Border's strong message for Maxwell

Former Test captain Allan Border has called on Glenn Maxwell to "get himself sorted" as he fights to earn a recall with Australia's one-day international side.

Border is a self-confessed huge fan of Maxwell but has questioned whether the explosive allrounder has only himself to blame after being benched for the first two ODIs against New Zealand.

Maxwell carried the drinks as Australia regained the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with emphatic victories over the Black Caps in Sydney and Canberra, but could yet return to the XI for the final match at the MCG on Friday.

Australia captain Steve Smith, who oversaw the decision to fine the Victorian after making "disrepectful" comments about batting below Bushrangers captain and national teammate Matthew Wade in the Sheffield Shield, insisted he wasn’t overlooked for the remarks.

While Border suggests there’s no reason Maxwell can’t add to his three Tests in the Baggy Green, he says the 28-year-old needs to do some soul searching after digging a hole for himself.

"Obviously there's some dramas happening in Victoria and with Glenn Maxwell himself," Border said on Inside Cricket.

"Maybe he's got to sit down and reassess where he's at: Is he the problem, or is he the one causing all the issues?

"And once he sorts all that, he's too good a player to be sitting on the sidelines. We haven't seen the best of him, particularly in red-ball cricket.

"He's got the potential to play Test cricket (again) down the line somewhere but he's got to get himself sorted out.

"Now if that means a move, he should do it and just start afresh somewhere else."

Maxwell sought a move north following his omission from Australia’s ODI squad that toured Sri Lanka in September, but under the Cricket Australia – Australian Cricketers' Association Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the Victorian was too late to make the switch. 

Under the MOU, a player wishing to move states has 13 days from the start of the State Player Contracting Window (SPCW) to nominate a new state.

The SPCW opens after the CA Contracted Player List is announced, which was on March 31 this year, meaning the SPCW opened on April 1 and closed April 13. 

And former Blues skipper and Test wicketkeeper Brad Haddin doesn’t believe a move north of the Murray would necessarily benefit the right-hander.

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"I think (the) Victorians might have lost a little bit of trust in him, to be perfectly honest," Haddin said.

"So I think he needs to sit down to see if they can work it out together.

"I don't think NSW is the fit for him. He'll be behind (Kurtis) Patterson, (Nic) Maddinson and even Peter Nevill (in the batting order).

"So I don't think that's going to solve his problem."

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