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Australian head coach Andrew McDonald had a strong message for Glenn Maxwell after his recent partying incident because of which the all-rounder was hospitalised. McDonald further warned Maxwell to hold his side of the bargain as Cricket Australia considers him a vital cog in the team's white-ball set-up.
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Glenn Maxwell was taken to an Adelaide hospital as he was too drunk after a ‘Six and Out’ concert, the band featuring former Australian pacer Brett Lee, before passing out. He wasn’t hospitalised for long and was discharged soon. After the incident, Maxwell has returned to training. But this episode kept the spin-bowling all-rounder out of the white-ball series against the West Indies.
McDonald on Glenn Maxwell Adelaide Incident
Addressing this recent episode, Andrew McDonald revealed that he had a chat with Maxwell and the all-rounder will need to take care of himself and avoid being involved in such incidents. While speaking to Sydney Evening News, the Australian head coach said, " I’ve spoken to Glenn, had a good chat with him yesterday around the incident."
"Him looking after himself needs to be a consideration moving forward. We’ve allowed him to rest and rehab in that period and I suppose the lessons for him around that would be to take up his end of the bargain in that space and take care of himself," he continued.
He needs to obviously have a look at what he’s doing: McDonald
This wasn't Maxwell's first such incident as missed the T20 World Cup in 2022 after suffering a freak injury at a friend's birthday party. He also had a similar incident during the recent ODI World Cup in 2023 where he missed a game after falling from the back of a golf cart.
Further sharing details on Maxwell's incident, Andrew McDonald said, “All the information he’s given, he’s had a few drinks, and clearly the night has ended the way that it did, and that’s less than ideal from his perspective and our perspective. It’s an honest mistake. He needs to obviously have a look at what he’s doing at his end and is that the right thing to be doing at that time? Thankfully, there’s no harm out of it. He’s well now.”
