Maxwell's blistering ton lifts Australia to 34-run victory in 2nd T20I

Glenn Maxwell blasted a recordequaling century as Australia beat West Indies by 34 runs on Sunday and took an unassailable 20 lead in its threematch Twenty20 seriesMaxwell smashed an unbeaten 120 off 55 balls with eight sixes and 12 fours and shared a 92run stand with Tim David 31 off 14 balls to propel Australia to 2414 and the highest T20 international score in the AUS vs WI 2nd T20IWere extremely lucky to have Maxwell in our team Australia captain Mitch Marsh said Hes a match winner game changer and people come to watch himThe West Indies chase was derailed by the loss of five wickets in the first seven overs but a rally led by captain Rovman Powell 63 off 36 balls and Andre Russell 37 off 16 balls briefly gave the tourists hope of reeling in the mammoth targetBut the weight of the chase ultimately proved too much as Marcus Stoinis 336 and debutant Spencer Johnson 239 led Australias bowlers in restricting the West Indies chase to 2079 in its 20 overs in the AUS vs WI 2nd T20IYeah I think the boys show courage you know that we would just start aggressive but we kept losing wickets Powell said iquestWe also need to get big partnerships just as the Aussies didAlso ReadRaj Limbanis threewicket haul helps India hold Australia to 253 in BenoniEarlier Australia slipped to a precarious 643 after 64 overs after being asked to bat first with Josh Inglis four Marsh 29 off 12 balls and David Warner 22 off 19 balls all holingout playing expansive shotsMaxwell started slowly with his first four runs coming off five balls before his innings exploded into life with a rush of boundariesHe shared an 82run stand with Stoinis 16 off 15 balls and then a 92run partnership with Tim David which reaped 25 runs from the final over bowled by RussellMaxwells century came off 50 balls and was the fastest hundred in a T20 international in Australia iquest beating South African Rilee Rossouws 52ball effort against Bangladesh during the 2022 World CupIt was also Maxwells fifth T20 international century equalling the record held by Indias Rohit SharmaI feel really comfortable in this format I think over the last probably 18 months Ive felt really good about my batting and really good about my game Maxwell saidAustralia beat West Indies by 11 runs in the first match in Hobart on Friday The third game of the threematch series will be played on Tuesday at PerthAustralia which is playing six T20s over the next three weeks routed West Indies 30 in the ODI seriesWith agency inputs