Web Desk(National Times)- Explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell announced his international retirement Tuesday after being overlooked for Australia\u2019s upcoming Twenty20 series against England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mercurial 38-year-old, who had not played a Test since 2017, called time on his one-day career last year but kept the door open for T20s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has not been picked since the World Cup in Sri Lanka in February, with selectors bypassing him for a series against Bangladesh in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maxwell was again overlooked for the squad named Monday to play England in November, with a host of younger players instead preferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA little bit sad and a little bit inevitable too, but I\u2019m announcing my retirement from international cricket,\u201d Maxwell said on the Final Word podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe probably had numerous discussions before and after the T20 World Cup,\u201d he added of talks with selectors. \u201cAnd it was pretty open-ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere wasn\u2019t any pressure from (Australia team management), and we decided to sort of leave the door open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere was a couple of series that were coming up (in which) they were going to look to the future, and we saw that in Bangladesh with guys getting their opportunity and performing really well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere was a small hope or discussion that I might have been able to potentially get a send-off game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (against England).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut I can completely understand the direction they\u2019re going with this squad.\u201d Maxwell played 130 T20 internationals, blasting 2,897 runs with a strike rate of 154.42, leaving as Australia\u2019s third-highest run-scorer after David Warner and Aaron Finch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While he only played seven Tests, he featured in 149 ODIs, crunching 3,990 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maxwell also called time on his first-class career with Victoria, but will continue with the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the time I was able to play for my country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you had offered me that career when I first walked into the Victoria change rooms in 2009-ish, I would have bitten your hand off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Web Desk(National Times)- Explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell announced his international retirement Tuesday after being overlooked for Australia\u2019s upcoming Twenty20 series against England. The mercurial 38-year-old, who had not played a Test since 2017, called time on his one-day career last year but kept the door open for T20s. He has not been picked since the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n