Australia’s World Cup wildcard Glenn Maxwell doesn’t want to be remembered for a stupid nickname.

Maxwell hates being dubbed ‘The Big Show’. And he’s hurt by critics labelling him an egotist.

“Sometimes it hits pretty close to home and you sometimes think it’s a personal attack,” Maxwell told reporters on Saturday.

“People are saying that I’m an egocentric show-off who doesn’t care for the team – sometimes that hurts.

“And I don’t really understand that. Every time I have ever played for whatever team, I have always tried to win the game for my team and have the team’s best interest at heart.

“Some people might not think so. Some people might think that all the different shots are a way of me trying to stand out, which is complete rubbish.

“That is probably the toughest thing to deal with, when people don’t really understand you and have a crack at you for being something different.

“I don’t want to be known as The Big Show or anything like that.

“I just want to be known as an integral part of Australian cricket that is hopefully going to take us to a World Cup.”

Many of Maxwell’s critics pounce on his penchant for playing the reverse sweep and other audacious shots – but they’re simply envious, according to teammate George Bailey.

“I think most people are jealous of the fact that he can do a lot of things that they can’t – cricketers and non-cricketers,” Bailey told reporters on Saturday.

“Certainly as a player and someone who thinks about the game a lot and probably over-thinks it personally, for someone to have the freedom and the balls to play the way they want to be played, I think it should be nothing but admiration.

“Within that comes responsibilities. But Maxy knows it as well as anyone and doesn’t need anyone telling him that if he does that, he stays in the team. And if he doesn’t, he doesn’t.

“If you have a look at his record, more and more if you give him an opportunity and responsibility, he responds really well.”

Maxwell believed his man of the match feats in the Tri-Series final against England last Sunday were evidence of a new-found maturity.

Coming in at 4-60, Maxwell struck a composed 95 from 98 balls and then claimed 4-46 with his offspinners.

“To make the most of that opportunity shows that I am making bigger steps towards being that guy in the middle order that we can actually rely on,” he said.