ICC World Cup 2019: Glenn Maxwell Predicts a High Scoring Showpiece Event
Apr 30, 2019 at 12:53 PM
Swashbuckling Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has predicted a high scoring World Cup 2019 by issuing a warning to the bowlers ahead of the showpiece event. Glenn Maxwell is of the opinion that most of the matches will be a high scoring contest and it should be the norm through the course of the tournament.
Glenn Maxwell who missed out this year’s IPL to prepare for the 2019 World Cup is currently getting a first-hand look at the pitches which will be on display during the tournament. Meanwhile, Maxwell’s prediction comes after there were several big scored posted during the domestic 50 over the competition in England.
Glenn Maxwell was part of the Lancashire Playing XI when they smashed the highest ever ODI score earlier in the month. They posted a gigantic 406/9 while chasing an improbable victory target of 418. It was a great effort from Lancashire to get at least close to the daunting target.
The high scoring clash took place in Trent Bridge where a few months England posted the highest ever ODI total of 481 against Australia last June. Australia will lock horns against the Windies and Bangladesh at this high scoring venue during their World Cup stint.
“I’ve chased nearly 900 runs in 100 overs in my last two games at that venue,” Maxwell joked on radio station SEN.
“I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a bunch of 400 (runs innings scored in) games in the World Cup. The wicket squares go right across the ground, the outfields are fast and hard and the wickets are playing so well.”
Meanwhile coming back to the 2015 World Cup, there were 3 scores in excess of 400 in the showpiece event which took place in Australia and New Zealand. In all likelihood, the upcoming World Cup will be a high scoring tournament and we can see some records getting broken.
Maxwell made full use of his opportunities for Australia during the recent ODI series against Pakistan where they humbled Pakistan by a 5-0 margin. The all-rounder is concerned with the upward trend of the scoring in recent times as it is taking the equation of bowlers out of the match.
“I don’t like them getting too high,” Maxwell said. It does make it entertaining, but it does get to the point of you don’t know where to bowl.
“It comes down to the wickets being produced. If they’ve got nothing in them – no movement, no swing, no spin – it makes it very hard for teams to defend. If there’s nothing in the wicket it makes it extremely hard for the bowling team to compete.”