World Cup 2023: Glenn Maxwell steals limelight as Australia beat Afghanistan 

Glenn Maxwell did the rescue act as his unbeaten double ton helped seven-down Australia to a three-wicket win over Afghanistan 

Maxwell thus became the first non-opener to score a double ton in ODIs 

Earlier, Ibrahim Zadran had become the first Afghanistan batter to hit a century in World Cups 

Rashid Khan played a vital cameo with the bat to take Afghanistan to 292 

Josh Hazlewood finished with figures of 2/39 

Naveen-ul-Haq got off to a dream start in the chase, getting rid of Travis Head in the second over 

Azmatullah Omarzai dismissed David Warner and Josh Inglis off consecutive balls 

Maxwell and Cummins' unbeaten stand of 202 was the highest for seventh wicket or below in ODIs 

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