I take full responsibility: Maxwell on Australia snub

Glenn Maxwell, the Australian all-rounder, says he has taken "full responsibility" for his shock dumping from Australia's One-Day international team. The 27-year-old was recently dropped from Australia's 15-man squad for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka after averaging less than 10 runs in his past 10 matches.

It capped a fall from grace for Maxwell, who is Australian cricket's reigning ODI Player of the Year and was a key cog of the team's World Cup victory in 2015.

Maxwell is currently playing for Australia A in their two four-day matches against South Africa A in Queensland. He said there was "a silver lining" to his ODI dumping. "I've taken it pretty well. I think having this opportunity (playing for Australia A) at the same time softens the blow a little bit," Maxwell told the media in Townsville on Thursday (August 4). "It gives you an opportunity to prove them (selectors) wrong or show them that you really want to be back there.

"The silver lining is to come up to Queensland and get on turf and out of the indoor setup. It is hard work to work on your game indoors because it becomes easy and a bit boring."

Despite being a mainstay in Australia's ODI team since debuting in 2012, Maxwell did not believe he deserved more opportunities to turn around his form. "No, I think they (selectors) showed enough (loyalty), if you look at the last 10 ODIs I didn't score enough runs," he said. "If you're in the top six, then you're a batting all-rounder first and I probably didn't score as many runs as I could have. I fully take responsibility for that and have made sure I've moved on."

Maxwell believed playing in the four-day matches in Queensland would hone his long format game. "I've been in really good form in that format over the past few years," he said. "Statistically it is my best format, which people don't seem to grasp very well."

The Victorian averages 41 with the bat in first-class cricket but just 13 in his three Test appearances. In Australia A's defeat of South Africa in the first four-day match in Brisbane, Maxwell scored a duck in the first innings but responded with a quick-fire 22-ball 38 batting at three in the second dig.

Maxwell said he hoped to spend more time in the middle in the match starting on Saturday in Townsville. "It's about accumulating big totals and not the flashy stuff," he said. "I was too eager to get bat on ball (in the first innings). I want to show what I did the last two Shield seasons and score lots of runs."