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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Angus Fontaine

Blow for Australia as Glenn Maxwell suffers freak accident at party

Australia’s star allrounder Glenn Maxwell has sustained a broken leg in a freak accident at a party, ruling him out of the ODI series against England.
Australia’s star allrounder Glenn Maxwell has sustained a broken leg in a freak accident at a party, ruling him out of the ODI series against England. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/EPA

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.

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