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Star Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from international cricket.
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Maxwell retired from the ODI format in 2025 and has now also retired from T20Is.
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“Big Show” will continue to play franchise domestic cricket.
One of Australia’s finest white-ball batters in the last two decades, Glenn Maxwell, has decided to hang up his boots. Maxwell, 38, announced his retirement completely from international cricket and first-class cricket on Monday night.
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The Aussie, however, will continue to play in franchise T20 leagues across the world and is expected to play for the Melbourne Stars in the upcoming Big Bash League 2026/27 season.
The announcement was formally made on The Final Word Cricket Podcast, where Maxwell opened up about his decision. He said, “And it was pretty open-ended. There wasn’t any pressure from that side (Australia team management), and we decided to sort of leave the door open. There were a couple of series that were coming up; they were going to look to the future, and we saw that in Bangladesh with guys getting their opportunity and performing really well. We probably had numerous discussions before and after the T20 World Cup.”
He added, “I suppose, a small hope or discussion that I might have been able to potentially get a send-off game at the MCG. But I can completely understand the direction they’re going with this squad.
“There’s going to be a lot of change, I suppose, over the next 12 to 24 months with the Olympics coming up (in 2028), and they’ve got to make sure that they get their eyeballs on a few young guys coming through and making sure that they’re getting exposed to international pressure that you probably can’t always get from a BBL fixture.”
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Widely considered one of the greatest ODI knocks in history, Maxwell played this epic knock in a crucial ODI World Cup 2023 clash between Australia and Afghanistan in Mumbai. Chasing 292, Australia were reduced to 91/7 at one point and it seemed that Afghanistan were heading to an epic victory, one of the greatest in their brief international cricket history. Maxwell, however, had other plans as he went on to remain not out at 201 and completed his maiden ODI double century as eventual world champions clinched the clash.
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Glenn Maxwell played an epic knock of 108 runs during the third ODI between England and Australia in Manchester in 2020. Struggling at 73/5 at one point, chasing a 300-plus target, Maxwell came out to bat at No.7. The ‘Big Show’ formed a 212-run partnership with Alex Carey and eventually guided his team to glory.
A single-handed effort from Maxwell saw Australia chase down a massive target of 223 runs set by hosts India in Guwahati. Despite the entire batting crumbling under pressure, Maxwell stood firm on his ground and eventually his epic century helped the Aussies cross the line comfortably. This century was also his fifth T20I ton, as he equalled Rohit Sharma for having the most T20I hundreds.
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Maxwell’s first-ever T20I century was also his highest individual total in the format in international cricket. In 2016, at Pallekele, the power-hitter scored 145 runs off just 65 balls as Australia posted 263 runs on the board, the highest T20I team total at that time.
Maxwell’s first-ever Test century came against India in Ranchi during their away Test series in 2017. Maxwell got picked in the red-ball format and in the first innings of the match, the white-ball specialist scored a brilliant century and formed a 191-run partnership with Steve Smith for the fourth wicket.
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