Sydny:Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was fined Saturday by his team for his “disrespectful” comments about teammate Matthew Wade on the eve of their opening one-day international with New Zealand in Sydney.
\nMaxwell said on Saturday he felt as though batting below Wade at No.6 for Victoria in the domestic Sheffield Shield cricket hurt his selection chances for Australia\u2019s third Test against South Africa in Adelaide last week.
\nCaptain Steve Smith and Australia\u2019s leadership party fined Maxwell for what they termed his \u201cdisrespectful\u201d comments towards his state skipper and ODI teammate Wade.
\nHead Coach Darren Lehmann said Maxwell\u2019s words in a media conference were \u201cdisappointing\u201d, leading to Smith and Australia\u2019s senior members to impose a fine on the 28-year-old.
\n\u201cEveryone was disappointed in his comments,\u201d Smith told reporters Saturday.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve expressed that to him myself and spoke to the team.
\n\u201cOne of our values is respect and having respect for your teammates, opposition, the fans, the media.
\n\u201cI thought what he said was very disrespectful to a teammate and his Victorian captain.
\n\u201cThe leadership group got together and we decided to fine Glenn. We thought that was a sufficient punishment.”
\nAlthough Maxwell was fined he is available for selection for Sunday\u2019s opening match in the three-game Chappell-Hadlee Trophy ODI series at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
\nSmith said Maxwell was \u201cshattered\u201d when he heard his punishment.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t think he (Maxwell) thought the words came out the way they actually did,\u201d Smith said.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve moved on from that now.”
\nMaxwell said he lamented batting below Wade in Victoria’s batting order, saying it hindered his selection chances.
\n“I think probably batting below the wicketkeeper is also a bit painful as well,\u201d Maxwell said on Saturday.
\n\u201cThe wicketkeeper should be batting at seven unless you’re trying to squeeze an extra bowler into your line-up.\u201d
\nNew Zealand have hinted they may unleash firebrand speedster Lockie Ferguson against Australia.
\nSkipper Kane Williamson was giving little away Saturday about the make-up of his final XI, but the SCG pitch is expected to favour the quicks early.
\n“He sent a couple of messages at training,” Williamson said of Ferguson.
\n“He bowled really nicely so we’ll have to wait and see.
\n“He bowls quick and run in and bumped me a few times which was great.
\n“It’s what you want to face and it’s fantastic preparation. The Australians will do the same.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sydny:Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was fined Saturday by his team for his “disrespectful” comments about teammate Matthew Wade on the eve of their opening one-day international with New Zealand in Sydney. Maxwell said on Saturday he felt as though batting below Wade at No.6 for Victoria in the domestic Sheffield Shield cricket hurt his selection […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n