{"id":8943,"date":"2025-06-02T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=602627"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:25:44","slug":"i-think-its-time-to-start-planning-for-people-in-my-position-glenn-maxwell-announces-odi-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/i-think-its-time-to-start-planning-for-people-in-my-position-glenn-maxwell-announces-odi-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"I think it\u2019s time to start planning for people in my position: Glenn Maxwell announces ODI retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-210\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"4c102618-d1a7-4b85-9c2a-1ea7294da0ff\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"382\">Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs), bringing an end to a vibrant career that spanned over a decade. Maxwell, 35, made the decision to shift his full focus to T20 cricket, with an eye on the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"804\">Maxwell played 149 ODIs for Australia between 2012 and 2025, amassing 3990 runs at an explosive strike rate of 126.70 and an average of 33.81. With the ball, he took 77 wickets with his offspin and was also a key fielder, taking 91 catches. His most iconic moment came during the 2023 World Cup, where he scored a sensational unbeaten 201 against Afghanistan\u2014widely hailed as one of the greatest ODI innings of all time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"961\">The Victorian was part of Australia\u2019s victorious World Cup campaigns in 2015 and 2023 and leaves the format with four centuries and 23 fifties to his name.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1192\">Reflecting on his journey, Maxwell told <em data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1027\">The Final Word Podcast<\/em>, \u201cI was just proud to be playing a couple of games for Australia\u2026 I always said I wouldn\u2019t hold on to a spot selfishly. It\u2019s time to let others build towards 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1568\">Cricket Australia confirmed the decision, noting Maxwell\u2019s plans to focus on the Big Bash League and international T20 commitments. George Bailey, Chair of Selectors and former captain, praised Maxwell\u2019s legacy: \u201cHe will be remembered as one of ODI cricket\u2019s most dynamic players. His commitment to Australia and ability to deliver on the big stage has been second to none.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1736\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Maxwell\u2019s last ODI appearance came earlier this year in the Champions Trophy against India. He is currently sidelined with a leg injury that ruled him out of the IPL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs), bringing an end to a vibrant career\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}