Glenn Maxwell left out of Australia ODI squad for Sri Lanka series

The Australian cricket board has dropped a bombshell by leaving out Glenn Maxwell from the side for the upcoming ODI series. Moises Henriques and Shaun Marsh have been drafted into the squad in his place. Maxwell stated that he was disappointed to watch on the telly and not be able to play for his country in the series. Moreover, the Maxwell added that he got some really honest feedback, most of which concerned his consistency, something that has been lacking for some time now.

“I got some really honest feedback which was good to hear but there are also things I need to work on.

“It is hard; I’m going to be watching on TV and seeing Australia play in colored clothing and I’m not going to be there, but it’s one of those things where it’ll probably only drive me to train harder and make sure I’m there for the next tour.

“There’s plenty of positives. Lots of players miss out on squads and get dropped at different times, and you see their character shine through – I’m hoping I can show mine and get back in that squad and show that I deserve to be there.”

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Rod Marsh, the chief selector of the Australian Cricket Board stated that Maxwell’s exclusion from the squad was primarily due to his consistency. “If you want to play cricket for Australia, you should be consistent,” Marsh said today.

“If you are a batsman, you should get consistent runs.

“If you are a bowler, you should get consistent wickets, or bowl well.

“Glenn has too many games where he doesn’t contribute with the bat.

“He is averaging less than 10 runs in Australia’s last 10 one-day internationals so the numbers speak for themselves.

“As far as I am concerned, he has had a lot of chances.

“It got to that stage – we couldn’t go on any longer.

“He is a hell of a good fieldsman, as we know, he is a handy bowler, and, at his best, he is one of our first picked in a one-day team.

“But if he is not making runs, then we have got to find a solution to it.

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“The solution we have come up with is to put him back a step or two and see if he can get some runs there (for the Australia A team) on a consistent basis.

“When you have got as much talent as that, you should be able to play all forms.”

Australia ODI squad for the tour of Sri Lanka: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (VC), George Bailey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa