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Cricket | October 31, 2019 13:00 ISTCricket Australia on Thursday announced that Glenn Maxwell is taking an indefinite break from the game due to mental health issues.
Cricket Australia on Thursday announced that Glenn Maxwell is taking an indefinite break from the game due to mental health issues.
Glenn Maxwell raised the issue with the Cricket Australia support staff and has been offered full support of the Australian team.
Glenn Maxwell himself has been in great form, smashing a 28-ball 62 in Australia's season-opening first T20I against Sri Lanka which they won by 134 runs.
David Warner scored an unbeaten century while the bowler's choked up the runs as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 134 runs in the first of three matches.
David Warner slammed 10 boundaries and four sixes in his 56-ball stay at the crease, finishing with exactly 100 as Australia posted 233/2 from their 20 overs.
David Warner played out 50 dots in Australia's unsuccessful chase of 353 against India, including 14 in a row at one point.
Maxwell also lavished praise on the lethal Indian pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah (3/61) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/50).
Glenn Maxwell spoke highly of Afghanistan's Rashid Khan as Australia prepares for their World Cup opener.
Australia have won two back-to-back ODI series - India and Pakistan, and Maxwell has played an important role, hitting three half-centuries in their 5-0 series win in the UAE.
Australia may have had a year to forget in 2018, but the side picked the form as the World Cup inched closer. With Steve Smith and David Warner back in the team, Australia are a force to reckon with.
Glenn Maxwell has averaged five overs per match since Aaron Finch took over as skipper, compared to just 2.4 overs under Steve Smith's captaincy.
The team will go into the World Cup on the back of series victories against India and Pakistan.
Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh and Glenn Maxwell smashed fifties as Australia beat Pakistan by 20 runs in the final ODI.
Abid Ali hit 112 off 119 balls and Mohammad Rizwan smashed 104 off 102 deliveries before Australia came back to restrict Pakistan to 271-8 in their chase of 278 and pick up their fourth straight win in the five-match series.
Aaron Finch missed out on an opportunity to become the first Australian to hit three consecutive ODI hundreds but his 90 off 136 balls anchored the world champions to 266-6.
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His opposite number Finch made it clear that Glenn Maxwell will come up the order after playing a major part in the T20 series victory.
Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai has gained a whopping 31 slots to reach a career-best seventh position after aggregating 204 runs in the 3-0 series victory over Ireland.
India succumbed to their first-ever series loss at home under captain Virat Kohli when Australia chased down 191 in Bengaluru.
Maxwell took the game away from India, who should have defended 190 for four after Kohli and Dhoni shared a 100-run stand for the fourth wicket to take the hosts to a competitive total.
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