{"id":29760,"date":"2025-07-29T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/29760\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:45:08","slug":"glenn-maxwell-drops-catch-out-for-golden-duck-as-australian-complete-clean-sweep-vs-west-indies-t20-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/29760\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Maxwell drops catch, out for golden duck as Australian complete clean sweep vs West Indies, T20 series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commentators were left stunned on Tuesday (AEST) when the typically reliable Glenn Maxwell<\/a> dropped a sitter early in the West Indian<\/a> innings at Warner Park in Basseterre.<\/p>\n

Maxwell’s performance went from bad to worse with the bat when he was out for a golden duck, but the superstar’s blushes were saved by a powerful partnership between Cameron Green and Mitchell Owen, who steadied the ship in the middle order before Australia cruised to victory to complete a 5-0 clean sweep of the T20s.<\/p>\n

Maxwell was the star of the show in game four, when he took two incredible catches in the fourth T20<\/a> on the way to another Australian victory.<\/p>\n

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The 36-year-old is regarded as one of the best fielders in world cricket but he made a rare mistake in the series finale.<\/p>\n

Windies batter Brandon King was on 6 when he spooned an Aaron Hardie delivery to mid-on where Maxwell was fielding.<\/p>\n

As the ball sailed through the air it was assumed the catch would be taken with ease.<\/p>\n

Instead the ball bounced out of Maxwell’s hands and landed on the turf, leaving him and everyone watching stunned.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Maxwell drops West Indies batter Brandon King.\u00a0espn<\/p>\n

“Well this is a shock,” retired Aussie player Brad Haddin said on ESPN.<\/p>\n

“I can’t remember the last time Glenn Maxwell’s put a catch down, he prides himself on the work he does out in the field.<\/p>\n

“King, the bat turned in his hand, Glenn Maxwell just lost his feet.<\/p>\n

“Look at Glenn Maxwell just lose his feet there at the last minute. He can’t believe it.”<\/p>\n

The hosts were 1-16 at the time of Maxwell’s drop.<\/p>\n

He made amends shortly after by holding a catch to dismiss Keacy Carty for 1. He then bowled Sherfane Rutherford a few overs later.<\/p>\n

In the third game, Maxwell once again left the sport in awe of his fielding ability by taking two spectacular catches against the Windies.<\/p>\n

“That’s unbelievable athleticism – there are not many fielders in the world game who can do this and Glenn Maxwell does it time and time again,” Haddin said after Maxwell leapt into the air to take a catch one-handed, then flick it infield to Cameron Green.<\/p>\n

“It shows why this man is regarded as the best fielder in the world.”<\/p>\n

Shimron Hetmyer (52 off 31) was the star of the show with the bat for the Windies, pushing the side towards a respectable total of all out for 170.<\/p>\n

Maxwell’s tough day at the office continued with the bat, falling for a golden duck early in Australia’s run chase in the final game of the series.<\/p>\n

The right-hander watched as opening partner Mitchell Marsh battered 12 runs from the first over, but was quickly on his way after edging a ball to short third-man.<\/p>\n

After a quick video review to see whether Jediah Blades had taken the ball cleanly, it was Maxwell walking off the ground in disbelief once again.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Maxwell walks off after being dismissed for a duck\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n

Marsh would soon fall as well while Josh Inglis had a rare off night, dismissed for just 10 in a poor start for the green and gold outfit.<\/p>\n

The middle order got things back on track for the Aussies as the powerful Tim David belted four maximums and finished with 30 off 12 balls.<\/p>\n

Owen (37 off 17) and Green (32 off 18) also chipped in with important contributions as the visitors chased down the Windies total with three overs to spare.<\/p>\n

Aaron Hardie finished unbeaten on 28 off 28 deliveries as they cruised towards victory.<\/p>\n

The victory completed a total clean sweep for the Aussies, who took out the white-ball series 5-0 after winning the Test series 3-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commentators were left stunned on Tuesday (AEST) when the typically reliable Glenn Maxwell dropped a sitter early in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-29760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}