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Collingwood said Adam Treloar wouldn't be able to cope if his fiancee Kim Ravaillion moved interstate with their baby Georgie to play for the Queensland Firebirds but she says there was another reason.
The explosive all-rounder hit five sixes in an innings that yielded 71 runs from 31 balls, including a strike that punched a hole in one of the seats at Wellington Stadium, which was empty due to New Zealand's current COVID-19 restrictions. Stadium chief executive Shane Harmon had the damaged seat removed and, after asking Maxwell to sign the broken plastic, pledged to post it on online auction site Trade Me, with proceeds going to the Wellington Homeless Women's Trust. "I'll make a donation, and an apology for breaking a seat," Maxwell told the New Zealand Herald.
CRICKET-T20-NZL-AUS/:Cricket-Maxwell's big NZ hit to yield charity payout
Glenn Maxwell smashed five sixes and one seat and a quick-thinking stadium boss found a way to benefit a worthy cause.
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Aussie batsman's seat-destroying shot will have a charitable ending.