11.12pm Artemis: "That's two smart innings from Maxwell in this tournament so far. A good 40 not out against NZ to prevent an embarrassing situation and now a brilliant century. Still to be dismissed after two games. That has to be mature enough for the Aussie selectors." 143 not out from 82 balls in the series ... he is in an exceptionally good place at the moment. Thanks for your comments, Australia are bossing this tournament, but can England get their revenge on Saturday? They might need to at this rate...
161 is also the lowest team total in which a player has scored a century, which is a notable stat... beating Scotland and Richie Berrington by one run!
11.03pm Well, that was fun. What a display from Maxwell. Without him, it could conceivably have been close, but with him on top form, it was a rout. He picked the slower balls like a bowl of cherries, and for the first time in T20I history, a player has made a hundred and claimed three wickets in the same match. Let's give David Willey the Man of the Match for the bantz.
Dhaval : "Surely Kings XI owners might have lost a bunch of hair as they might have pulled it hard after watching the Big Show on display today. What a player!! "
Matt Cowell: "What do ya say now Mr SPD Smith?! The Big Show has made more runs in one innings that you made in the whole ODI 5 match series!" But is he training smart?
The field scatters to the leg side fence
END OF OVER:18 | 15 Runs | AUS: 154/5 (2 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.55, RRR: 1.00)
- Glenn Maxwell97 (56b)
- Alex Carey4 (4b)
- Tom Curran4-0-39-0
- Chris Jordan4-0-34-0
James: ""No, Billings bales out of the catch and opts to defend the boundary instead" Given that England are only going to win this if they get Maxwell (and possibly others) out, that's a strange decision." He's a good fielder, one of England's best, so I guess he felt he wasn't going to reach it
brisbanebob: "Any chance of the other batsmen adopting Maxwell's training regime?" Schrodinger's cat is showing his claws now!
Back comes Tom Curran, the hero of Perth...
END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs | AUS: 139/5 (17 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.17, RRR: 5.66)
- Alex Carey3 (3b)
- Glenn Maxwell83 (51b)
- Chris Jordan4-0-34-0
- David Willey3-0-28-3