Meet The Man Who Helped Glenn Maxwell Battle Through Cramps During Historical Knock vs Afghanistan

Australia's physiotherapist Nick Jones' advise got a "dead man" stand on his feet and the result was an epic World Cup knock that will be talked about for a long time to come. Suffering multiple body cramps, Glenn Maxwell was done and wanted to retire during the World Cup match against Afghanistan on Tuesday night. His skipper Pat Cummins was not complaining either. But Jones knew that the "best bet" for Maxwell was to just stand, minimise his running and keep going for his shots.

And it worked. For both Maxwell and Australia.

Maxwell is now a proud owner of perhaps the greatest knock under pressure -- an unbeaten 201 that propelled Australia into the semifinals.

Jones, working with the Australian team for the last two years and someone who has treated Maxwell for severe cramping, advised against leaving the field because the all-rounder's conditions would have only worsened in the dressing room.

"From there it was obvious we were fighting a losing battle," Jones told cricket.com.au.

"That's not unusual – we see this a lot with lots of different players – but the more running you do, you're bringing (cramps) on more regularly and more quickly. I was going out pretty regularly and I was just trying to keep him calm, trying to down-regulate everything, manage his heart rate and be as assuring as possible," he said.

Jones' told Maxwell, "If we can keep you as upright as possible, you're going to be able to keep going from now'." Maxwell had got Australia back on the reckoning, lifting the side from 91 for seven but when the side was still 55 runs away from the finish line, Jones had to be summoned again.

"Then he went down like he was shot, lying down like a dead man on the floor," said Jones.

"I got out there and it was