New Delhi: Mercurial Australia star Glenn Maxwell on Monday announced his retirement from ODIs, effective immediately.
The 36-year-old declared his intention through his online platform GlennMaxwell.live, having represented his country in 149 ODIs since his debut in 2012.
He bows out after scoring 3990 runs in the 50-over format at an average of 33.81 with four centuries and 23 half centuries and a strike rate of 126.7, also taking 77 wickets at an average of 47.32.
He will continue to be available for selection in T20Is and is willing to continue playing in franchise domestic T20 tournaments.
One of Australia’s greatest all-rounders in ODIs, he was a member of their 2023 World Cup triumph in India and the 2015 victory on home soil.
Creaking body
Maxwell told Cricket Australia’s chief selector George Bailey during the Champions Trophy in February that he believed he wouldn’t play in the 2027 ODI World Cup.
“I said to him right then and there, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make that’,” he told the Final Word podcast.
“I think it’s time to start planning for people in my position, to have a crack at it and try and make that spot their own for the for the 2027 World Cup. Hopefully they get enough of a lead-in where they can have success in that role.”
Maxwell has suffered multiple injuries over the course of his career, including a broken left leg in an horrific accident in 2022, and is believed to have decided before sustaining a finger injury that ruled him out of he ongoing IPL 2025.
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“My decision to retire from one-day international cricket was probably more on the back of the first couple of games in the Champions Trophy,” he said.
“I felt like I gave myself a really good opportunity to be fit and ready for those games. The first game in Lahore, we played on a rock-hard outfield. Post that game I was pretty sore.
“We were lucky enough to have a washout against South Africa, where I had a bit more time to have a bit of rest and get myself ready for the next game.
“The following game against Afghanistan, we fielded for 50 overs on a really, really wet outfield. It was slippery, it was soft, and I just didn’t pull up that well.
“I started to (realise) that if I don’t have the perfect conditions in 50-over cricket, my body just struggles to get through that.
“It feels like it’s a tiring affair just to get through – and almost surviving – the 50 overs, let alone being at my best throughout that 50 overs, and then going out there and trying to perform with the bat as well.
“I felt like I was letting the team down a little bit with how my body was reacting to the conditions.”
Mini exodus
Maxwell is the latest Aussie to leave 50-over cricket after fellow all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and star batter Steve Smith. He is the fourth member of their 2023 World Cup squad to retire, with explosive David Warner also walking into the sunset.
He will be best remembered for miracle double-century against Afghanistan at the 2023 World Cup, which is regarded as one of the best white-ball innings ever.
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