Australian swashbuckler Glenn Maxwell grabbed headlines last month, ending up in hospital after a late-night party in Adelaide, but he has conceded it was a “less than ideal” event, one that affected his family more.
The 35-year-old was out drinking and watching a concert by ‘Six and Out’, the band featuring former Australian pacer Brett Lee, when he felt unwell and was rushed to hospital in an ambulance last month. He reportedly lost consciousness during the ride.
“I think probably it affected my family a little bit more than it affected me. I knew I had that week off. And obviously that incident was less than ideal, and the timing,” the Australian Associated Press quoted Maxwell as saying.
Maxwell showed on Sunday that he remains Australia’s most dangerous batter in the shorter formats as he smashed an unbeaten 120 off 55 balls against the West Indies in a record-equalling fifth T20I hundred.
“...I came back and got back into my running, my gym programme and it felt really good and refreshed once I got back. And it’s all been focused on getting myself ready for this (T20) series and what’s to come,” he said.
Cricket Australia had launched an investigation into the incident and as a result, Maxwell was not a part of the ODI series against the West Indies. Later, head coach Andrew McDonald urged the big-hitter “to hold up his end of the bargain” and “take care of himself”.
“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?” McDonald had said.
But Maxwell said he moved on quickly from the incident in Adelaide.
“I just moved on pretty quickly. I was back in training on Monday so I was pretty good. The coach, Bails, everyone really, they have been outstanding.”
Not new to being in the news for off-field drama, Maxwell faced a series of injuries last year and yet performed admirably in the ODI World Cup. During the tournament, he suffered a concussion after falling off a golf cart in Ahmedabad, while in 2022,
broke his leg when he slipped while running at a friend’s birthday party.
