Warne's take on the Maxwell fine

Legendary spin bowler Shane Warne has weighed into the Australian cricket team’s decision to discipline Glenn Maxwell, suggesting the explosive allrounder’s punishment shouldn’t have been made public.

Maxwell was fined by Australia’s leadership group after he questioned Victoria captain Matthew Wade’s decision to bat above him in the Bushrangers Sheffield Shield side.

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And while Warne agreed with how captain Steve Smith and Australia’s leadership group handled the incident, he insisted details of the 28-year-old’s reprimand should have been kept “in-house”.

“I saw what ‘Maxi’ said, I think some of that stuff should have been private,” the 145-Test veteran told Melbourne radio station SEN. “I don’t think really that stuff should be public.

“(Maxwell) is obviously just venting a bit of frustration.

“The way Steve Smith handled it in-house, I thought that was good.

“To me Maxwell is a super talent and for me I’d like to see him in Australian colours in all forms of the game.

“But some of that stuff should be kept in-house.”

Bupa Support Team Head Coach Darren Lehmann described Maxwell’s comments as “disappointing”, with Smith and Australia’s senior members deciding to hand him a monetary penalty.

"Everyone was disappointed in his comments," Smith, who struck a match-winning 164 in the first one-day international against the Kiwis, said on Friday. “I’ve expressed that to him myself and spoke to the team.

"One of our values is respect and having respect for your teammates, opposition, the fans, the media.

"I thought what he said was very disrespectful to a teammate and his Victorian captain.”

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While Smith stressed Maxwell hadn’t been suspended for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series-opner at the SCG, he wasn’t selected in the Australia XI that comfortably defeated New Zealand.

Travis Head was given the nod instead, and the left-hander notched a career-best 52, sharing in a crucial 127-run fifth-wicket stand with his skipper after coming to the crease with the hosts in trouble at 4-92.

“It was more about giving Travis another opportunity,” Smith said of the decision to select Head over Maxwell. “(Head) played well last week, he scored a hundred in (Sheffield) Shield cricket so he’s in good nick.

“I guess it was about them (the selectors) giving (Head) an opportunity first and he played pretty well today as well. He’s taken that opportunity.”

Maxwell posted 81 in his first Shield knock for the summer and has followed that with knocks of 10, 3, 6 and 29 until his call-up to the one-day squad.

Although Warne conceded Maxwell’s inconsistency can be frustrating for fans, he believes the Victorian, as well as allrounder Mitch Marsh, could play a major role on Australia’s Test tour to India early next year.

“Guys like Mitch Marsh and Glenn Maxwell, those guys could come into serious contention in India when the Test series is on over there,” Warne continued.

“The way those guys play, especially Maxwell, he’s a match-winner.

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“He’s one of those guys who we get frustrated with some of the shots be plays and think ‘why’s he doing that?’.”

“But you’ve got to take the good with the bad because if he plays 10 games, he’ll probably win you two off his own bat, he’ll win you two games himself.

“You want him to be more consistent, but you’ve got to remember what you’re dealing with. He’s a guy with flair and imagination, he’s a match-winner.

“If he’s making runs, get him in.”

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