\u201cIt was a lot of fun out there with Pat,\u201d Maxwell said with a tired smile. \u201cWe were keeping each other pretty calm with jokes most of the time. And we sort of laughed. When he first came out, he goes, \u2018don\u2019t worry they\u2019re four overs down, they\u2019re going to have an extra fielder in for the last four overs\u2019.<\/p>\n
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Glenn Maxwell celebrates hitting a six to bring up victory, a double century and a place in the semi-finals.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Gettry<\/cite><\/p>\n \u201cWe just tried to keep the mood nice and light. Obviously, it wasn\u2019t an ideal situation, but we just tried to relax each other as much as we could. You don\u2019t really expect those things to happen and you need a bit of luck along the way, and we certainly got it. We played and missed a bunch of times and had a couple of chances, but yer, it\u2019s certainly a pretty special night.\u201d<\/p>\n It appeared Maxwell\u2019s night was over long before it became special when he collapsed on 147 after struggling to run a single, with Australia still needing 55 from 58 balls. He later laughed his way through the description of that difficult moment.<\/p>\n \u201cI was thinking \u2018well that\u2019s the end of our running\u2019, he recalled. \u201cIt was a strange one because I was cramping in one of my toes, which was going up the front of my shin. And then as I set off to try and get down the other I cramped in that calf as well.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I was cramping both sides of my lower leg. And as I went \u2018oh no, I\u2019m cramping\u2019. I cramped in my left hamstring at the same time. So I was like, I\u2019ve got both legs. And then I had a back spasm when I hit the ground. So I was just like full body in pain.<\/p>\n Glenn Maxwell is treated by Australian physiotherapist Ben Jones and 12th man Sean Abbott after collapsing with cramp.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n \u201cBut once I calmed my breathing down, and I had the physio out there, he sort of talked me through it, what it was going to be like. I had one person pushing my foot, one person lifting my leg. It was strange, I\u2019ve never been in a position where I\u2019ve had full body cramps like that.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt it coming on a few hours before that. I was just hoping that I could get through. And once we stayed at the same end for a couple overs (not running), I felt like I was starting to get a little bit of movement back. But that actually probably made the whole job a little bit more simple. I wasn\u2019t overthinking the situation. I just knew if I got a ball that I could hit I\u2019d try and hit it.\u201d<\/p>\n The end of the match was remarkable. With Australia needing 21 from 24 balls at the end of the 46th over spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman arrived at the bowling crease. With his stand-and-deliver approach, Maxwell attempted to put the first ball out of the ground but edged it into his pad.<\/p>\n The next ball disappeared into the night sky and finished well beyond the mid-wicket boundary. The third ball went the same way, the next was slapped through cover to the boundary, with the final ball of the match clearing deep mid-wicket and disappearing into history.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n