Rod Marsh issues a
blunt message after Glenn Maxwell is axed from the ODI squad to play Sri Lanka, with Moises Henriques
drafted in Australia’s selection chairman Rod Marsh has issued a blunt
message to axed one-day allrounder Glenn Maxwell – if you can show us you’re
capable of consistently making runs and taking wickets there is a place for you
in our best white ball XI.
Maxwell, Australian cricket’s reigning ODI Player of the
Year, was the headline omission from the 15-man squad named today for the five
one-day internationals that will follow the current three-Test series as part
of the Qantas Tour of Sri Lanka.
Australia ODI squad for the Qantas 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
"Obviously I'm disappointed to miss out on the squad
but I've had some good chats to (selectors) Rod (Marsh) and Trevor (Hohns),”
Maxwell told cricket.com.au.
"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 coloured 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."
The 27-year-old will instead spend the next few weeks
searching for form with the Australia A team in its current series of four-day
matches against A teams from South Africa and India as well as a quadrangular
limited-overs tournament that will also feature the National Performance Squad.
A quest that began poorly yesterday when Maxwell, added to
the Australia A team a day earlier after left-arm spinner Jon Holland was
drafted into the Test squad as a replacement for injured Steve O’Keefe, was
dismissed for a duck by uncapped South Africa A seamer Sisanda Magala, though
his caught-and-bowled effort on day two of the ‘A’ contest in Brisbane was a
rather spectacular consolation.
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