell had many muscular spasms on his path to an incredible knock against Afghanistan on November 7 at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Due to his inability to sprint, the spin-bowling all-rounder went down multiple times and had to settle for boundaries for a few overs.
Glenn Maxwell noted on ‘No Balls: The Cricket Podcast’ that his body isn’t recovering as well as he’d planned as he gets older:
“I ended up getting to sleep at about 03:30-03:45. I had adrenaline and pain and couldn’t switch off. I woke up about 7:30 and was back on dad duty with little Logan. I haven’t recovered as well as I used to when I was a bit younger. It takes me a little bit longer to get over hot games. And I haven’t faced over 100 balls in an ODI ever, it’s a new experience.”
Glenn Maxwell
The Victorian claimed that if Australia did not win the World Cup, this innings would be meaningless to him:
“It hasn’t sunk in how good it was. I understand the magnitude of the stats. But in my mind and how I was feeling out there, it just felt like me and Pat having fun. It’s pretty cool to look back on but I still think that if we don’t win this World Cup, it probably won’t mean as much going forward. It’ll be amazing, but I’d like to hope it puts us on that path to winning.”
Glenn Maxwell
On the night, the veteran broke many milestones, including being the first hitter to score an ODI double-century while batting second. Australia will most likely meet South Africa in the semifinals.
“We had a smile on our face the whole time” – Glenn Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell, who had two lives, also commended Pat Cummins with keeping the atmosphere calm and accurately assessing the situation.
“The scoreboard flashed up that they were four overs behind and Pat goes, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll get them in the last four overs when they’ve got an extra fielder inside the ring’. We had a smile on our face the whole time and tried to keep it as chilled out as we could.”
Glenn Maxwell
The 35-year-old hinted that they were not even considering a’miraculous’ return.
“When he came out, there was literally no chat about, ‘Let’s build a partnership, let’s dig in’. It was just, ‘Good luck. Little bit of spin, let’s just see how we go. There was a wide at some stage and I joked, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll get these in extras.’ It wasn’t like, ‘We could pull off a miraculous win’. It was, ‘This would be so funny if we got this done'”.
Glenn Maxwell
Earlier in the competition, Australia was defeated by the Proteas by a score of 134 runs.