Australia cricket star Glenn Maxwell will play no half in his nation's Cricket World Cup conflict in opposition to England on Saturday after struggling a freak golf incident on Monday. The Australian squad performed a spherical of golf on Monday as a part of their downtime.

Maxwell was stated to have been driving on the again of a golf cart earlier than slipping and falling off. The Australian all-round suffered a head harm and was positioned into the concussion protocol, which means he will not be accessible to play in opposition to England on Saturday.

His absence might be a blow to Australia head coach Andrew McDonald given Maxwell's type on the World Cup. No resolution has been made by McDonald on who will take Maxwell's place in Australia's facet.

“In transporting him back from the clubhouse to the team bus, Glenn Maxwell came off the back of a car and has suffered a small concussion, so he will go into concussion protocols for the next period of time and will unfortunately miss the England game,” McDonald stated.

“There’ll be no replacement (in the squad) as such, he’ll go into six to eight days concussion protocol. So they said that takes into account the England game, he’ll be unavailable for that game.

"And then clearly within the squad we’ve got some players who become available Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green’s there available as well, but we haven’t made that decision as yet. The guys were ferried off on carts. Glenn and a few other players jumped on the back of carts and unfortunately he lost his grip on the way back to the team bus and sustained that injury. Over the last couple of days he’s been assessed.

“We feel as though it’ll be a relatively straightforward return to play protocol with where he’s at at the moment.”

“We feel as though it’ll be a relatively straightforward return to play protocol with where he’s at at the moment.”

Maxwell's absence does give England extra hope of springing an upset on Saturday in what has been a disastrous defence of their title.

They must win all remaining three matches to face any probability of constructing it by means of to the semi-finals whereas drastically enhancing their run-rate.

Meanwhile, Australia overcame a disappointing begin to the match to discover a run of type which now has them as one of many favourites to progress to the ultimate 4.