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“I think probably it affected my family a little bit more than it affected me. I knew I had that week off. And obviously that incident was less than ideal, and the timing,” Maxwell was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press.

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“But I had that week [during which the incident took place] off, I knew I had that week off away from the game,” he said.

On Sunday, Maxwell, 35, showed that he remains Australia’s most dangerous batter in the shorter formats as he smashed a sensational 120 not out off 55 balls against the West Indies. It was a record-equalling fifth T20I hundred for him. “...I came back and got back into my running, my gym program and it felt really good and refreshed once I got back. And it’s all been focused on getting myself ready for this [T20] series and what’s to come,” he said.

Cricket Australia (CA) had launched an investigation into the incident and as a result, he was not a part of the preceding ODI series against the West Indies. Later, head coach Andrew McDonald urged the big-hitter “to hold up his end of the bargain” and “take care of himself”.

“He needs to obviously have a look at what he’s doing at his end and is that the right thing to be doing at that time?” McDonald had stated.

Maxwell said he moved on quickly from the incident in Adelaide.

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