Perth:&nbsp;David Warner made mincemeat of an&nbsp;inexperienced Afghanistan bowling attack with a magnificent&nbsp;178 as hosts Australia thrashed Afghanistan by 275 runs after&nbsp;piling up a tournament record 417 for six in a group league&nbsp;match of the cricket World Cup here today.
Batting first, Australia surpassed India's 413 for five&nbsp;against Bermuda in 2007.
Afghanistan were never in the match as they were bundled&nbsp;out for 142 in 37.3 overs a few days after their initial high&nbsp;following the Scotland victory.
The 275-run victory is Australia's biggest while batting first in ODI history. With this win, Michael Clarke-led Australia registered their second victory in the tournament, while the Afghans succembed to their third loss in four matches.
<img title="David Warner" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/mar/warner4mar.jpg" alt="David Warner" />
David Warner. Pic/ AFP
The pace and bounce extracted by Mitchell Johnson (4/22)&nbsp;was too much for the Afghans to handle as Australia went into&nbsp;the match with business like precision after their one-wicket&nbsp;defeat to New Zealand in a low-scoring tie.
Mitchell Starc (2/18) and Josh Hazlewood (2/25) were also&nbsp;impressive while skipper Michael Clarke also rolled his arm over&nbsp;for five overs and got a wicket in the process.
For Afghanistan, Nawroj Mangal (33) hit two huge sixes off Mitchell&nbsp;Marsh before Aaron Finch's brilliant catch off Johnson ended&nbsp;his stay.
Earlier, courtesy Warner's career-best innings off 133&nbsp;balls and an attractive 95 off 98 deliveries from Steven&nbsp;Smith, Australia dominated with the duo adding a record 260&nbsp;runs for the second-wicket partnership.
Warner fell just short of the record individual total for his country in a one-day international at the WACA on Wednesday.
But&nbsp;Warner's 178 is the highest score by an Australian in World Cup history.
Warner, who was given a life on 114, eventually fell for 178, leaving him seven short of Shane Watson's record of 185 not out against Bangladesh.
While Warner's fourth ODI hundred was studded with 19&nbsp;boundaries and five sixes, Smith's innings had eight&nbsp;boundaries and a six.
The stage was then set for Glenn Maxwell to give the&nbsp;final flourish with a scintillating 88 off only 39 balls,&nbsp;joining the run feast by sending the bowlers on a leather&nbsp;hunt. There were 14 sixes in all in the innings.
Maxwell hit six boundaries and seven sixes in his brief&nbsp;innings that was high on entertainment quotient.
After a disappointing batting show against New Zealand,&nbsp;the Australian team needed a run feast and Warner, Smith and&nbsp;Maxwell provided the sizable crowd enough entertainment.&nbsp;
Maxwell played some amazing reverse flicks along with old&nbsp;fashioned thwacks over extra cover and deep fine leg to completely deflate the Afghan attack.&nbsp;
Brief scores: Australia 417/6 in 50 overs (David Warner 178, Steven Smith 95, Glenn Maxwell 88; Shapoor Zadran 2/89, Dawlat Zadran 2/101) beat Afghanistan 142 in 37.3 overs (Nawroz Mangal 33; Mitchell Johnson 4/22, Mitchell Starc 2/18, Josh Hazzlewood 2/25).

Australia&nbsp;made mincemeat of an&nbsp;inexperienced Afghanistan bowling attack to win&nbsp;by 275 runs after&nbsp;piling up a tournament record 417 for six in a league&nbsp;match of the World Cup

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