Glenn Maxwell has revealed the dramatic weight loss he suffered after his horrific leg injury and conceded he has no idea 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 50th birthday party in November.
Still wearing a moon boot and using crutches after surgery to repair the damage as he stood next to the Shane Warne statue at the MCG, Maxwell revealed he lost five kilograms in the two weeks after the operation.
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He’s hopeful of returning for the Melbourne Stars before the end of the Big Bash but said his rehab remained “pretty slow” with no playing 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 said ahead of the Stars first home game on Friday night, which is a tribute to the late spin king where all players will wear Warne’s number 23 on their playing 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.”
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Maxwell was confident he’d make a 100 per cent recovery, as 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 said.
“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.”
