West Indies Vs Australia: Glenn Maxwell Not Expecting ‘Fun’ Opening Role To Continue

Glenn Maxwell does not expect to open Australia’s white-ball batting order in the future.

The big-hitter has opened in each of the last three T20Is against West Indies alongside Mitchell Marsh, with Travis Head rested for the series and Matt Short out injured.

Maxwell averages 42.76 when playing as an opening batter, his highest average at any position, and scores at an impressive strike rate of 181.

He helped Australia chase down a target of 206 in their last match with a score of 47 from just 18 balls, smashing six maximums at the start of the innings.

Despite also scoring a quickfire 20 off seven balls before being run out in the match prior, Maxwell insists he is just filling in for Head.

“[I’m just] warming up Heady’s seat until he comes back,” said Maxwell.

“It is certainly good fun being up the top; we always talk about, in middle order, how exciting it is to get up the top and have a bit of fun in the powerplay.

“I think the way we're probably going to set up our T20 side heading forward is you've got Travis up the top, you've got Mitch Marsh, who is captaining us brilliantly at the moment.

“Ingo [Josh Inglis] is doing a great job at number three and the rest of the order falls into place around that.

“We've got some unbelievable power hitting at the moment, we've seen some guys really put their hands up – Tim David, Mitchell Owen and Cameron Green – throughout the middle.

“They're three pretty big blokes with big reach and they hit the ball an absolute mile, so it's great to have guys with that extra bit of power in the middle order.

“It's not something we've had an abundance of over the years, and to have that at our disposal at the moment is pretty exciting.”

Australia have one match left in their T20I series against West Indies and are currently leading the hosts 4-0.

In fact, Australia have won every single game during their tour, including a whitewash in the three-match Test series.

Maxwell is hoping to end the series on a high on Monday, with one more big performance in his temporary role.

“It's been a nice shift up to the top and hopefully one more game and I can get a few more,” he added.