Glenn Maxwell reveals details of his recovery ahead of his return to the Australian team

Glenn Maxwell is fit again after a horrific injury and is all set to make a return to the international arena after completing a recovery from the broken leg and a set of torn ligaments. The magnitude of the injury was so bad that it forced him out of contention for almost 6 months but now that he is on the cusp of hitting the international yard again, he will be hoping to get back on song before IPL comes knocking on the door.

Talking to Alex Malcolm of ESPNCricinfo, Maxwell spoke in detail about his recovery process. He said on Thursday, “It probably hasn't happened as fast as I would have liked. I probably would have liked to be playing cricket a little bit earlier. But I think the fact that I knew the timeline for the one-day side - and that was probably the realistic goal - I was able to manipulate my rehab program to fit the timeline that I was racing against.”

He further added, “Having not played for three-and-a-half months, I made a conscious decision to make sure I filled up my calendar with cricket to lead into that World Cup at the back end of the year. Obviously there's the one-day series which is going to be a big series, especially with the World Cup in India at the back end of the year.”

He also shed some light about the Indo-Australian ODI series being of some colossal importance, adding, “It will be a good opportunity for us to try and work out some things and get our game plan ready for the back end of the year, as well as having the IPL straight after it. [It is about] getting used to the Indian conditions again and spending a lot of time working on my game over there, which will then lead into to the Blast and the Hundred."

He continued about what is his current objective and how he sets the next, adding, “Even just looking at the data from the last day of the Shield game, I started to get back to what a full one-day game looks like. So that time on my feet, that speed back up, it's all heading in the right direction. I always said I was building towards that one-day series in the back of my mind. So now I'm sort of closer to that workload that I need to be at. It's about trying to maintain that, get the pace back up, and then hopefully, in a couple of weeks' time be 100%."

Maxi continued about the match-fitness, adding, “Probably, mentally, batting in that position, I probably wasn't quite there. In the nets, you can do all the hard work, but to try and get that mental application back in a game is obviously a different thing. So that's probably something I'm working on over the next few games - club cricket on Saturday and the Shield game as well. A few more hits out there, and just try and build up that match intensity."