Id give the show a go, never played a test on home soil
Wont get picked cause doesn't fit into JLs happy hand shacking environment
https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/cri...-he-wasnt-selected/ar-BBRK4tQ?ocid=spartanntp
After missing out on selection for the UAE, Maxwell was told to go home and score centuries. That’s proven difficult, with the talented all-rounder’s short-form international commitments limiting him to two matches.
In four innings, he’s totalled 126 runs at 42.00 – or .57 less than fellow Test fringe option Marcus Stoinis.
There is the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka to consider. “Depending on how this Test goes they’ll look at where they’re going and if they need to make wholesale changes – or a couple of changes – I’m sure new guys will come into the squad,” Maxwell said.
It’s unlikely to be him, though.
“I think the way they look at it, they think that I’ve got enough opportunities to have shown what I’ve got in the Test arena and they weren’t happy with what they saw.”
“If I can pile some runs on at the back ends of this summer, who knows? But it’s too hard to concentrate on anything too far ahead. They’ve picked their squad for the moment and I wish them all the best.”
If it was up to commentator Kerry O’Keefe, Maxwell would have his eighth Test appearance this week.
“I’d have gone with Glenn Maxwell in the middle-order because I just think he’s a slow pitch batsman,” O’Keeffe said this week.
“I know it’s a horse-and-course (selection) and you shouldn’t have that as a parameter, but I just like Glenn Maxwell on a slow surface. He got a hundred in Ranchi against India on a slow turning surface. This will be similar.
“I just don’t understand the problems that they seem to have with Glenn Maxwell. His off-spin could have diddled a few overs, he brings a lot in the field.”
