Aussie cricket fans are rallying around Glenn Maxwell after the veteran allrounder suffered a broken forearm in training and is set to miss out on the T20 tour to New Zealand and potentially the white ball series against India. Maxwell was set to take part in Australia’s three-match T20 cricket series against New Zealand set to get underway on Wednesday.
Although a nets session has ended his participation and put his future national commitments in doubt. Maxwell was bowling to power-hitter Mitch Owen in the nets at Mount Maunganui when the ball was launched straight back at him.
Aussie cricket fans are rallying around Glenn Maxwell (pictured right) after the veteran allrounder suffered a fractured forearm in training and is set to miss more white-ball cricket for his nation. (Images: Getty Images)
The ball struck Maxwell on the wrist and it’s reported Maxwell suffered a fracture to the forearm. “I saw (Owen) smoked it and then the aftermath – it hit Maxi on the wrist. It didn’t sound good,” Matt Short told Cricket Australia. “(Owen) is not the guy you want to be bowling to in T20 training, that’s for sure.”
This will rule Maxwell out until he gets further advice on his recovery. It also places his position in doubt for the upcoming T20 series against India.
Glenn Maxwell (pictured left) was the BBL14 Player of the Tournament joint winner.
Australia were going into the series ahead of the Ashes with one eye on the T20 World Cup next year. Maxwell recently retired from ODI cricket, but continues to feature for the national side in the shortest format of the game.
Although Maxwell could be facing an uphill battle to hold onto his position considering he will be 37 years old by the time the World Cup comes around. Unfortunately, Maxwell’s latest injury adds to a long list of setbacks the allrounder has faced in recent years.
And fans felt for the 36-year-old who was looking to cement his position in the T20 side with a big 2026 campaign. Maxwell had recently won the 2025 Big Bash player of the tournament and featured for Australia against South Africa in the last white-ball series. Josh Philippe will replace him in the squad.
Glenn Maxwell’s latest injury in twilight of national career
Unfortunately for Maxwell, the allrounder has suffered a number of injury setbacks in recent years that have derailed him. Three years ago he was involved in a freak accident at a 50th birthday party where he broke his leg.
He worked tirelessly to get back into shape and managed to return for his nation in the white-ball formats, but then suffered a concussion at the 2023 World Cup when he fell off the back a golf cart. He broke his finger in the IPL this year and had to return home early, which came after he collapsed at a pub in Adelaide last January after a long day on the golf course followed by a couple of drinks.
It remains to be seen how long the allrounder will be on the sideline for, but his latest injury could put his place in the Aussie side in doubt with the veteran coming towards the end of his national career. Maxwell clearly had an eye on the 2026 World Cup, but won’t have the opportunity to prove to selectors he should be there in the important games before the Ashes.
Glenn Maxwell (pictured) has unfortunately injured himself and will miss the T20 series against New Zealand.
Glenn Maxwell retired from ODI cricket
Earlier this year, Maxwell revealed why he called time on ODI’s after a chat to head selector George Bailey. “I felt like I was letting the team down a little bit with how body was reacting to the conditions,” Maxwell told the Final Word podcast.
“I had a good chat with (chairman of selectors) George Bailey, and I asked him what his thoughts were going forward. We talked about the 2027 (ODI) 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’.
“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.”