Video: Glenn Maxwell's bizarre dismissal in the Big Bash League

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, batting for Melbourne Stars in a Big Bash League (BBL) Twenty20 match against Brisbane Heat, was dismissed in a strange manner today at the Brisbane Cricket Ground.

Chasing 165 to win, the Stars lost opener Cameron White in the fifth ball of the first over, bowled by left-arm fast bowler Ryan Duffield. Maxwell, coming in at No. 3. charged down his first very ball and then, quite inexplicably, opted to offer no shot to the incoming delivery, only to see his stumps rattled. Watch the dismissal below:

Glenn Maxwell charges down the wicket. You won't believe what happens next: https://t.co/khwNNJuI69

— Alt Cricket (@AltCricket) December 28, 2014

This is how former Australian cricketers Adam Gilchrist and Damien Fleming, on air during the match, reacted to Maxwell’s ‘shot selection’: 

What did you just do, Maxwell?