If you were going to pick a player for young players to copy, Glenn Maxwell’s insane, unorthodox style makes him low on the list. Yet he’s also insanely exciting and effective.

Following a fine all-round performance in a high-stakes game, Glenn Maxwell is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

Glenn Maxwell scored a pivotal 95 and then came back to pick up four wickets in a man-of-the-match performance as Australia defeated England in a one-sided final of the Carlton Series in Perth by 112 runs.

Australian player Steve Smith has bagged the Allan Border Medal while Sean Abbott was named the 'Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year'.

There will be 210 players participating in this year’s tournament. Here, Tapabrata Banerjee focusses on some of the youngsters who are going to play in their first World Cup.

Ian Bell struck 187 in 145 balls as England beat the Australian Prime Minister's XI by 60 runs in a high-scoring tour game at Canberra's Manuka Oval.

Mike Hussey will captain the Australian Prime Minister's XI which will take on England in a one-day game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on 14th January.

Australia have added all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to their squad ahead of the second and third Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa.

Australian all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell has welcomed the move by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to clamp down bowlers with illegal bowling action.

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been named as the Cricket World Player Of The Week after helping his side to a 3-0 One-Day International clean sweep over Pakistan.

Glenn Maxwell bowled a double-wicket maiden when Pakistan needed just two runs for victory to hand Australia a one-run win in the third and final One-Day International in Abu Dhabi and a 3-0 series success.

Glenn Maxwell scored a half-century as Australia beat Pakistan by five wickets in the second One-Day International in Sharjah to move into an unassailable 2-0 series lead.

Australia's spin bowlers bamboozled Pakistan's batsman and David Warner then struck 54 not out as they won a low-scoring one-off Twenty20 International in Dubai by six wickets.

Kings XI Punjab's Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been reprimanded following a breach of the Champions League T20 Code of Behaviour.

Some literally destructive batting from Australia helped them open the One-Day International tri-series in Zimbabwe with a thumping 198-run win over their hosts in Harare.

Glenn Maxwell's latest Indian Premier League 2014 whirlwind innings of 90 in 38 balls set the Kings XI Punjab on course for a crushing 44-run win over the Chennai Super Kings in Cuttack.

Catch up with John Pennington and Chetan Narula as they review the recent Indian Premier League 2014 (IPL 7) action in their latest Hot Spot video discussion.

Without doubt, Glenn Maxwell has been the shining light of the early stages of this year’s Indian Premier League - but is this sparkling form a mere flash in the pan or the beginning of something bigger?

As all eyes turned to the Indian Premier League this week, we have chosen Kings XI Punjab's Glenn Maxwell as the Cricket World Player Of The Week.

Glenn Maxwell blasted 95 in 43 balls as the Kings XI Punjab chased a target of 206 to beat the Chennai Super Kings with seven balls to spare in both sides' opening game of the Indian Premier League 2014.