Maxwell's Test dreams dashed in 'freak' incident

Glenn Maxwell's hopes of a Test callback person received a large stroke with the all-rounder breaking his limb successful a freak mishap connected Saturday night.

Maxwell is acceptable to miss up to 3 months owed to the wounded which is understood to person occurred astatine a 50th day party.

According to The Age, Maxwell was moving astir with his person connected a tennis tribunal erstwhile the brace tripped and fell, with Maxwell's limb trapped nether his friend's. Neither Maxwell nor his person are believed to person been intoxicated astatine the clip of the incident.

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The 34-year-old fractured the fibula successful his near limb and underwent country connected Sunday afternoon. 

Maxwell has not played a Test for Australia since the 2017 circuit of Bangladesh. (Getty)

"Glenn is successful bully spirits. It was an unfortunate mishap and we consciousness for Glenn successful the circumstances fixed helium was successful large interaction successful his past fewer games," nationalist enactment seat George Bailey said.

"Glenn is simply a captious portion of our white-ball operation and we volition proceed to enactment him done his betterment and rehabilitation."

Maxwell had been readying to play Sheffield Shield cricket for the archetypal clip since 2019 successful a bid to beryllium named successful Australia's Test squad to look India opening successful February.

He has not played a Test for Australia since September 2017 and has made conscionable 7 appearances for his state successful the longest format of the game.

Maxwell's wounded is simply a monolithic stroke to the Melbourne Stars up of the upcoming BBL play (Getty)

Maxwell's wounded is besides a monolithic stroke to the Melbourne Stars' upcoming BBL campaign, with the nine describing it arsenic a "freak" incident.

"Glenn is evidently a immense portion of the Melbourne Stars and we privation him good successful his recovery," Stars wide manager Blair Crouch said successful a connection connected Sunday.

"He volition proceed to beryllium a cardinal portion of the nine during the commencement of the play arsenic helium works his mode backmost to afloat fittingness and we look guardant to seeing him soon."

Maxwell has been replaced by Sean Abbott successful Australia's ODI squad that is acceptable to look England successful a three-match bid opening this week.

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