Maxwell reveals the pain

Fallout ‘affected family’

Glenn Maxwell has revealed the fallout from the incident in Adelaide that ended with him in hospital affected his family more than it did him, but a week later it helped him refocus enough to deliver an innings for the ages in the same city.

Returning to the city of the big day out that had Test captain Pat Cummins suggesting Maxwell had to “own” his mistakes, the white-ball dynamo conceded it was “not ideal” to pass out in front of teammates, due to the combined effects of the heat at a golf promotion and too much alcohol.

He said he had previously had some “cursed Adelaide trips”, after smashing a recordsetting 120 runs from 55 balls, including eight sixes and 12 fours in a record team score of 4-241 against the West Indies to guide his side to a 34-run victory on Sunday night.

The 35-year-old blasted a half-century from 26 balls and reached triple figures off just 50 deliveries to notch the fastest

T20I century recorded in Australia and the fifth of his international career, drawing level with India’s Rohit Sharma with the most T20I centuries.

It was in stark contrast to his last trip to the city and, having not spoken about waking up in an ambulance on the way to hospital, he revealed how it had affected himself and his family. “I’ve had a few cursed Adelaide trips, so it’s nice to make this a positive one,“Maxwell said.

“It probably affected my family a little more than it affected me. I was back into training, I was still thinking about this T20 series, and the New Zealand tour. I was pretty focused on what I had to do. “Obviously, that incident was less than ideal with the timing, but I had that week off away from the game.

“I came back and got back into my running, my gym program, and I felt really good and refreshed once I got back.” Maxwell said that, amid the fallout, Australian coach Andrew McDonald and selector George Bailey had been “outstanding” as his life off field was put under the spotlight. The Victorian, rested for the ODI series against the West Indies, was not sanctioned by Cricket Australia over the incident.

West Indies skipper Rovman Powell said he felt powerless in the face of Maxwell’s onslaught on Sunday. Maxwell struggled to explain exactly how it felt to find himself “in the zone” after a scratchy start in which he scored four runs from his first five deliveries.

The series ends on Tuesday.