Returning to competitive cricket after a three-month gap, Glenn Maxwell is struggling to get that “mental application” back and is leaving no stone unturned in “building match intensity” to be ready for the crucial ODI series against India, which will also host the World Cup later this year.
All-rounders Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh and paceman Jhye Richardson on Thursday returned to Australia’s 16-member ODI squad after a long injury lay-off. While Maxwell and Marsh underwent surgeries for broken leg and ankle injury respectively, Richardson was out of the team due to a soft tissue problem.
Maxwell said he is still coming to terms with the mental side of the game after making a comeback to cricket in Victoria’s Marsh Sheffield Shield victory over South Australia this week.
“During the Shield game, probably mentally batting in that position I wasn’t quite there,” Maxwell was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“In the nets you can do all the hard work but to get that mental application back in the game is obviously a different thing.
“That’s probably something I’m working on over the next few games … to try and get a few more hits out there and build up that match intensity,” he added.
