Amid the continuing controversy, Glenn Maxwell hailed David Warner as a champion batter.© AFP
Big name all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has reacted to the original controversy, involving former pacer Mitchell Johnson and opener David Warner, that has gripped Australian cricket within the pace few days. In his column for The West Australian, Johnson introduced a scathing assault on Warner and selector George Bailey. Johnson had wondered a Take a look at adios for Warner through declaring his involvement in a ball-tampering scandal. Reacting to his column on Warner, Bailey had stated: “I’ve been sent little snippets of it – I hope he’s OK”.
On the other hand, Maxwell has refused to get fascinated by the entire saga, pronouncing that Australians will have to instead celebate the workforce’s contemporary good fortune – Global Take a look at Championship and ODI Global Cup titles.
“There’s a lot of chat around it (the Johnson and Warner saga). But I think coming into this first Test, we’ve just got to make sure that as Australians we’re supporting our team and we’re celebrating how successful this team has been over the two-year period of the World Test Championship cycle. I’m not going to throw my name into some headlines about this,” Maxwell advised SEN Radio.
Regardless of refusing to touch upon Johnson’s column, Maxwell hailed Warner as a champion batter, and was hoping that the veteran opener will rating plethora of runs this summer time, initiation with the primary Take a look at towards Pakistan in Perth.
“Davey’s been an absolute champion of Australian cricket for a long period of time and the selectors were pretty clear on what they thought of it (selecting him). I’m looking forward to seeing Davey in that first Test and him making a lot of runs this summer,” he added.
Warner had previous showed that the form towards Pakistan will probably be his closing within the Take a look at layout.
Australia and Pakistan will face off in three-match Take a look at form, with the primary sport initiation December 14 on the Optus Stadium.
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