Star allrounder Glenn Maxwell could miss the rest of the summer and faces a lengthy rehabilitation after breaking his leg in a freak accident at a 50th birthday party in Melbourne this weekend.
The 34-year-old has been ruled out of next week’s ODI series against England and undergone surgery for a fracture of the left fibula after he and a friend became entangled while running across a backyard tennis court. When both slipped and fell, Maxwell’s leg becoming trapped under the other man’s and incurred the fracture.