Glenn Maxwell announces retirement from ODI cricket, says he realised 'It feels like it's a tiring affair' during Champions Trophy 2025

Australia's two-time ODI World Cup-winner Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from the 50-over format. Maxwell called time on his 13-year ODI career after returning home due to injury he suffered during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

Maxwell revealed that he told Australia men's chief selector George Bailey about his decision during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

"I said to him right then and there, 'I don't think I'm going to make that'," the 36-year-old told the Final Word podcast.

"I think it's time to start planning for people in my position, to have a crack at it and try and make that spot their own for the for the 2027 World Cup. Hopefully they get enough of a lead-in where they can have success in that role."

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Maxwell said that he made up his find after the first two games of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 as he felt that his body is not suited for the format anymore.

"My decision to retire from one-day international cricket was probably more on the back of the first couple of games in the Champions Trophy," he recalled.

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"I felt like I gave myself a really good opportunity to be fit and ready for those games. The first game in Lahore, we played on a rock-hard outfield. Post that game I was pretty sore.

"We were lucky enough to have a washout against South Africa, where I had a bit more time to have a bit of rest and get myself ready for the next game.

"The following game against Afghanistan, we fielded for 50 overs on a really, really wet outfield. It was slippery, it was soft, and I just didn't pull up that well.

"I started to (realise) that if I don't have the perfect conditions in 50-over cricket, my body just struggles to get through that.

"It feels like it's a tiring affair just to get through – and almost surviving – the 50 overs, let alone being at my best throughout that 50 overs, and then going out there and trying to perform with the bat as well.

"I felt like I was letting the team down a little bit with how my body was reacting to the conditions."

In his final ODI appearance in Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal against India, he was dismissed for just seven runs by Axar Patel.

Maxwell's ODI numbers

Maxwell made his ODI debut in 2012 against Afghanistan in Sharjah. The explosive batter played 149 ODIs and scored 3,990 runs at an average of 33.81, including four centuries and 23 half-centuries. His strike rate of 126.70 stands out. His best knock came in ODI World Cup 2023 league stage game when he scored an unbeaten 201 against Afghanistan while struggling with hamstring.