Australian hard-hitter Glenn Maxwell on Friday sma🧔shed a scintillating 83 off 39 balls for Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL) clash against Brisbane Heat.
Returning to cricket following a mental-health break, Maxwell once again showed just why he is considered one of the most devastatin♕g batsmen in T20 cricket as he smashed seven boundaries and five sixes during his stay at the crease.
The ꦿ31-year-old also equaled his fastest ever fifty (23 balls) on the way to the bliste🍸ring knock at the Metricon Stadium.
After reaching the landmark, Maxwell reverse scooped Ben Cutting for a boundary, and he punished Josh Lalor with two sixes over long-on and long-leg. After smashing two fours off Ben Laughlin, he was clean bowled as Melbourne Stars ended on 167/7.
Stop it, !
(but please don't)
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Glenn Maxwell is smoking 'em, and the fourth umpire is catching 'em!
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Chasing 168 to win, Brisbane Heat could not cope with Adam Zampa and Haris Rauf as they stumbled. Rauf picked up a wicket in his first ball in the BBL, but Tom Banton showed his class with🉐 a six off Rauf and two boundaries off Zampa. Banton reached his fifty off just 29 balls with a six off Zampa, and he slog-swept Clint Hinchliffe for a mighty six.
102m, if you don't mind! Unfortunately, we've seen the last of Tom Banton for the night, but that was great!
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But, Zam✃pa managed to get his revenge as Banton mistim𝔍ed the lofted shot to long-on. Sandeep Lamichhane and Rauf put a tight lid on the scoring, and Heat stumbled to a 22-run loss.
