David Warner in heated exchange with teammate in wild World Cup drama

David Warner was not happy in a heated exchange during Australia’s shock top order collapse before Glenn Maxwell went berserk.

David Warner has been involved in a heated exchange with Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan during Australia’s top order collapse on Wednesday morning.

Australia pulled off a famous victory at the Cricket World Cup after Glenn Maxwell went berserk in one of the greatest innings cricket has ever seen.

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Maxwell’s 201-run freak show was a knock for the ages as Australia moved into the semi-finals with a three-wicket win, chasing Afghanistan’s 291 total with 19 balls to spare.

The Aussies seemed no chance and were on the brink of having their campaign derailed at 7/91.

Afghanistan could sense a famous victory was on the cards before Maxwell’s carnage.

Khan could clearly feel his team was on top four overs into Australia’s chase when he appeared to make a comment to Warner at the end of an over as the Aussie walked down the pitch to speak with Mitchell Marsh.

The pair were in each other's face. Photo: Fox Cricket.

David Warner and Rashid Khan exchanged some words. Photo: Fox Cricket.

Warner was seen turning to Khan in the middle of his conversation with Marsh and an Aghanistan drinks-runner appeared to take a defensive position standing beside Khan watching the conversation turn heated.

The pair were jawing away at each other for an extended period before the next over.

Cricket World Cup TV commentator Natalie Germanos was surprised by the confrontation between two former Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL) teammates, but Aussie cricket greats Ricky Ponting and Aaron Finch were strangely silent in the commentary box after she’d finished describing the action.

David Warner furious over Rashid Khan 😧😨pic.twitter.com/m5B5hYbkwL

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Warner was in a combative move throughout his innings and he was knocked over four overs after his confrontation with Khan.

Warner was clean bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai with his innings ending on 18 from 29 balls.

Omarzai was pumped up after snaring the wicket with Australia in all-sorts at 4/49 at the time.

Omarzai struck with successive deliveries, crashing into Warner’s off-stump as the left-hander tried to heave across the line before Josh Inglis edged to first slip the next ball

Thankfully for Australia, Maxwell stepped to the crease two wickets later.

Azmatullah Omarzai of Afghanistan celebrates the wicket of David Warner. Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images.

Maxwell picked up the pieces putting on an unbeaten stand of 202 for the eighth wicket with skipper Pat Cummins, who made 12, to achieve victory with 19 balls to spare.

“Maxi was just out of this world. It’s got to be the greatest ODI innings that has ever happened,” Cummins said post-match.

“Just ridiculous. I don’t know how you describe that.”

“This is the greatest ODI innings ever. It might be the greatest innings of any kind ever,” added former England captain Michael Vaughan on the BBC.

Dropped on 33, Maxwell made Afghanistan pay with an astounding 128-ball innings featuring 21 fours and 10 sixes as he became just the third batsman after New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and West Indies’ Chris Gayle to score a World Cup double century.

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Afghanistan, despite this defeat, remain in last-four contention but they will need to beat second-placed South Africa and hope other results go their way to qualify for the knockout phase.

“Really disappointed. Cricket is a funny game, it was unbelievable,” Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi said.

It had seemed the night would belong to Ibrahim Zadran, whose 129 not out in a total of 5/291 was the first hundred by an Afghanistan batsman at a World Cup.

Thar left Australia needing to better their previous highest winning score to win a World Cup match of 287 against New Zealand in a 1996 quarter-final in Chennai.

But opener Travis Head fell for a duck, caught behind off a superb Naveen-ul-Haq delivery that seamed away sharply, with the paceman also having Mitchell Marsh lbw for 24.

— with AFP