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Glenn Maxwell retires from international cricket, will keep playing T20 franchise leagues

Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, 38, has announced his retirement from international cricket, having already left one-day internationals in 2025. He will continue in franchise T20 leagues, including the Big Bash League.

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Mixed · 2Glenn Maxwell, 38, announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday 3 November 2026, in comments on The Final Word podcast. Mixed · 2He had already retired from one-day internationals in 2025, so the decision ends his Twenty20 international career for Australia. Mixed · 2He also said he was ending his domestic career for Victoria in 50-over and four-day cricket, and ABC described this as his last game for the state.

Mixed · 2Maxwell will keep playing franchise T20 cricket, including for the Melbourne Stars in the upcoming Big Bash League; he said he needed to spend more time investing in his body to get through the tournaments he has left. Centre · 1CNA reported that he had hoped for a farewell match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against England this month, but that hope ended when the squad for the series was announced on Monday, reflecting Australia's focus on youth in short-format selections. Centre · 1Maxwell said he could understand the selectors' direction: "There was, I suppose, a small hope or discussion that I might have been able to potentially get a send-off game at the MCG, but I can completely understand the direction they're going with this squad."

Left · 1He played seven Tests, 149 ODIs and 130 T20 internationals, scoring 2,897 T20I runs at 28.97 with a strike rate of 154.42, a top score of 145 not out against Sri Lanka in 2016, 51 wickets and 62 catches in the format, according to ABC. Centre · 1CNA noted he scored 3,990 ODI runs, took 128 wickets for Australia in the short formats, and, with India's Rohit Sharma, is one of only two players with five international T20 centuries. It said he helped Australia win the 50-over World Cup in 2015 and 2023 and the 2021 T20 World Cup, and earned the nickname "The Big Show". Centre · 1His last international appearance was against Oman at the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka in February.

Left · 1Maxwell said he was grateful for his career and hoped to inspire children "to want to play differently and to be open and vulnerable".

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ABC leads with the retirement and his continuing franchise career, giving his own reflections and career statistics.
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His gratitude, emotional farewell to Victoria teammates, T20I statistics and the Melbourne Stars BBL role.
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Does not mention the missed MCG farewell or the selectors' youth focus.
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“hung up his bat and gloves”
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“has now hung up his bat and gloves for Australia's Twenty20 team and his state team” — ABC News (Australia)

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CNA frames it as the end of a flamboyant career, with a farewell denied by Australia's youth focus.
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The missed MCG send-off, his nickname, World Cup wins and records.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not mention the Melbourne Stars or Big Bash League.
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“Swashbuckling”“Big Show”
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“Swashbuckling all-rounder Glenn Maxwell announced his retirement from international cricket” — CNA

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