Glenn Maxwell on Monday, November 2, announced his retirement from international cricket, according to a Cricinfo report. The 38-year-old all-rounder brings the curtains down on a 14-year Australia career that brought two ODI World Cups, the 2021 T20 World Cup and one of the most celebrated innings the one-day game has seen. Neither Maxwell nor Cricket Australia had commented at the time of publication.
He gave up ODIs after the 2025 Champions Trophy, saying his body could no longer cope with the format, and lost his Cricket Australia contract in April. At the 2026 T20 World Cup, Australia failed to reach the Super 8s after defeats to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, while Maxwell made 62 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 110.71. His last appearance for Australia was the group fixture against Oman, while he last donned the Baggy Green in 2017.
Maxwell’s franchise curve pointed the same way. The Punjab Kings bought him for 4.20 crore at the IPL 2025 auction, and he made 48 runs and took four wickets in seven games before a finger injury ended his season. Released in November, he then withdrew from the December auction, closing a 13-season IPL career of 141 matches, 2,819 runs at a strike rate of 155.14 and 41 wickets. His 552 runs in the Kings XI Punjab’s run to the IPL 2014 final was the highest point.
After making his PSL debut with the Hyderabad Kingsmen this year, he scored 444 runs in Major League Cricket. A co-owner of the Irish Wolves, the Belfast side, he scored 245 in 12 outings in the new European T20 Premier League. He also signed a two-year extension with the Melbourne Stars, for whom he has 129 BBL appearances and 3,317 runs.
201 not out shines brightest for Glenn Maxwell
Mumbai, November 2023 remains the defining performance for Glenn Maxwell. Australia were 91 for 7 chasing 292 against Afghanistan when he came in, and he finished 201 not out from 128 balls, with 21 fours and 10 sixes, in a three-wicket win. Severe cramp left him barely able to run, but he and Pat Cummins (12* off 68), added an unbroken 202 for the eighth wicket. It was the first ODI double century by an Australian and the first in a successful chase.
There were other innings in the same spirit: a 40-ball hundred against the Netherlands in Delhi at the same World Cup, the fastest century in men’s World Cup history, and 102 from 53 balls against Sri Lanka in Sydney in 2015. A century at Old Trafford in 2020 carried Australia from 73 for 5 to a target of 303 alongside Alex Carey.
In 149 ODIs, Maxwell scored 3,990 runs at 33.81 and a strike rate of 126.70, second only to Andre Russell. He also took 77 wickets, including a career-best 4 for 40 versus India in 2023. A demolisher in T20Is, he amassed 2,897 runs at 154.42 with a record five centuries.
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Edited by Srinjoy
