Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell, the toast of the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League, nearly made himself available for arch-rivals England.


Glenn Maxwell and his partner Jayne Egeberg at the Allan Border Medal awards at Melbourne in 2013 

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Kings XI Punjab's batting star toyed with the idea to play first-class cricket in England through a UK passport courtesy his dad's England heritage in 2012, the year he played for Hampshire's second XI.