Australia's Glenn Maxwell ruled out of crucial England game on Friday following bizarre accident

In a slightly perplexing turn of events, Glenn Maxwell has been ruled out of the game against England on November 4. The Australian batter is said to have fallen off the back of a golf cart on Monday, October 30, and though he hasn't sustained any serious injuries, the concussion protocol now restricts him from playing the important match on Saturday.

Australian men's cricket team's head coach Andrew McDonald has confirmed that Glenn Maxwell's injuries aren't serious and that he is doing fine at the moment, adding that the protocol for his return to the thick of things would be "reasonably straightforward". We gather from ESPNcricinfo that Maxwell is expected to adhere to the concussion protocol for the next six to eight days.

What really happened? Well, reports tell us that the Royal Challenger of Bengaluru batsman was returning to the team bus from the clubhouse after a round of golf and is said to have held on to the back of one of the golf carts, since there weren't enough of them available to accommodate everyone. Maxwell would lose his grip to sustain an injury but the team management, however, looks pretty relaxed at the moment considering that it wasn't a serious one. 

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Glenn Maxwell made a comeback to international cricket only recently after having nursed a badly broken leg. The right-hand batter has proven crucial to Australia's middle order and is in exceptional touch at the moment, having struck a 40-ball century (an all-time World Cup record) against the Netherlands only a few days ago. His exclusion from the team against the all-important match against England will definitely be felt as untimely for the Aussies, who would want to get past the deflated Jos Buttler-led side to inch closer to cementing that semi-final spot. 

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Will it be Marcus Stoinis? Or will it be the taller bloke Cameron Green taking Maxwell's spot? The answer arrives soon.

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