Glenn Maxwell retires from international cricket after 14 years with Australia

Glenn Maxwell has retired from international cricket, ending a 14-year Australia career across all three formats. The 38-year-old all-rounder announced the decision on Monday, leaving behind two ODI World Cup titles and a T20 World Cup triumph.

Maxwell does not walk away from the game entirely. He will continue playing for Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League through the 2027/28 season, the franchise confirmed alongside reports of his retirement.

What Maxwell leaves behind: runs and wickets in numbers

The Indian Express reported the full breakdown of Maxwell’s international record. He played seven Tests for Australia, scoring 339 runs in that format. Across the shorter formats he was played 149 One-Day Internationals and 130 T20Is, the same tally confirmed by cricketnews.com.

His overall international career spanned 14 years, per India Today and Firstpost, with the bulk of his impact in white-ball cricket. He had already retired from one-day internationals before calling time on his T20 international career, Sky Sports reported. His last appearance for his country came at the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Firstpost summed up the legacy he leaves: two ODI World Cup titles, a T20 World Cup triumph, and what they describe as one of the most memorable innings in the format’s history. That innings refers to his unbeaten double-century against Afghanistan at the 2023 ODI World Cup, a knock that stands alongside his reputation as one of the most destructive hitters in limited-overs cricket.

The Melbourne Stars future

WION reported that Maxwell, known as ‘The Big Show’, will remain with Melbourne Stars in the BBL through the 2027/28 season. That deal gives the franchise at least two more campaigns with their marquee batter in the middle order.

News24 noted that Maxwell established himself as one of Australia’s most explosive and influential batters in limited-overs cricket. Outlook India, reporting his retirement at 38, described a career that reshaped modern white-ball batting and called it groundbreaking.

How the retirement unfolded

Fox Sports called Maxwell the ‘Aussie World Cup hero’ who had called time on an illustrious international career. NDTV Sports reported the announcement came on Monday. The retirement ends a run that began with his Test debut, continued through seven Tests, 149 ODIs and 130 T20Is, and closed with his participation at the 2026 T20 World Cup.

ESPN India and Cricinfo both confirmed the retirement with brief reports, while Sky Sports noted the sequencing: one-day internationals were retired first, then the T20 international career. His Test days had already been left behind given he played only seven of them and 339 runs over the span of 14 years.

What is clear is that international duty is over for Maxwell but his T20 franchise career continues. The two ODI World Cup titles and the T20 World Cup triumph stay with him, and so does the innings Firstpost called one of the most memorable in ODI history. Melbourne Stars fans can expect him back for at least the next two BBL seasons. The details of how he will be used in that side, and whether the Stars chase silverware with him at the crease, are now the question to watch through 2027/28.

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