After Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Australia’s all-rounder batsman Glenn Maxwell has suddenly announced his retirement from ODI cricket. Maxwell has played many memorable innings in ODI cricket for Australia, which will always be remembered.
Why did Glenn Maxwell retire?
“I felt like I was letting the team down a little bit with how body was reacting to the conditions. I had a good chat with George Bailey and I asked him what his thoughts were going forward,” he told the Final Word Podcast.
“We talked about the 2027 World Cup and I said to him ‘I don’t think I am going to make that, it’s time to start planning for people in my position to have a crack at it and make the position their own’. Hopefully they get enough of a lead-in to hang onto that role. I always said I wasn’t going to hand my position over if I felt like I was still good enough to play. I didn’t want to just hold on for a couple of series and almost play for selfish reasons,” he added.
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Double century in ODIs
Glenn Maxwell scored a double century in the match against Afghanistan in the 2023 ODI World Cup. It was an innings that stunned world cricket. Maxwell played an innings of 201 runs in the match against Afghanistan.
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ODIs Career
ODI debut against Afghanistan in 2012, Maxwell played 149 ODIs for Australia, in which he scored 3,990 runs at an average of 33.81 and a strike rate of 126.70. Maxwell also took 77 wickets and caught 91 catches with his excellent off-spin bowling. He has scored four centuries and 23 half-centuries in his career.
