Glenn Maxwell Retires from ODI Cricket

Glenn Maxwell following his match-winning and career-best 201* against Afghanistan in 2023. Photo: AP.

Australian white-ball superstar Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from 50-over cricket, effective immediately.

The 36-year-old confirmed his departure from the international format after 149 ODI matches since his debut in August of 2012 via his online platform and The Final Word podcast.

The Victorian product retires with two World Cups, four centuries and a double-hundred next to his name in the 50-over game.

Maxwell’s ODI career ends with one of the more extraordinary stat lines, accumulating 3,990 runs at an average of 33.81 and a strike rate of 126.70. Countless moments on-field will go down in Australian cricketing folklore, but none will be more memorable than his double-century in Mumbai while battling cramps and injury, which alongside Pat Cummins, single-handedly rescued Australia from a historic upset loss against Afghanistan in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Regularly labelled “The Big Show” for his rare ability to change a match with bat, ball or in the field, Maxwell was a key figure in Australia’s limited-overs success throughout the 2010s and early 2020s. His fast hands and ultra-aggressive nature made him a nightmare for opposition bowlers, and a genuine limited-overs trailblazer.

Maxwell is also widely regarded as one of Australia’s greatest ever fielders in the modern era, and also proved himself valuable with ball in hand by taking 77 wickets.

Maxwell will continue to be available for Australian T20I matches, with the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka the next major event for the format on the international calendar.

He remains available for any Test call-up, although a return looks unlikely given his last red-ball cameo at the top level came in 2017 against Bangladesh nearly eight years ago.