MARCUS NORTH
FORMER AUSSIE TEST BATSMAN

Critic: Steve Smith wants to see Maxwell train ‘smarter’
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In Wednesday’s opening T20 International between Australia and England, we saw first-hand why Glenn Maxwell carries such a fierce reputation in white-ball cricket. To thump a 58-ball hundred, and to reach three figures from the final ball, was what many people have become accustomed to with cricket’s ‘Big Show’.
But the innings will no doubt continue to frustrate Maxwell’s critics, who point to his obvious potential not quite...