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World Cup: Maxwell's stunning double century, Australia snatch victory from Afghanistan

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World Cup: Maxwell's stunning double century, Australia snatch victory from Afghanistan Thanks to Glenn Maxwell's brilliant innings, Australia defeated Afghanistan by 3 wickets. In the 39th match of the ICC World Cup played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Australia achieved the target of 292 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the 47th over. The Australian batting line-up struggled from the beginning of the innings against Afghanistan and lost 7 wickets for 91 runs. Australia's opening batsmen David Warner and Travis Head were dismissed for 18 and zero runs respectively. Mitchell Marsh scored 24 and Marnes Labushin scored 14 runs and returned to the pavilion. Josh Ingles was out for 0, Marcus Stoins 6 and Mitchell Starc 3. After which Glenn Maxwell and captain Pat Cummins took command of the innings and established a record partnership of 202 runs for the eighth wicket. Glenn Maxwell played an unbeaten innings of 201 runs off 128 balls with the help of 10 sixes and 21 four...

World Cup; South Africa defeated New Zealand by 190 runs

World Cup; South Africa defeated New Zealand by 190 runs In the 32nd match of the mega event played in Pune, the New Zealand team was bowled out for 167 runs in 36.3 overs chasing 358 runs. Glenn Phillips was dismissed for 60 runs by the Kiwis. While opening batsmen Dion Conway 2, Will Young 33, Richan Rondra 9, captain Tom Latham 4, Daryl Mitchell 24, Mitchell Santner 7, Tim Southee 7, James Neesham 0 and Trent Boult 9 were out. On behalf of South Africa, Keshav Maharaj took 4 wickets, Marco Jensen 3 wickets, Gerald Kotze 2 wickets and Kagiso Rabada 1 wicket. Earlier, South Africa scored 357 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 50 overs. The openers failed to give the team any good, captain Tumba Bauma was dismissed for 24 runs while Quentin de Kock and Rassie van der Dusen formed a partnership of 200 runs, de Kock scored 114 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 fours. played Van der Dusen was dismissed for 133 with the help of 5 sixes and 9 fours. David Miller scored 53 runs. Henrik Kla...