Australian legend Glenn Maxwell has retired from ODI cricket, but he continues to make himself available for his state team Victoria for the 50-over championship. He also does not have any contract with Cricket Australia.
Glenn Maxwell, who has played in the Australian 50-over team for years, recently announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025. Maxwell’s retirement brought an end to his 149-match career.
Having scored 3990 runs in his career, mostly as a lower-order batsman, Maxwell batted with a career strike rate of 126.70 along with his four centuries, the majority of which came during ICC tournaments for Australia. His brilliant double century in CWC 2023 will go down as one of the most iconic innings ever played in the history of the 50-over World Cup.
Glenn Maxwell to star for Victoria despite retirement from ODI
Despite retiring from 50-over cricket at the international level, Glenn Maxwell has claimed that he will be available to star for Victoria whenever the team needs him. Although he does not have any contract with the state team.
Despite announcing his retirement in June 2025, he played in the One-Day Championship for Victoria last season and also scored his maiden List A century against Queensland. Therefore, he has refused a state contract with Victoria while living full-time in Queensland.
Glenn Maxwell, who will turn 38 in October 2026, has no reason to take up a state contract as he is now only a one-format player for Australia. Maxwell, anyway, has expressed his desire to continue playing for Australia, although he will be 39 at the time of the LA Olympics and 40 by the time of the next T20 World Cup in 2028.
Matthew Short refused state contract, set to feature domestically for Victoria
Along with Glenn Maxwell, another Victoria cricketer Matt Short also lost his CA contract last month. He lost his place in the contract after being dropped from Australia’s T20 World Cup squad and was on the verge of being dropped from Australia’s first-choice ODI squad as well.
In recent times, there has been a trend for international players to not commit themselves to state contracts, as they generally wish to keep their schedules available for franchise cricket.
Short, now 30, also played four Sheffield Shield matches and five one-day matches for Victoria last summer, but missed the Shield final due to his commitments with Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. Short will be available for Victoria in all formats.
Victoria included U19 players in its team
Victoria has decided to make massive changes to its Victoria team for the upcoming One-Day Championship. Like they’ve re-signed young guns Fergus O’Neill and Campbell Kellaway during the season.
Australia Under-19 representatives like Tom Paddington and Aryan Sharma have also been added to the rookie list and will be part of Victoria’s state team for the upcoming domestic season between 2026 and 27.
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