My partner was the first person who noticed it: Glenn Maxwell opens up on mental health issues

A month after taking a break from cricket, Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell claimed that the rigorous schedule for the past few years had ruined him mentally and physically. The 31-year-old made himself unavailable for the T20I series against Sri Lanka after featuring in the first two games of the three-match series.

“I was pretty cooked when I decided to take the time off. Big reason why I did take that time away is I was pretty mentally and physically ruined,” Maxwell was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

“I think it was eight months on the road, living out of a suitcase and that probably had been going on for four or five years, just constantly on the road and it all just caught up with me at that time,” he said.