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Here we are now, two months away from this year’s World Cup and it is clear that Australia is building up really well leading…
Here’s my question to the Australian cricket selectors: Why is Glenn Maxwell not in the Test squad? This is not just my question, but…
The controversial exclusion of dynamic allrounder Glenn Maxwell from the 14-man squad for the upcoming ODI series against England could end up hurting Australia.…
Maxwell was given 7 opportunities, all overseas. The four tests that I included above were from 2017. The 3 he played before that were back in 2014. All of those Tests were overseas. Don’t forget, Mitch Marsh also has an average of 26 and he has played 35 Test matches.
The selectors’ fallacy: Glenn Maxwell is not a Test Cricketer
It doesn’t matter whether it’s long way off Test cricket or not. It is the only closest thing to Test cricket and players are selected to Test cricket based off their first-class cricket record. How else do they get picked, Adam? He hasn’t had a single opportunity in Australia. Players who have good first-class cricket record need to be picked and Maxwell is one of them and he is far better than most of our cricketers in Test XI. That’s my standards.
The selectors’ fallacy: Glenn Maxwell is not a Test Cricketer
Really, Pedro? His batting average in India series was 39.75, and 33.33 in the series against Bangladesh both in 2017 (total of 4 Test matches). That is a better batting average than Travis Head (4 Test matches) 35.62 and Aaron Finch (4 Test matches) 33.37. Not to mention, much much better than Mitch Marsh’s career batting average of 26.08 despite playing 35 Test matches and also better than his brother Shaun whose career average is just 34.82. As outlined in my article, he hasn’t played a single Test match in Australia. He more than deserves a spot in the Test XI.
The selectors’ fallacy: Glenn Maxwell is not a Test Cricketer
Therein lies the irony, Adam. People seem to believe Maxwell is only good for T20s and ODIs because of the way he plays in those formats. It’s not that people think Maxwell is good for Test cricket because of the way he plays in T20 and ODIs. His first-class (which is a format reflective of Test cricket) batting average is 41.10. That in itself justifies his selection in the current Test XI where the only player with higher first-class batting average is Khawaja.
The selectors’ fallacy: Glenn Maxwell is not a Test Cricketer
As I outlined in the article above, Maxwell’s batting average of 41.10 itself should warrant his selection just as a batsman. Consider his bowling ability an extra ‘commodity’. Not to mention he’s arguably the best fielder in the world.
The selectors’ fallacy: Glenn Maxwell is not a Test Cricketer
Really? Maxwell, discounting his 3 tests back in 2013 and 2014, played 4 in 2017. His average in India was 40 and 34 in Bangladesh. He hasn’t played a single test match in Australia. Maxwell and Burns were called up to SA right after the fateful day in Cape Town and after that series, they were dropped all of a sudden, which, might I add, makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. He should’ve been in that squad to UAE especially after his performance in India and Bangladesh.
Where did you get inconsistency from when he averages better in first-class cricket than every player in the current team besides Khawaja?
Labuschagne's Test selection is a farce