Glenn Maxwell to miss white-ball leg of Pakistan tour

Australia’s star batsman Glenn Maxwell, who has a reputation of hitting big sixes has confirmed that he will miss Pakistan tour due to his wedding with Indian origin Melbourne based girl Vini Raman. 

The Aussies tour of Pakistan starts from March 4 with a three-Test series followed by three ODIs and one T20.

Maxwell is not part of the Test squad but has enjoyed playing against Pakistan in the white-ball format scoring seven fifties in sixteen innings at an average of 52.50.

The 33-year had made a public announcement after the T20 World Cup in November last year that he will not be able to be a part of the Pakistan tour due to his wedding in late March.

While talking to the host broadcaster Fox Sports during the third T20I against Sri Lanka in Canberra, he explained that it was impossible to change the dates of the wedding.

Maxwell finalized the dates with Cricket Australia (CA) after consultation, there was a two-week gap and he planned his wedding during those dates. Later Pakistan tour got scheduled on the exact same dates which left no other choice for Maxwell than to excuse his availability for the tour.

"Originally when I organised the dates with CA there was a two-week gap where I could potentially have it," Maxwell said. "So when I sorted that out I was pretty happy that I wasn't going to be missing in any series. And then I came to the [CA] contract meeting midway through last year and they said well this is [when] the Pakistan series [is on] and I thought well obviously that's changed since the last conversation we had."