Glenn Maxwell recovering after being hospitalised following big night out in Adelaide
Glenn Maxwell is recovering well after being rushed to hospital during a big night out in Adelaide.
The Australian World Cup hero made a star appearance at a popular golf event in Adelaide’s CBD on Friday night.
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The night then took Maxwell to a pub where former Aussie cricketer Brett Lee and his band Six and Out were playing.
It was from there that Maxwell was taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital in an ambulance.
7NEWS understands he did not stay at the hospital overnight, and is already back training in preparation for the upcoming T20 series against West Indies.
The exact circumstances around Maxwell’s hospital visit remain unclear.
Cricket Australia (CA) is aware of the incident.
7NEWS also understands the big night is completely unrelated to Maxwell’s resting from the ODI series against West Indies starting on Friday, February 2.
CA earlier on Monday confirmed that Maxwell (rested) and Jhye Richardson (injured) had been omitted from the squad, replaced by uncapped BBL stars Jake Fraser-McGurk and Xavier Bartlett.
The inclusion of Fraser-McGurk is particularly fitting, given the 21-year-old is viewed by many as the next Glenn Maxwell in Australia’s limited overs set up.
The Victorian has blitzed domestic cricket this season, belting a world-record 29-ball century for South Australia in November.
A maiden Sheffield Shield century followed, before a damaging Big Bash League campaign for the Melbourne Renegades.
The right-hander was the Renegades leading run-scorer with 257 at an average of 32.12, while his 18 sixes were second only to Matt Short.
The performances prompted strong praise from Maxwell, who similarly made his name as a hard-hitting young batter in white-ball cricket.
“No one in Australia is better to watch then Fraser-McGurk,” Maxwell posted on social media platform X last month.
“Easily the most talented young batter in the country. His potential doesn’t actually have a ceiling.”
If selected to face West Indies on February 2 at the MCG, Fraser-McGurk will become Australia’s youngest debutant in ODIs since Cameron Green in 2020.
It also follows chances given to Tanveer Sangha earlier this year, while West Australian all-rounder Aaron Hardie is also part of the ODI squad.
Bartlett could also potentially form part of Australia’s next generation of bowlers in white-ball cricket.
The Brisbane Heat quick has been the leading wicket taker in the BBL this year, taking 17 at an average of 14.82.
He joins a pace battery of Lance Morris, Sean Abbott and Nathan Ellis for games in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, with Hardie and Green also there as all-rounders.
Australia are yet to announce their squad for the three-match T20 series that follows, but indicated on Monday that Maxwell would form part of that.
– With AAP
