{"id":1966,"date":"2025-06-03T14:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2025-06-03T05:50:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:50:52","slug":"glenn-maxwell-retires-from-odis-to-focus-on-t20-world-cup-franchise-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/03\/glenn-maxwell-retires-from-odis-to-focus-on-t20-world-cup-franchise-cricket","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Maxwell Retires from ODIs to Focus on T20 World Cup &#038; Franchise Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0Australian all-rounder\u00a0Glenn Maxwell\u00a0has announced his retirement from\u00a0One-Day Internationals (ODIs)\u00a0to prioritize the\u00a02026 T20 World Cup\u00a0(India-Sri Lanka) and his commitments in\u00a0franchise leagues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The 36-year-old, a two-time ODI World Cup winner, ends his 50-over career with\u00a03,990 runs\u00a0at a staggering\u00a0strike rate of 126.7\u2014second only to Andre Russell in ODI history.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maxwell\u2019s Legacy: From \u2018The Big Show\u2019 to ODI Great<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Maxwell\u2019s career highlight remains his\u00a0<em>unbeaten 201\u00a0(128 balls)<\/em>* against Afghanistan in the\u00a02023 World Cup, battling severe cramps to pull off one of the greatest ODI knocks ever.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKY_zozuE4X\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Glenn Maxwell (@gmaxi_32)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">However, persistent injuries, including a\u00a0freak leg fracture in 2022, impacted his fielding, leading to his decision.\u00a0<em>&#8220;I felt I was letting the team down,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Maxwell admitted, confirming discussions with selectors about\u00a0phasing in younger players\u00a0for the\u00a02027 World Cup.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Klaasen Joins Retirement Wave<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">In related news,\u00a0South Africa\u2019s Heinrich Klaasen\u00a0(33) also retired from\u00a0all international cricket, ending a\u00a0seven-year Proteas career\u00a0marked by explosive batting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">His\u00a0174 vs Australia (2023)\u00a0remains the\u00a0second-highest ODI score by a No.5 batter, while his\u00a0T20I strike rate (141.84)\u00a0cemented his reputation as a\u00a0spin-destroyer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The ultimate entertainer has played his last one-day international.<\/p>\n<p>What a pleasure it&#8217;s been watching <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gmaxi_32?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Gmaxi_32<\/a> in action \ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IlWmLXup2O\">pic.twitter.com\/IlWmLXup2O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketAus\/status\/1929420192792318207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Both retirements signal a\u00a0broader shift\u00a0toward\u00a0T20 specialization, with Maxwell eyeing more franchise leagues and Klaasen focusing on\u00a0domestic T20 circuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0Australian all-rounder\u00a0Glenn Maxwell\u00a0has announced his retirement from\u00a0One-Day Internationals (ODIs)\u00a0to prioritize the\u00a02026 T20 World Cup\u00a0(India-Sri Lanka) and his commitments in\u00a0franchise leagues. The 36-year-old, a two-time ODI World Cup winner, ends his 50-over career with\u00a03,990 runs\u00a0at a staggering\u00a0strike rate of 126.7\u2014second only to Andre Russell in ODI history. Maxwell\u2019s Legacy: From \u2018The Big Show\u2019 to ODI Great &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[894,891,893,892,449],"class_list":["post-1966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-franchise-cricket","tag-glenn-maxwell","tag-heinrich-klaasen","tag-odi-retirement","tag-t20-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966\/revisions\/1969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}