Glenn Maxwell Retires From International Cricket at 38, Will Keep Playing Franchise T20
The Australian all-rounder, who had already quit ODIs in 2025, has ended his T20I and Victoria careers. He will continue with the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has retired from international cricket, bringing down the curtain on a 14-year career with the national side. The 38-year-old had already stepped away from one-day internationals in June 2025, and has now also ended his T20 international career as well as his state career with Victoria.
Maxwell, who announced the decision on The Final Word, will keep playing franchise Twenty20 cricket, starting with the Melbourne Stars in the coming Big Bash League season. He said he was grateful for the time he got to represent his country and hoped he could inspire young players to approach the game in their own way.
Career in numbers
- Matches: 7 Tests, 149 ODIs and 130 T20Is
- ODIs: 3,990 runs at a strike rate of about 126.7
- T20Is: 2,897 runs at an average of 28.97 and a strike rate of 154.42, plus 51 wickets and 62 catches
- Across formats: 10 international centuries and 136 wickets
- Titles: ODI World Cups in 2015 and 2023, and the T20 World Cup in 2021
His most famous innings came at the 2023 ODI World Cup, when he hit an unbeaten double century to rescue a run chase against Afghanistan. His final international appearance was against Oman at the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in February 2026, where he took two wickets and did not bat.
Featured image: Melbourne Cricket Ground exterior (file photo). Photo: Joanna Holman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
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