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Australia remains wary of the risk Glenn Maxwell could potentially suffer a serious injury after he was floored by cramps during his remarkable innings against Afghanistan.
Coach Andrew McDonald said both Maxwell and Steve Smith (vertigo) are currently poised to face Bangladesh on Saturday.
“At this stage yes,” McDonald said of Maxwell playing. “I’ve got no information to suggest otherwise. It’s not quite 48 hours post (match) so that’ll unfold more tomorrow (Friday).
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“We’ll assess him tomorrow. He’ll probably have a light run. If he’s not at training tomorrow, then he needs more time to recover. And then it might be a day of the game decision, but everything lends itself to him playing at this stage.”
While he is optimistic of the star duo being available for the Bangladesh clash, McDonald is also aware that an injury at this stage of the World Cup could end a player’s tournament.
“The recovery into the next game is equally as important now,” he said of Maxwell’s status.
“On the back of something as physically demanding as that, there’s no doubt that you take on a little bit of risk into the next game.
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“It’ll be assessed. The medical team is fantastic and they’ll feed us information over the next couple of days.
“We’ve cancelled training today (Thursday) with the view that we need that extra recovery, so that’s a part of the plan leading into the Bangladesh game.”
While Smith’s vertigo may have caught the public by surprise, McDonald said the team was “well aware” of what was unfolding with the former skipper.
“I feel like it just happened at the wrong time for him not to play that game (against Afghanistan),” he said.
“Whereas if it had’ve been 24 hours later then he might’ve been a different decision.
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“He was battling with his balance in certain shots and then he went through some running between the wickets as well which probably aggravated it a little more.
“Then it was clear that he wasn’t right for the game.”
Australia will face Bangladesh in Pune in its final group stage fixture on Saturday afternoon at 4pm AEDT.
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