Glenn Maxwell has retired from international cricket at 38, ending an Australian career spanning 286 matches and three World Cup titles, while continuing his involvement in franchise Twenty20 competitions.
Having retired from one-day internationals in June 2025, Maxwell has now stepped away from T20 internationals, first-class and List A cricket. He remains contracted to Melbourne Stars through the 2027-28 Big Bash League season.
His final appearance for Australia came against Oman at this year’s T20 World Cup.
Speaking on The Final Word podcast, Maxwell explained that discussions with Australia’s management had remained open after the tournament, while selectors gave younger players opportunities.
He had considered a farewell appearance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground but accepted the team’s direction. His attention has since turned to preparing his body for the remaining tournaments in his career. “I’m grateful for the time I was able to play for my country,” Maxwell said.
Across seven Tests, 149 ODIs and 130 T20 internationals, the all-rounder accumulated 7,226 runs and took 136 wickets.
Maxwell scored 3,990 ODI runs at a strike rate of 126.70. In T20 internationals, he finished with 2,897 runs and five centuries, sharing the men’s record for hundreds in the format with India’s Rohit Sharma.
His international career began in 2012. He subsequently helped Australia win the 2015 and 2023 ODI World Cups and their first men’s T20 World Cup in 2021.
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Among his defining performances was an unbeaten 201 against Afghanistan in Mumbai during the 2023 World Cup. Battling injury, he guided Australia from 91-7 to a successful chase of 292.
He also struck a 40-ball century against the Netherlands at that tournament, setting the record for the fastest hundred in a men’s ODI World Cup.
Leaving Victoria proved emotional for Maxwell, who described how difficult it was to tell teammates his latest state appearance would be his last.
He will continue playing franchise T20 cricket, including for Melbourne Stars in the upcoming Big Bash season.
(With input from cricket.com.au, ABC News and Sky Sports.)
