Australia, you're to blame for the Glenn Maxwell fiasco

But Marsh is better so that is immaterial. Marsh also averaged 80 in the JLT Cup and missed the ODI selection. How unfair!!!

The 7, 20 and 4 would have been pretty prominent at selection time.

It was also at North Sydney wasn't it? Does the exchange rate convert that to 161. Mind you his 96 was excellent too. It doesn't matter it wasn't a century. It is just as good. Maxwell is not picked in the test side because there is not a place right now.

Yes.. and I wouldn't mind if he has brain fades like Warner has. He is usually 80 to 130 when that happens. A batting order full of Warners would be great.

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I agree he was unlucky not to get picked for the first test. If I was selecting I'd have probably said he deserves the chance of at least the first few tests. If Maxwell had scored his double hundred prior to the first test being picked, like Bancroft did, I have no doubt he would have played the first test in place of Shaun Marsh. But he didn't. He did enough to show he had some sort of form and was reasonable to consider, but nothing to make him stand out. I wouldn't have gone for Shaun Marsh, personally, but despite him being inconsistent for so much of his career and being picked completely against any form to warrant it several times, in the last few years he has been one of the more consistent run-scorers going around, so I can understand that in a situation where the none of the contenders had played the sort of innings to make themselves stand out, that they'd go back to their old mate Shaun.

The only reason this is a so-called fiasco is because the media - or certain people within the media have a love affair with the flamboyant - perhaps too often irresponsible, but sometime, brilliant way Maxwell plays. Who's to blame for the Maxwell fiasco? Well in large part, Glen Maxwell And yes if you want to hold your spot, be more consistent - but sorry averaging 21 in your last 22 ODI's batting at 5 or 6 might keep you in the Zimbabwe national side right now but not anyone else's in a hurry, unless your were one of the key bowlers as well or the wicket keeper- which he is neither. Australia is currently ranked 5th in ODI's and will stay there for a while if they don't beat England in the series SA India England NZ Australia It is interesting to note that at this point of the four ranked above SA's no5 or 6 is usually Quenton De Knock (WC) & Av: 48.00 ( he occasionally opens) India no5 or often 6 is M.S Dhoni (WC) & Av: 55.55 England 5 or no6 usually is Jos Butler (WC) Av: 38.00 NZ no 5 or usually 6 is all rounder Colin de Grandhomme Av: 45.85 Maxwells overall average is 32 but 10 runs below that of late and and he is not a wicket keeper or genuine All Rounder like say Stokes or de Grandhomme who are the All Rounders in their test sides as well, but Maxwell is more of a batsmen who can bowl a bit of handy spin or as he has said himself - more dart type deliveries. With scores getting well over 300 in many games with the flat roads that are being prepared - to have a guy who has averaged below 23 in his last 20 games is not going to consistently win you games and especially batting second up against a big total. Sure he may win you one or two every so often when luck goes his way and he has a night out but that is not enough these days. De knock, Dhoni, Butler, and De Grandhomme can cart the ball miles but none of them play so often with as much risk as Maxwell - and certainly not with as many unnecessary risky flamboyant shots so early in their ODI innings unless the situation requires it. They can all, also play the swinging ball in swinging conditions, but this has been the Achilles Heel for Maxwell in the past - especially the red ball - that and the fact he doesn't always play the situation but plays the Glen Maxwell way which is not always the smartest thing to do at times as soon as you come to the crease in an ODI and has been his downfall on occasion Maxwells limitations as a player and the frustrating way he too often gets out are why he was dropped and maybe he has personality issues with Smith - but if his stats were such that they couldn't be ignored Smith might be more forgiving but apparently Maxwell made his feelings known when he was dropped from the starting side in the middle of the ODI series in India. In the last 20 ODI's unfortunately, his stats cannot be ignored for the wrong reasons. Whatever your feelings are on Maxwell - I think it will be hard for him to get back into any Australia side unless it's the T20 but it seems he is on the outer now and he is not what you would term an irreplaceable player - how can anyone argue that when you look at his average across his last 20 ODI? Also in the ODI discussion, only his ODI record counts when it comes to his consideration in the team for the current ODI series and maybe his T20 record to a lessor extent batting where he does. Opening might be different.

