Glenn Maxwell close to creating history, no Australian cricketer could do this in T20

By Sandy Verma On Feb 21, 2026

Australia vs Oman: Australia’s star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will have the ICC Test match against Oman on Friday (February 20) at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. T-20 World Cup There will be a chance to make a special record in the 2026 match. According to Indian time, this match will be played from 7 pm and is the last match of the group stage.

If Maxwell scores 14 runs, he will become the second player from Australia and 16th in the world to score 11000 runs in T-20 cricket. So far, Maxwell has scored 10986 runs in 467 innings of 502 matches at an average of 27.53. Only Aaron Finch has reached the figure of 11 thousand runs for Australia.

Maxwell has taken 196 wickets in 339 innings in T-20 cricket. If he succeeds in taking four wickets, he will complete his 200 wickets in T20. Let us tell you that in T-20, no Australian cricketer has been able to achieve the feat of scoring 11000 or more runs and taking 200 or more wickets.

Maxwell’s performance in the current T20 World Cup has not been special. In three matches, only 62 runs have come from his bat, in which the best score is 31 runs. His hands remained empty in bowling.

It is noteworthy that the Australian team is already out of the race for the Super 8 round. Australia was eliminated from the T20 World Cup in the very first stage due to two defeats in the first three matches. Australia won against Ireland and lost against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, while Oman is yet to open its winning account.

Australia team for T-20 World Cup

Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Steve Smith.