Australia vs India 2018-19: Glenn Maxwell Being Wasted in the Lower-Order – Allan Border

Former Australian Cricket team skipper Allan Border has backed Glenn Maxwell saying that he should bat higher up in the batting order for Australia in the one-day internationals. Meanwhile, Maxwell came into bat at number 7 in the 48th over against in the first ODI against Indian National Cricket team and faced just five balls. The all-rounder 11 runs with a boundary to his name off the five balls faced as Australia went onto beat India by 34 runs.

However, Allan Border, who loves watching Glenn Maxwell bat anywhere, believes the management is wasting Maxwell’s talent sending him in the lower order.

“It feels to me that he’s slightly wasted in that position,” he told Fox Sports. “Hopefully going forward he can be used as not a pinch-hitter but, depending on the circumstances of the game, you could throw him in at No.3 if you had a good start for example. That would let him play with a bit of freedom,” he added.

In addition to, Allan Border also backed the idea of bringing Glenn Maxwell into the Test squad and says that the Victorian batting all-rounder deserves a spot.

“I think he’s a good enough player to be playing Test cricket but I think the ball is in his court as far as putting numbers on the board to make him irresistible,” Border said.

“So [he should] go away, dominate Shield level and the selectors will look at him for sure. Now we’re in BBL mode it’s difficult, but I feel that he hasn’t quite done enough at the moment, but he’s not far away,” he concluded.

Cricket Australia have not picked Glenn Maxwell in the 13-man squad for the upcoming two Tests against Sri Lanka.