Glenn Maxwell Announces Retirement from International Cricket: Career Highlights & Stats
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell of Australia has announced that he will be retiring from playing international cricket after a 14-year-long career which has been marked by explosive batting and unconventional stroke play. The news was announced by the 38-year-old on November 3, 2026, in an episode of the cricket podcast, The Final Word.
The reason why this has happened is that Maxwell had already retired from ODIs back in June 2025. Now, he will retire from playing T20 Internationals but will continue participating in franchise cricket, including the BBL.
Glenn Maxwell’s International Career: Key Statistics
Maxwell represented Australia across all three international formats, establishing himself as one of the country’s most dynamic limited-overs players.
His career statistics include:
- Test matches: 7
- ODIs: 149
- T20 Internationals: 130
- Total international matches: 286
- ODI runs: 3,990
- T20I runs: 2,897
- International centuries: 10
- International wickets: 136
In T20 Internationals, Maxwell scored five centuries, sharing the record for the most hundreds in the format with India’s Rohit Sharma.
The Historic 201 Against Afghanistan
Some of Maxwell’s best moments include his amazing performance in the ODI World Cup in Mumbai, in 2023. Maxwell’s team, Australia, were struggling on 91/7 trying to chase 292 against Afghanistan when Maxwell scored an amazing unbeaten 201 runs in 128 deliveries.
Facing severe cramps and having restricted movement, he hit 21 fours and 10 sixes and created an unbeaten 202-run stand with Pat Cummins. Australia went on to win by three wickets.
It is one of the best individual performances recorded in the ODI World Cup till date.
Three World Cup Victories for Australia
Maxwell featured in three successful Australia World Cup victories. Maxwell won the 2015 and 2023 ODI World Cups and 2021 T20 World Cup.
He proved himself to be a great asset to the Australian team through his aggressive batting, off-spin bowling and brilliant fielding abilities.
Why Has Maxwell Retired?
Maxwell said that he wanted to concentrate on staying fit as well as getting ready for his last tournaments in his career. Maxwell was also hoping to have a good farewell at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where he would play during the T20 series of Australia against England; however, he did not make the cut.
Even though Maxwell has retired from his international career, he will continue playing T20 cricket in franchises, including Melbourne Stars in the BBL.
Retirement of Maxwell concludes the career of a cricketer who was fearless in his batting and versatile in the Australian cricket team.
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