Australia men’s team head coach Andrew McDonald has issued a stern warning to Glenn Maxwell after the all-rounder ended up in a hospital after partying through the night. Australian media reported that Maxwell had gone to a Brett Lee concert and collapsed backstage in an incident that involved alcohol.
The Australia head coach spoke to SEN on the matter and said that Maxwell needed to hold up his end of the bargain.
“I’ve spoken to Glenn, had a good chat with him yesterday around the incident,” McDonald told Australian outlet SEN.
“Him looking after himself needs to be a consideration moving forward. We’ve given him the opportunity to rest and rehab in that period of time and I suppose the lessons for him around that would be to take up his end of the bargain in that space and take care of himself,” the coach further added.
This is not the first time that Maxwell has put himself in trouble. Back in 2022, right after the T20 World Cup, Maxwell broke his leg in multiple places while partying at a friend’s house. This kept Maxwell out of the Australian team for months, but the all-rounder made a comeback to become one of the most impactful players in ODI cricket in 2023.
Maxwell played two thunderous innings in the 2023 World Cup as well – one against the Netherlands and another against Afghanistan – which have been dubbed as two of the best innings in World Cup history if not in ODI cricket.
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The Australian coach spoke about the same and stressed that Maxwell was one of the key members of the side and needed to take care of himself.
“We want to see Glenn Maxwell playing cricket for the next three to four years for Australia. Can he get to the next World Cup in 2027 in South Africa? Who knows. But he’s a key player in our white-ball formats. When he is out there we’re a far better team and on the back of that horrific injury that he did have, there’s going to be some management things that are put in place around him,” McDonald said.
“But we want Glenn Maxwell playing for Australia for as long as he can. We’re going to have to do our end and Glenn is no doubt going to have to hold up his end of the bargain,” he stressed the point once again.
McDonald concluded himself on a lighter note stating that it was an honest mistake from the 35-year-old and he was glad that no harm came out of it.
“All the information he’s given, he’s had a few drinks and clearly the night has ended the way that it did and that’s less than ideal from his perspective and our perspective. It’s an honest mistake. He needs to obviously have a look at what he’s doing at his end and is that the right thing to be doing at that time? Thankfully there’s no harm out of it. He’s well now,” McDonald said.
“That’s the other thing to consider in these instances, yes you can point the finger but there’s a duty of care from our end and he’s doing well and he looks as though he’ll return to play in that West Indies series in those T20 games which we’re excited for,” McDonald said in his concluding remarks.
