Australian cricket star Glenn Maxwell has confirmed his international career is over, although he will continue to play in T20 leagues.
Maxwell, who will go down as one of Australia's great short-form specialists, revealed on The Final Word Podcast that he has finished his career for both Australia and Victoria across all three formats.
He admitted telling his Victorian teammates was tougher than he thought it would be.
"Post the last one-day game for Victoria, speaking to my teammates and letting them know that was gonna be my last game for the state was probably harder than I thought it was going to be; got a little choked up," Maxwell said on The Final Word.
"I'm grateful for the time I was able to play for my country.
"If you had offered me that career when I first walked into the Vic change rooms in 2009-ish, I would have bitten your hand off.
"I'm extremely grateful to have played that much for my country and to hopefully inspire some kids who want to take the game up, to want to play differently and to be open and vulnerable and to not shy away and be themselves.
"It was pretty incredible when even getting my first Test cap, well and truly before I was probably ready.
"It was pretty exciting, and I'm glad they took a gamble on me, and I'm glad I could, at different stages, repay the faith and be afforded the chance to play as much, for as far, as I did."
Maxwell, who will play for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League this summer, is expected to continue his career around the world for the foreseeable future despite being 38 years of age.
The big-hitting all-rounder finishes his career with 149 ODIs, 139 T20Is, and 7 Test matches, scoring 3990 runs in the 50-over format, 2897 in the T20 format, and 339 in Test cricket.
He has played 530 T20 matches altogether, scoring over 11,000 runs and taking 214 wickets.
