Pat Cummins has revealed Maxwell is in the frame to play his first Test since 2017 if Australia opt for an extra spinner in Galle
Glenn Maxwell is a chance to make a shock return to Test cricket after Australia dropped a selection bombshell and revealed the Victorian was duelling with Mitchell Starc to play in Galle.
“He’d play as a spinning allrounder at No 8,” Cummins said. “I thought he was just about the pick of the bowlers in the one-day series, he was excellent. You can easily get 15 or 20 overs out of him. Starc bowled only 11 overs in the first Test, while Pat Cummins did not bowl in the second innings and Green was entirely unused.“It probably makes it easier having other options,” Cummins said. “You’ve got Greeny there who’s a high-class quick bowler. Trav Head, Marnus [Labuschagne].
He was only drafted into Australia’s squad when Travis Head suffered a hamstring injury in the preceding white-ball series, but when Head recovered for the first Test Maxwell’s chances looked gone.“It’s pretty different first-class cricket here to what you might experience in the Sheffield Shield,” he said. “It’s a different pace, the wickets are so different.
Allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva, quick Asitha Fernando and legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay have all gone down with the virus after officials confirmed they had tested positive on Wednesday.
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