{"id":951155,"date":"2026-11-03T14:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951155\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:20:31","slug":"cricket-news-2026-glenn-maxwell-international-retirement-australia-great-makes-t20-decision-england-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951155\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket news 2026: Glenn Maxwell international retirement; Australia great makes T20 decision; England series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glenn Maxwell\u2019s<\/a> international career is over after the gun all-rounder revealed behind-the-scenes conversations with Australia\u2019s management team.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old was not included in Australia\u2019s T20 squad to play England on Monday<\/a>, and he then offered the background to the decision on The Final Word podcast.<\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s Glenn Maxwell during the T20 World Cup.\u00a0AP<\/p>\n

Maxwell had already retired from ODI cricket and had not played a Test match since 2017.<\/p>\n

He was a member of Australia\u2019s T20 World Cup squad in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe probably had numerous discussions before and after the T20 World Cup,\u201d Maxwell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it was pretty open-ended. There wasn\u2019t any pressure from that side (Australia management), and we decided to sort of leave the door open.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a couple of series that were coming up; they were going to look to the future, and we saw that in Bangladesh (in June) with guys getting their opportunity and performing really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maxwell did, however, express one regret.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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\u2019re going with this squad,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to be a lot of change, I suppose, over the next 12-24 months with the Olympics coming up (in 2028), and they\u2019ve got to make sure that they get their eyeballs on a few young guys coming through and making sure that they\u2019re getting exposed to international pressure that you probably can\u2019t always get from a BBL fixture.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the world\u2019s most explosive batters and brilliant fielders, who was dubbed the \u2018Big Show,\u2019 Maxwell will continue to play in the Big Bash for the Melbourne Stars.<\/p>\n

Maxwell played 149 ODIs, 130 T20s and seven Tests for Australia.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s tour of Australia starts with an ODI on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s Glenn Maxwell plays a shot.\u00a0AP<\/p>\n

Maxwell has also retired from state cricket.<\/p>\n

Victoria\u2019s general manager of high performance, Graham Manou, paid tribute to Maxwell\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlenn has been an outstanding contributor to Victorian cricket for more than 16 years and is undoubtedly one of the most naturally gifted players to have represented our state,\u201d Manou said.<\/p>\n

“His ability to influence games with the bat, ball and in the field has been extraordinary, and his willingness to play with such freedom and confidence has made him a unique figure in Australian cricket.<\/p>\n

“Beyond his performances, Glenn has been part of a hugely successful era for Victoria, and we thank him for everything he has contributed to the program.”<\/p>\n

Australia T20 squad<\/p>\n

Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Joel Davies, Jack Edwards, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sam Harper, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Owen, Lachlan Shaw, Adam Zampa<\/p>\n

England T20 squad<\/p>\n

Harry Brook (c), Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, James Coles, Jordan Cox, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Aneurin Donald, Eddie Jack, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Thomas Rew, Phil Salt, Luke Wood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glenn Maxwell\u2019s international career is over after the gun all-rounder revealed behind-the-scenes conversations with Australia\u2019s management team. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-951155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}