More than half of Bancroft's shield runs (228* of 442) were from a single innings but nobody tried to use that a reason not to select him. Maxwell's shield performances prior to the first test were very comparable with Shaun Marsh's. I thought Maxwell was more than a little unlucky not to have the chance to play a test at home, following his impressive century in India. A test hundred in India is pretty rare, with Steve Smith and Michael Clarke the only other Aussie batsmen to achieve that feat in the last two tours. Then I remembered the last Aussie test century maker in India prior to the 2013 tour, Marcus North. His Indian century in 2010 didn't do much for his test career longevity. Perhaps, this is a pattern we need to be aware of? My advice to Australian test batsmen touring India - Scoring one test hundred is fraught with danger. Its best to score three.

Yep Joe Burns is desperately unlucky too. Hopefully they'll both be in the squad for SA.

It was also just too late. That innings was after the tests had started, if it was in the first three Shield matches it probably would have got him selected.

The other side is that innings was against NSW who were missing Hazelwood, Cummins, Starc and Lyon.

Trump and Jong-Un are unpopular in Australia ? Who would have guessed it . Considering the difficulties Maxwell and Khawaja are having getting due recognition for talent and skill at least the Aussie public are getting their politics right. ( all tongue in cheek of course).

Shaun Marsh was averaging just under 40 in his 6 shield innings leading into the 1st Test. Maxwell was averaging 40.

Second to Smith on the batting averages in India.Top 3 with Smith and Warner on average during 2015 WC in Australia but never picked for a Test on home soil? What are Smith and Warners home Test records like during that period?

Yep. You're in or your out with this club. Add Joe Burns to the list.

It was ludicrous because (a) he was the incumbent, (b) he had only played four consecutive tests and (c) he had done enough to justify holding his spot. By any measure he should have been playing at the Gabba. As for the Shield, returns of 7, 20, 60, 64, 4, 45*, 278, 16 and 96 is about as consistent as you're going to get across a sample of nine innings. He's only been dismissed under 50 four times and two of those dismissals were in the first match on a tricky deck where Khawaja was the only batsman to reach 50 (122 in the third dig) across four innings.

#El Loco #Chris Kettlewell Agreed with EL here. While yes - a sizeable amount of Maxwell's runs this season comes from the 278, he also has a 96, a pair of 60s and a very important and under-rated 45* to save a game in less than ideal conditions. All this while re-inventing himself at #3 in the batting order. Considering that across India/Bangladesh that Maxwell out performed S.Marsh in the test team, and that upon return to Australia that S.Marsh didn't even manage triple figures (1st class), got a 91 v NSW in Sydney but that was against Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon - so the test attack - this game also provided Bancroft a test spot and Starc 2 hat tricks. Last season off course we had Handscomb reeling off a 200 v NSW and that secured a test spot. The lament for Maxwell is that his 278 v NSW was the 2nd string attack - all one time internationals (Bollinger, Copeland, Abbott, O'Keefe and Henriques) but that just wasn't quite enough as S.Smith wasn't standing at first slip to see it.

For the sake of accuracy, Chris, the 278 is a bit less than half of his 590 runs (roughly 47%). He's also scored a 96, so it's effectively two centuries from 9 innings, along with two 60s and a 45*. I would actually like to see him focus on red ball cricket for Victoria this summer because he should be a genuine chance to go to South Africa.

That's just not true, Harvey. He's shown patience and grit in spades for Victoria (including 45* off 115 balls to save a match vs Tassie this season). People are just pointing to his white ball reputation without actually paying attention to his long-form efforts.

#Harvey Wilson How do you think Maxwell accumulated 104 in a test in India over 4 hours batting off 185 balls faced? 9 4s and 2 6s illustrated he retained an ability to deal with a bad ball properly. Check out his batting in his recent Shield matches, the 96 v WA and before that the 278 v NSW. He is very orthodox - more so than S.Smith, or Handscomb. And very patient. But again - retains an ability to deal with a bad ball properly. Now - when we look at a guy like Warner - his impatient throw an innings away 2nd dig shot at the MCG off Joe Root was unforgivable ego driven batting. If that's how we want to isolate and judge it. And that's a test match shot. It seems there are people making white ball judgements on Maxwell's current red ball approach.