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BBL 2021-22: Glenn Maxwell Scored 154 Runs In BBL; Becomes The Second Highest Scorer In T20 History

Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell on January 19th (Wednesday) in a match against Hobart Hurricanes at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Big Bash League (BBL 2021-22), put on a flurry of records. Max

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Rishabh Gautam
By Rishabh Gautam
Jan 19, 2022 • 04:55 PM

Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell on January 19th (Wednesday) in a match against Hobart Hurricanes at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Big Bash League (BBL 2021-22), put on a flurry of records. Maxwell faced 64 balls and scored 154 runs with 22 fours and 4 sixes, striking at 241. Stars skipper accumulated 112 of these runs through boundaries only. 

Rishabh Gautam
By Rishabh Gautam
January 19, 2022 • 04:55 PM

Glenn Maxwell recorded the second-fastest century of BBL history. Craig Simmons holds the record for the fastest century in the tournament was scored by Craig Simmons in 39 balls. 

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'Big Show' Maxwell also played the longest individual innings in the BBL. Before him, this record was held by his fellow teammate Marcus Stoinis, who on this very stadium played a knock of 147 runs in the 2019-2020 season. 

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Apart from Glenn Maxwell, Stoinis also played a thunderous knock, facing 31 balls and scoring 75 runs with the help of 4 boundaries and 6 sixes. Due to this, Melbourne Stars managed 273 runs in the 20 overs at a loss of 2 wickets. This is the biggest total in the BBL history and overall second-biggest total in T20 history. 
 

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