24 Apr 2015

Snubbed Maxwell eyes county cricket

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Glenn Maxwell (AFP)

Melbourne - Explosive Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell is eyeing a stint in English county cricket to further his test ambitions after missing out on a place in the tour squads for the Caribbean and England.

Maxwell scored 324 runs at an average of 64.80 in Australia's triumphant World Cup campaign and had hoped his performances might have led to a recall.

However, selectors went with uncapped 35-year-old Adam Voges for the tours from June to August after the right-hander piled on a mountain of runs for Western Australia in the domestic Sheffield Shield.

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