The domestic One-day Cup is starting to garner real interest on the Australian cricket calendar, and can make an instant star of anyone who can make a hefty score or takes a haul of wickets.

With the competition kicking off at the start of October, let's have a glance at one player from each state with plenty on the line at the start of the Australian summer.

5. Victoria: Glenn Maxwell

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 12: Glenn Maxwell of the Bushrangers bats during the Matador BBQs One Day Cup match between Victoria and Western Australia at Blacktown International Sportspark on October 12, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 12: Glenn Maxwell of the Bushrangers bats during the Matador BBQs One Day Cup match between Victoria and Western Australia at Blacktown International Sportspark on October 12, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

After a request to defect to arch rivals New South Wales was denied, Glenn Maxwell will have to return to Victoria to smooth things over with teammates. One way he can go about that is by making runs and taking wickets.

Maxwell was aghast at his dropping from the one-day international side, and has all of a sudden gone from fighting for a test recall to fighting for his international career.

No one is under delusion about Maxwell's strengths and weaknesses, not even the man himself. Whether he can address them or not in the upcoming Australian summer will go a long way to sorting out how many more caps he pulls on for his country.