MELBOURNE (The Thursday Times) — Glenn Maxwell has retired from international cricket, ending a 14-year Australia career that brought three World Cup titles and one of the greatest innings ever played in the 50-over game.
The 38-year-old, known as “The Big Show”, announced the decision on Monday on a cricket podcast. “A little bit sad and a little bit inevitable as well,” he said. He has also given up first-class and List A cricket, but will keep playing for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League after extending his contract until the 2027-28 season.
Maxwell had already quit one-day internationals in June 2025, and his last appearances for Australia came at the 2026 T20 World Cup, where the team went out in the group stage.
His defining innings came against Afghanistan in Mumbai at the 2023 World Cup. With Australia 91 for seven chasing 292, he batted through severe cramps to make 201 not out off 128 balls and won the match by three wickets, sharing an unbroken stand of 202 with captain Pat Cummins. Australia went on to win the title, as they had in 2015, and he was also part of the side that won the T20 World Cup in 2021.
He finished with 3,990 runs from 149 ODIs at a strike rate of 126.70, and 2,897 runs from 130 T20 internationals, including five centuries, level with India’s Rohit Sharma for the most by a man in the format. He played seven Tests, scoring one century.
