Overview

• Maxwell sustained a fractured right wrist/forearm when a Mitchell Owen straight drive struck him while he was bowling during training at Mount Maunganui.
• He has been sent home for specialist assessment and will miss the three-match series that starts Wednesday at Bay Oval.
• Wicketkeeper-batter Josh Philippe has been called up as his replacement, providing cover but not a like-for-like role.
• Selectors must reallocate Maxwell’s middle-order and fifth-bowler duties, with Australia already without Josh Inglis (calf, replaced by Alex Carey), Cameron Green and Pat Cummins.
• Team medical staff expect a relatively quick recovery, yet he remains in doubt for the five T20Is against India beginning October 29.