Glenn Maxwell has revealed the dramatic weight reduction he suffered after his horrific leg harm and conceded he has no concept when he‘ll be back playing cricket.
The Australian whitewall star shattered his left fibula in an incident was made more difficult to process due to the fact the incident at a friend’s fiftieth celebration in November.
Still sporting a moon boot and utilizing crutches after surgical procedure to restore the injury as he stood subsequent to the Shane Warne statue on the MCG, Maxwell revealed he misplaced 5 kgs within the two weeks after the operation.
He’s hopeful of returning for the Melbourne Stars earlier than the tip of the Big Bash however stated his rehab remained “pretty slow” with no taking part in return in sight.
“I want it to be done and over with quickly. I don’t want to be on crutches anymore. I don’t want to be in a boot but it’s just the process I’m going through at the moment on a bike, in the pool,” he stated forward of the Stars first dwelling sport on Friday night time, which is a tribute to the late spin king the place all gamers will put on Warne’s quantity 23 on their taking part in shirts.
“I haven‘t got a return date for you yet until I can start walking properly and do other things, playing golf, doing some basic things around the house
“I‘d love to be playing next game, that’d be great, but also not realistic. The leg has been through a bit of trauma that I need to make sure that I do everything I can to make sure it’s not a recurring injury with my ankle joint and that I can make sure that I’m solid on it for the rest of my career.”
Maxwell was assured he’d make a 100 per cent restoration, so long as he was diligent in his rehab.
“The surgeon and doctors seem to think I’ll make a full recovery but that’s also up to me and making sure that I can do everything right,” he stated.
“It’s my recovery. So a fair bit is in my in my court at the moment. So as I said, I’m just gonna do everything I possibly can to get right. I’ll go see the surgeon next week and hopefully get some more good news.”