Two-time World Cup winner Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from ODI cricket, but will continue to play T20Is for Australia.

The all-rounder, nicknamed ‘The Big Show’ due to his destructive, big-hitting batting, was part of Australia’s World Cup-winning sides in 2015 and 2023.

Their most recent triumph two years ago included his sensational, unbeaten double hundred in a group-stage win over Afghanistan.

Pretty much batting on one leg as he suffered badly with cramp late in his innings, Maxwell rescued Australia from 91-7 with a sensational 201 not out off 128 balls – widely considered the greatest ODI innings of all time.

Australia would ultimately win with 19 balls to spare, booking their place in the semi-finals, before going on to beat India in the final. He was also part of their 2021 T20 World Cup-winning side.

Maxwell’s retirement brings to an end a 13-year career in the format, with the 36-year-old scoring 3,990 runs and taking 77 wickets across his 149 caps.

His 126.70 batting strike-rate is the highest in ODI history among any batter to have scored at least 2,000 runs.

Announcing the news on The Final Word podcast. Maxwell said: “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 2027 World Cup.

“I said to [chairman of selectors George Bailey] right then and there, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make that’.

“Hopefully they get enough of a lead-in where they can have success in that role.”

Maxwell’s retirement from ODIs follows on from fellow 2023 World Cup team-mates David Warner, Steve Smith and Marcus Stoinis doing the same.