Glenn Maxwell has scored a limited overs career-best 146 to carry English county side Hampshire to a resounding Royal London one-day Cup win over Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford.
The 25-year-old Australian hammered 22 fours and two sixes in Sunday's brutal 96-ball assault, which carried his side to a mammoth 360 for nine, a target Lancashire never looked like hunting down.
Their captain, Paul Horton, top-scored with 57 off 50 balls in 212 all out inside 38 overs, signalling a 148-run win for the visitors.
Maxwell and third-wicket partner Will Smith (49) shared 179 in 22.2 overs, a Hampshire record for that wicket in List A matches against Lancashire, beating 129 shared between Robin Smith and David Gower at Southampton in 1991.
Maxwell hit a quarter of his balls faced either to or over the boundary fence as he helped advance a score from 57 for two in the 11th over following the departures of James Vince and Jimmy Adams.
He went from 50 to 100 in 30 balls to bring up a ton off 75 and when he was caught at short cover off Wayne White with the score at 236 for three in the 33rd, he had topped his previous career best by one run.
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