Glenn Maxwell has called time on his star-studded Australia career.
The all-rounder has also ended his stint in first-class a List A cricket, however remains available to play for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League after his contract was extended into the 2027/28 campaign.
Maxwell had already shelved his ODI career but remained available to play in T20Is, representing Australia in the 2026 World Cup where his side failed to make it beyond the group stages.
The 38-year-old last represented his country against Oman in February, taking two wickets, but was not required to bat.
Maxwell told the Final Word podcast: "We probably had numerous discussions before and after the T20 World Cup. And it was it was pretty open ended. There wasn't any pressure from that side [Australia team management], and we decided to sort of leave the door open. There was a couple of series that were coming up; they were going to look to the future, and we saw that in Bangladesh with guys getting their opportunity and performing really well."
"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."
Despite not being selected to play for Australia, Maxwell has very much remained part of the franchise circuit. He led Belfast Wolves to the final of the newly-formed European T20 Premier League in September and, five days later, played for Victoria in the One-Day Cup.
England soon land on Australian shores for a white-ball series, and Maxwell has revealed that he flirted with the idea of getting himself ready to play in the T20I in his home city of Melbourne.
"The option was there, but I was sort of ready to push the button on getting an injection on my knee to make sure I was ready for the BBL. So there was sort of a positive either way," Maxwell said.
"And as soon as that door was shut, I was able to start to put some time back into my body. Eight weeks of solid rehab again to make sure I'm strong and ready for for the BBL coming up. So probably just the small fairy tale that you sort of see these your heroes and idols sort of go through. You start to sort of let your mind drift towards that, and probably no other format I probably would have asked for it, except for this one, where I feel like it's been it's almost felt like home over the last 15 years."
He retries having played 130 T20Is for Australia, scoring 2,897 runs and taking 51 wickets. His five centuries in the format puts him level with Rohit Sharma on top of the all-time list.
'The Big Show' won the ODI World Cup in both 2015 & 2023, as well as the T20 World Cup in 2021.
