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The diminishing returnsBefore he took the full house at Pallekele on a marauding adventure, Glenn Maxwell sold them a red herring. His first six, in the fifth over, was a reverse-sweep over the point boundary, off Sachithra Senanayake. Next ball, he tried the shot again, but didnt connect quite as well and got a four. When he went for the same stroke a third time and just about avoided being caught by the point fielder after mis-hitting it, it seemed, perhaps, that Maxwell was merely at the crease for a good time, rather than a long time. He barely mis-hit a ball after that.The offending rear soleLike Achilles, it was the heel that let Chamara Kapugedera down. When Maxwell launched a Thisara Perera slower ball high into the air in the 13th over, Kapugedera settled nicely beneath it on the deep-midwicket boundary. He watched the ball sail into his hands, but within a second of completing the take, he felt the back of his right shoe tread on the cardboard advertising triangles that encase the boundary rope. He let go of the ball immediately, but it was too late. The third umpire awarded a six upon seeing replays.The tumbling recordsA little over a week ago, Sri Lanka held the world record for the highest total in all three formats. On August 30, England bettered Sri Lankas ODI record of 443 for 9, against Netherlands, hitting 444 for 3 against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. For much of their innings on Tuesday, Australia didnt look like they would get close to the 260 Sri Lanka had struck against Kenya in the 2007 World T20. But when Travis Head came to the crease and added his firepower to Maxwells, the pair added 109 unbeaten runs in 40 balls. They had needed 14 to break the record at the start of the final over. Head did it with a six off the penultimate ball.The error-strewn farewellTillakaratne Dilshan has often been at his most colourful at Pallekele. This, in fact, had been the ground at which he had hit his only T20 hundred. His last game there, however, was a forgettable one. Dilshan tracked a high ball from the bat of Maxwell in the 16th over, but couldnt hold on to the catch - though it was soon deemed a no-ball for height. He palmed a ball onto the straight fence in the 20th over, allowing Australia to get a little closer to the record total. And though he delivered a trademark cover drive off Mitchell Starc in the first over of the chase, he was bowled - in familiar fashion - soon after, trying to hammer a straight ball through midwicket. Balenciaga Triple S Black Discount . Shot outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks 30-minute original production airs tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. 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LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. -- Dermott Brereton hadnt seen anything like the United States Australian Football League nationals tournament, where 40 footy club teams and more than 1,200 players from across the U.S. and Canada converged this past weekend to contest mens and womens championships in six divisions.Brereton, an Australian Football League commentator and former Hawthorn star, is on a surfing holiday in the United States with former teammate Chris Wittman, and the tandem made sure to visit Americas annual festival of Australian rules football during their stay.Im loving it -- absolutely loving it, Brereton said while surveying two games at once. The camaraderie has been wonderful, and you can tell the Americans get a kick out of having a competitive environment like this.While Brereton spoke, Wittman intently shot video of a womens match with his iPhone, impressed by the athleticism and skill. It was a full plate of footy.To see five ovals with [simultaneous] games, you just dont see this in Australia, Wittman said. To see the quality of play and also the womens football is incredible. We just started playing womens football in Australia, and theyre already playing it here!In a way, Australian football has come full circle in America with Brereton and Wittman here to see the progress. After all, they were members of the Hawthorn team that faced the Essendon Bombers in the first pro match ever held in the States -- a 1989 postseason exhibition at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami.For the uninitiated, Australian rules football is contested with 18 players per side on a large oval. It contains elements of rugby and Gaelic football, but also includes aerial play. Teams score by kicking the ball through sets of uprights at the ends of the field. For a more detailed rules overview, click here. The USAFL requires at least nine American players on the field for each team in nationals competition.On the pitch, the Austin Crows captured their second consecutive Division I mens national championship and third in the past four years with a 39-13 win over the Golden Gate Roos. The game was contested in gusty conditions, with almost all the points scored with the wind. The Crows dictated the tempo, took control early, and did enough to disrupt the Roos progress while heading into the wind in the second half.Nolan Cox, older brother of Collingwood Magpies big man Mason Cox, kicked three goals in the final for Austin, which capped an undefeated season. Nolan preceded Mason as a college basketball player at Oklahoma State and took up footy only a couple of years ago after Mason began pursuing an AFL ca