Glenn Maxwell on being overlooked from Test team: The Australian all-rounder thinks that he has a lot to offer the Australian Test team.
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Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been overlooked for a spot in Australia’s Test team yet again. The same happening in times when Australia require a few batsmen who can cement their place in the Test squad speaks highly of the selectors’ faith on the 30-year old cricketer.
Maxwell refrained from playing in County cricket last season in a bid to get selected for Australia A’s tour of India last year. Apparently, the India tour was considered to be an audition for the tour of UAE later in the year.
However, Maxwell was not named in the squad for India, leave aside the tour of UAE. Showing his loyalty for Australia, Maxwell opted to pull out of the IPL auction for the 12th season of the tournament.
Trevor Hohns has candidly explained why Matthew Wade and Glenn Maxwell have once again been snubbed from the test squad | https://t.co/Tdh3zspcCx | #AUSvsSL pic.twitter.com/vwCrElLpZ1
— SEN 1116 (@1116sen) January 9, 2019
Is Glenn Maxwell a shit bloke or something? I think he is an absolute genius and arguably the best we have. Surely worthy of another chance in the current test climate. Why isn’t he considered? 🤷🏼♂️ #AUSVIND
— Xavier Ellis (@XaviEllis18) January 3, 2019
He believes that all these are clear signs of him wanting to play Test cricket for Australia. “This is a pretty clear sign that I still want to play Test cricket. To knock back a chance to play was a big decision and a tough decision. It’s not something you make lightly, but the thought of playing Test cricket again still burns deep.
“I still desperately want to get back out there and I still think I have a lot to offer the Australian Test team,” Maxwell was quoted as saying to Herald Sun.
Australia National Selector Trevor Horns was impressed at Maxwell choosing to play for Australia over anything else and credited the all-rounder for the same.
In 2014, straight after an ODI/T20I series, Glenn Maxwell went back to the Shield and scored 94, 127 (coming in at 6/9) and 119 before heading to South Africa for more T20Is.
Don’t think focusing on red and white-ball cricket simultaneously is a problem.
— Ethan (@ethan_meldrum) January 9, 2019
The Assassination of Glenn Maxwell by the Coward Trevor Hohns
— Russell Jackson (@rustyjacko) January 9, 2019
A reminder that Glenn Maxwell has a higher average in the Shield than all nine of the players that have batted top seven for Australia, and is arguably the best fielder and second best bowler of those players as well #AUSvIND
— Joe Robinson (@ZydarNinja) January 3, 2019
“Glenn has chosen to go and play county cricket again this year and a lot of that is one-day cricket leading up to the World Cup. He has also chosen not to put his name in for the IPL so that’s all credit to him for doing that.
“He is genuinely trying to improve himself and give himself the best possible opportunity to have some practice in England leading into the Ashes if he is chosen, leading into the World Cup. Full credit to him for that,” Hohns said.
