Australian superstar suffers heatstroke on Bangladesh tour

DHAKA: Explosive Australian all-rounder Glen Maxwell has suffered heatstroke during training just days before first Test against Bangladesh.

"I caught a bit of heatstroke on the first day, which wasn´t a good start," Maxwell told reporters in Dhaka.

"I think just doing some running outside, then going inside to do some fitness tests, and then going back outside didn´t help too much.

"The body shut down a little bit but I was fine after the ice bath and plenty of fluids."

Australia, who arrived last Friday, limited themselves to light training Wednesday after their two-day warm-up match on the outskirts of Dhaka was cancelled due to flooding.

The tourists trained in Darwin, in Australia´s tropical north, before their Bangladesh tour to prepare for the hot and humid monsoon weather.

Australia were due to play two Tests in Bangladesh in October 2015 but the tour was cancelled over security fears after a wave of attacks by extremists.