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- Glenn Maxwell has retired from international cricket, ending his T20I career after quitting ODIs in June last year, and will continue playing T20 for Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.
- Oman were the opposition in Maxwell's final international appearance, at the 2026 T20 World Cup earlier this year, where he took 2-13 from three overs with his off-spin and was not required to bat.
- Final Word podcast — Maxwell said he had hoped for a send-off game at the MCG but could understand the direction the T20 squad was heading, pointing to "a lot of change over the next 12 to 24 months" with the 2028 Olympics coming and the need to expose young players to international pressure; he had considered preparing for Australia's late-November home T20 series against England, including a match in Melbourne.
- Rohit Sharma shares Maxwell's record of five T20 international hundreds, while Maxwell is one of only five Australian men — alongside Shane Watson, David Warner, Josh Inglis and Mitchell Marsh — to score a ton in all three international formats.
- Afghanistan was the opposition when Maxwell made 201 not out from 128 balls in the 2023 World Cup, battling injury as Australia recovered from 91-7 to chase 292; in the same tournament he also hit the fastest 50-over World Cup century, from 40 balls against the Netherlands.
- Harry Brook's 114-ball ODI double century against Sri Lanka in October and Shubman Gill's 117-ball effort against the West Indies have pushed Maxwell's 128-ball 201 from second-fastest to fourth in the all-time list, behind Ishan Kishan's 126.
- Australia — Maxwell won the 2015 and 2023 50-over World Cups and hit the winning runs as his nation claimed the 2021 T20 World Cup title, finishing with 286 international matches, more than 7,000 runs and 136 wickets (149 ODIs, 130 T20Is, seven Tests).
Why it matters: Australia's T20 rebuild is centred on exposing young players to international pressure over the next 12 to 24 months, with the 2028 Olympics on the horizon, so Maxwell's exit removes a 286-match veteran from that pool. His marks are already being overtaken: Brook's 114-ball double century and Gill's 117 have left his 201 fourth-fastest in ODI history.
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