Australia defeated the Netherlands by 309 runs on Wednesday, their third straight victory in the 50-overs World Cup thanks to a century-plus century from Glenn Maxwell.
Maxwell required nine balls less to get his century, eighteen days after South Africa's Aiden Markram struck a 49-ball hundred against Sri Lanka at the same Arun Jaitley Stadium.
After deciding to bat, Australia amassed 399-8 thanks to the all-rounder's scorching 106 off 44 balls and opener David Warner's 104.
The five-time winners then made a comeback and bowled their opponents out for ninety in twenty-one overs, handing the Dutch their worst-ever loss in the history of the competition.
Prior to this, Mitchell Marsh was Warner's opening partner while Travis Head continued to heal from a shattered hand. However, this did not last long.
The Netherlands started the match with spin on both ends, and Warner made an early statement by smashing Aryan Dutt four times in a row.
The tenacious left-hander blasted to a 91-ball century, his second consecutive ton in the competition, and celebrated in style by taking off his helmet and leaping.
Warner was quickly defeated by Logan van Beek (4–74), but Steve Smith (71), and Marnus Labuschagne (62) benefited from simple half-centuries.
The Dutch bowlers temporarily stopped the run flow, but Maxwell had already begun to soar with the bat.
In his thunderous innings, the all-rounder hit nine fours and eight sixes, toying with the Dutch attack.
He was especially hard on de Leede, who gave up the most runs of any bowler in a men's ODI with 115 runs lost in his 10 overs. In de Leede's last over alone, there were 28 runs.
Australia scored 131 runs in the last 10 overs thanks to some spectacular smashes played by Maxwell on either side of the wicket.
The Netherlands were left facing an uphill battle, as they struggled to get going in their chase, losing both of their openers inside the first six overs.
Adam Zampa then ran through their lower order to claim three for eight runs to hasten their collapse.
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