Star Australian All-Rounder Can Achieve Rare Double In T20Is, Set To Be...
Glenn Maxwell is set to join an elite group of players with over 2,500 runs and 50 wickets in T20I cricket. Australia will face South Africa in a white-ball series.
Ahead of the first T20I against South Africa, Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is poised to join an elite group of players with over 2,500 runs and 50 or more wickets in T20I cricket.
The white-ball series between Australia and South Africa, consisting of three T20Is and ODIs each, will commence on Sunday. Maxwell needs just four more wickets to reach the milestone of 50 wickets in T20Is.
Achieving this feat will make him only the fourth player in the format's history to have over 2,500 runs and 50 or more wickets, alongside Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (2,551 runs and 149 wickets in 129 matches), Pakistan's Mohammed Hafeez (2,514 runs and 61 wickets in 119 matches), and Malaysia's Virandeep Singh (3,013 runs and 97 wickets in 102 matches).
Maxwell is Australia's third-highest run-scorer in T20Is, with 2,754 runs in 121 matches and 111 innings at an average of 29.29, with a strike rate of 156.03, including five centuries and 11 fifties. His highest score is 145*. He has taken 46 wickets at an average of 30.08, with best figures of 3/10.
This year, in five T20Is, Maxwell has scored 90 runs at an average of 18.00 and a strike rate exceeding 195, with a best score of 47, and has taken three wickets at an average of 21.00, with best figures of 2/15.
What Is The Schedule for Australia vs South Africa T20Is?
August 10, Sunday: Australia vs South Africa 1st match – 2:45 PM
August 12, Tuesday: Australia vs South Africa 2nd match – 2:45 PM
August 16, Saturday: Australia vs South Africa 3rd match – 2:45 PM
What are the Squads for Australia vs South Africa 2025 T20I series?
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matt Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa
(With inputs from Agencies)
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