Justin Langer predicts bright Test future for Glenn Maxwell ? Cricket News Update
Australia?s batting coach Justin Langer has backed all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to move upwards in the Australian cricketing hierarchy, claiming the right-hander has the technique to carve out a spot for himself in the Test team.
?... fundamentally he's got a very, very good technique. He plays with a straight bat, he's got very fast hands and he's quite a student of the game,? observed Langer. ?He's going to be a good player. I love his attitude. I hope he gets six hundreds to really push his name up (for Tests).?
Currently in Sri Lanka for the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 2012, Maxwell made his debut for the national side earlier this year, during Australia?s limited-overs series played against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates during August/September.
The competent right-handed batsman, who also has the ability to double as a handy part-time off-spinner, was named in the squad on the strength of a successful stint with Hampshire in the 2012 Friends Life t20, and superb domestic performances for Victoria. Among his more prominent outings was the fastest ODI half-ton in Australia's domestic history (50 off 19 deliveries against Tasmania), scored in February 2011.
The 23-year-old continued to impress with the transition to the Australian national side ? he managed composed scores of 38, 28, and an unbeaten 56 during the 3-match ODI series, and subsequently earned a call-up for the World T20 2012 squad.
Despite his success in the shorter formats of the game ? he has 124 runs from 4 ODIs, and 353 runs from 18 list A matches ? Maxwell harbours aspirations of making it to the Test team. With a current record of 770 runs and one century from 11 first-class matches, the 23-year-old has expressed the desire to add to his tally once he returns to Australia, in a bid to earn a call-up to the Test squad.
?I know a lot of people earmarked me as a Twenty20 and one-day player,? Maxwell said. ?Once I get back to Australia and play some first-class cricket I'm hoping I can put some big scores on the board that people just can't refuse.?
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