18 March,2017 10:28 AM IST | | PTI
His voice choking in emotion, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell yesterday said he did not want the ongoing second Test against India to be his last, as a ‘sleepless night’ gave way to a dream day for the maiden centurion
Glenn Maxwell holds his broken bat during the second day's play in Ranchi yesterday. Pic/AFP
Ranchi:âu00c2u0080u00c2u0088His voice choking in emotion, Australia's Glenn Maxwell yesterday said he did not want the ongoing second Test against India to be his last, as a 'sleepless night' gave way to a dream day for the maiden centurion.
Making a Test comeback after more than two years, Maxwell hit a career-best 104 and put on 191 runs with skipper Steve Smith (178) to take Australia to 451. "It's been a long time since 2014, my last Test. I didn't want to waste the opportunity, didn't want to make it my last Test that's for sure," Maxwell said after the second day's play.
Known for his exploits in the shorter formats, Maxwell had got opportunities in Tests thrice and failed in all of them. The 28-year-old got a lucky call-up after a shoulder injury ruled out Mitchell Marsh.
Maxwell was axed after Australia were blanked 0-2 in the two match series in 2014. He scored 37 and 4, while in bowling returned 0/78 as Australia lost to Pakistan by 356 runs in the second Test.
Maxwell has now become the 13th player to score centuries in all three formats of the game.
"I thought about it all night. I went through about 300 to 400 different scenarios that could've happened the next day, most of them weren't good. Even thinking about it now I've got a frog in my throat. It's as special a moment as I've had in my career and hopefully it's not the last. So much emotion fell out of me as soon as I got that hundred."
He hoped that he would be able to keep his Test career on the right track from now on.
