Glenn Maxwell admits it was hard to adjust to the mental intensity of match batting again after a broken leg, but has filled up his schedule this offseason with as much cricket as possible in preparation for this year's ODI World Cup. Marsh hasn't played since the Dettol ODI Series against England following the T20 World Cup and missed the entire KFC BBL|12 season like Maxwell after undergoing keyhole surgery on a troublesome left ankle. The right-hander said the biggest challenge this week was the mental application required in a match compared to training. "That's probably something I'm working on over the next few games … to try and get a few more hits out there and build up that match intensity. "Having not played for three-and-a-half months, I made a conscious decision to make sure I filled up my calendar with cricket to lead into that World Cup of the back end of the year.
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