Melbourne Stars skipper Glenn Maxwell had a fiery introduction to the Big Bash League contest with Sydney Sixers.

Glenn Maxwell, who is captaining the Melbourne Stars, is currently the sixth-highest run-getter in BBL 2019 but on Saturday things didn't go as planned for him.

Glenn Maxwell, who was mic'd up during a Big Bash League game, predicted where exactly Sam Harper will hit the next delivery.

BBL: Glenn Maxwell used a fire extinguisher to stop the bushfire from spreading ahead of his team Melbourne Stars' match against Hobart Hurricanes.

Early into Hobart Hurricanes' chase, Melbourne Stars wicketkeeper Peter Handscomb was mic'd up with Glenn Maxwell bowling his off-spin.

Glenn Maxwell, who was picked by the Kings XI Punjab for a whopping Rs 10.75 crore, played a whirlwind knock on his return to competitive cricket in the Big Bash League.

IPL Auction 2020: Kings XI Punjab went into the auction with the biggest available purse of Rs 42.70 crore and spent big on players like Glenn Maxwell and Sheldon Cottrell.

Pat Cummins, the top-ranked Test bowler in the world, was the most sought-after player at the IPL 2020 auction.

IPL Auction 2020: Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins became the most expensive foreign buy in IPL history, while Glenn Maxwell was picked for Rs 10.75 crore

Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins beat England all-rounder Ben Stokes to become the most expensive international buy in the history of IPL.

332 players will go under the hammer when the Indian Premier League holds its auction in Kolkata on Thursday.

Glenn Maxwell said that the big reason why he did take that time away is he was pretty mentally and physically ruined.

Moeen Ali stressed that players also have life outside cricket and it's very important for them to come out, take a break and then go back strong.

India skipper Virat Kohli praised Australian Glenn Maxwell's decision to take time off the field owing to mental health issues.

Nic Maddinson's decision comes barely a week after Glenn Maxwell withdrew from Australia's Twenty20 team to deal with similar issues.

Cricket Australia announced Glenn Maxwell's decision and named D'Arcy Short as his replacement for the ongoing three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Glenn Maxwell feels the team has turned the corner in T20I cricket in the last one and a half years, and with the World Cup in a year's time they need to hold on to the form.

Glenn Maxwell played MS Dhoni's trademark helicopter shot to perfection during Australia's big win over Sri Lanka in the first T20I in Adelaide.