Glenn Maxwell is hoping that his blazing knock of 145 off 65 balls against Sri Lanka in a T20 match on Tuesday will catch the eyes of Australian national cricket team selectors and help him in making a comeback into the Test squad. The Australian star hit 14 fours and 9 sixes, helping Australia to a comfortable 85-run victory.
Maxwell was left out for the longer formats against Sri Lanka and also from the team scheduled to play the one day internationals against South Africa.
The knock must have given confidence to Maxwell who earlier doubted his abilities to perform at the international arena.
He has been facing a worldwide criticism for being an enigmatic batsman. His reverse sweeps, paddles, which were once applauded, are now the major point of criticism in his batting.
For over more than a year, he has been in the fear of losing out his spot in the Australian cricket team. He himself has admitted that he felt "pitiful" after being relegated to represent Australian A side. He also added that he felt bad when people called him an "egocentric" show off.
He set pretty high standards for himself at the end of the IPL 7 where he used to score on a consistent basis, which was the thing missing from him in the International arena. The situation though is pretty similar to that of Chris Gayle.
Now with this amazing and captivating performance he has once again risen to the level which he belongs to. He has always been an enterprising cricketer with lots of skill and also been one who knows the smart way to score runs.
He now needs to believe in himself and keep on delivering the goods and it’s just a matter of time before he would be called up for the longer formats of the game.
He is now in the limelight and more consistency from him would see him in the squad for the one day internationals as well.
