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“We want him to understand the game better”

Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has lashed out at all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for throwing his wicket away during the fourth ODI against England in Perth.

Maxwell was looking threatening on 26 before he gave his wicket away by edging a delivery from Ben Stokes to Jos Buttler behind the stumps.

“It got down to 95 off 11 or 12 (overs) and in this day and age you should get those,” Lehmann said. “It was disappointing to lose five for 50 or whatever it was and fall short. So our blokes – and Maxwell – he’s got to understand, we’ve got to play better cricket.

“He understands he has got to be a better cricketer for us to get to where we want to get to. He’s got the talent, but the way we want him to play, he’s got to finish those games off for us.

“He’s a great young kid and the thing is he realised his mistake from last night and he owned up to that. He’s got to get better.

“He’s batting in the top six so he is a batting all-rounder so he’s got to show the responsibility to bat like that at six.

“We know he’s got flair and excitement and we love that about him but we want him to understand the game better.”