VictoriaGlenn Maxwell has been included in Victoria's 12-man squad for the four-day match against Queensland starting on Monday at the Junction Oval as part of the Cricket Australia (CA) Second XI competition. Maxwell has been selected for his first four-day match in 12 months as he prepares to embark on Australia's Test tour of Sri Lanka early next year.
Maxwell is unlikely to play in Victoria's next Sheffield Shield match, which starts on Sunday 20 October. Some of Australia's Test players including Steven Smith, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc are set for that match, while Scott Boland is also likely to make his Shield comeback in that match.
According to the rules of the CA second XI competition, 12 players can play in the match, with 11 batting and 11 bowling, meaning rest and rotation of players is possible within four days. Maxwell's workload is carefully monitored, as he suffered a foot injury two years ago. He turned 36 on the first day of the match and has played only two first-class matches in the last five years.
Maxwell is set to play in the home one-day match against New South Wales on October 25, which could include Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, but he is unlikely to be available for Victoria in the third or fourth Shield round, which Coinciding with Australia's ODI and T20I series against Pakistan.
He will be available for Victoria's fifth and sixth Shield games before the BBL starts and is set to play in at least one of them. Victoria will face Queensland in a pink-ball match under lights at the Gabba on November 24 before hosting Queensland at the MCG on December 6.
Australia's selectors may also give him a chance in the two-day pink-ball Prime Minister's XI match against India in Canberra from November 30.
Maxwell is a contender for Australia's tour to Sri Lanka due to his Test experience in the subcontinent. Maxwell was part of the Sri Lanka tour in 2022 and was due to play the first Test in Galle, his ability as a spin-bowling all-rounder is seen as an asset in spinning conditions, especially if the Tests are low-scoring and fast-paced. Be.
All seven of their Test matches have been played in the subcontinent, with their last Test match being played in Bangladesh in 2017. The selectors have previously said that Shield cricket has no relevance to Test cricket in Sri Lanka because the conditions and style of cricket are so different there, but it is understood that Maxwell and the Australian selectors want him to improve his physical conditioning. Play some red-ball cricket from the perspective of.
Victoria has also selected state captain Will Sutherland to play in the second eleven as he continues to improve his bowling after suffering a serious back injury after being left out of the first Shield round. He will bowl under restrictions.
Victorian Second XI squad: Will Sutherland (captain), Austin Enlezark, Liam Blackford, Dylan Brasher, Xavier Crone, Harry Dixon, Jay Lemire, Reilly Mark, Glenn Maxwell, John Merlo, David Moody, Doug Warren.
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