Runs aren’t too far away, says Glenn

Although a big score has eluded him thus far at the World Cup, Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell said that he feels like he has never hit the ball better.

Maxwell has totalled 143 runs in eight innings, but that has largely been down to Australia’s top order doing the heavy lifting. In all, Maxwell’s 143 runs have come off just 75 balls.

“I feel like I haven’t hit the ball better in my career, I just haven’t got runs,” Maxwell said on Saturday. “It’s nice to be relaxed when I go out in the middle. Runs just haven’t come the way I would have liked, but I don’t think they’re far away.

“If I was out of form and out of runs, I think I’d be a little more nervous. It’s about not over-complicating it and not reinventing the wheel at training. I’ve stuck to the way I’ve gone about my training and making sure you’re not clouding your head even further.”

“I think I would have been searching for something a couple of years ago, whereas now, when I go out to bat, I have been doing the right things and training the right way.”