Australia star Glenn Maxwell dropped a bombshell and announced his retirement from ODI cricket with immediate effect. Maxwell ended his career with 3990 runs in 144 matches at a strike rate of 126.7, including four centuries. Maxwell played many game-changing innings for Australia, but none was bigger than his double hundred against Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup, where he helped Australia chase 292 despite the team losing seven wickets for less than a hundred.

The Champions Trophy Link To Maxwell's ODI Retirement

Maxwell's decision to retire from ODIs, especially with the ODI World Cup 2027 in sight, came as a surprise. Maxwell revealed that during the ICC Champions Trophy, he realised that his body won't hold up well in the 50-over format. He said he realised he was letting the team down, and had a chat with chief selector George Bailey, after which he decided to draw curtains on his ODI career.

“I felt like I gave myself a really good opportunity to be fit and ready for those games, and the first game in Lahore, we played on a rock-hard outfield, and post that game I was pretty sore,” Maxwell said at The Final Word podcast with Adam Collins.

“(Then) we were lucky enough to have a wash-out 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 think about, if I don’t have the perfect conditions in 50-over cricket, my body just probably struggles to get through that, and it feels like it’s a tiring affair just to get through on the basics of 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 sort of letting the team down a little bit with how my body was reacting to the conditions.

“I had a really good chat with George Bailey while we were in the rain delay, and I just sort of asked him what his thoughts were going forward.

“We basically talked about the 2027 World Cup. I said to him right then and there, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make that, and 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 2027 World Cup, and hopefully they get enough of a lead-in where they can have success in that role," he added.

While Maxwell is retired from the ODIs, he confirmed that he will continue to play T20I cricket for Australia.

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