Australian cricket player Glenn Maxwell is a terrific fielder, a handy bowler, and an explosive batter. The all-rounder represents Australia in the One Day International (ODI), Twenty Twenty (T20), and Test series. In Australian domestic cricket, he plays for the Melbourne Stars and Victoria. He has also represented clubs like Delhi Daredevils (formerly the Delhi Capitals), Mumbai Indians, and Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He plays for the “Lancashire County Cricket Club” in English county cricket. He bowls with his right arm off-break and bats right-handed. Playing junior cricket for a local club, he began his career as a batsman before moving on to become a pace and spin bowler and eventually developing into a competent fielder as well. Due to his tendency to play risky shots with seeming ease, which is also claimed to cause considerable worry to many a fielding captain, he was given the nickname “The Big Show” by his teammates. In addition, he holds numerous records and has received multiple “Man of the Match” honors. In addition to playing domestic and international cricket for Australia, he is still a very good player in English club cricket.
Early Life & Childhood
On October 14, 1988, Glenn James Maxwell was born in Kew, Victoria, Australia, to parents Neil and Joy Maxwell. Daniel Maxwell is his older brother as well.
He had to bat left-handed in elementary school since the other boys could not bowl him out due to his superior skill.
He began playing junior cricket for the South Belgrave Cricket Club in Victoriana at an early age.
Career of Glenn Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell began his professional cricket career in July 2009 when he signed with the Victoria state squad.
He participated in the Australian Institute of Sports’ “Emerging Players Tournament” and the “Hong Kong Cricket Sixes” competition in January 2010.
He played his first-class debut for “Victoria” against “NSW” in February 2011. When he hit the fastest fifty in Australian domestic One-Day cricket during the “Ryobi One-Day Cup,” he instantly became well-known.
He participated in two Indian Premier League matches for the Delhi Daredevils in 2012 and played club cricket for the South Wilts and Hampshire Second XI teams in England. He made his ODI and T20I debuts against Afghanistan and Pakistan during Australia’s tour of the United Arab Emirates. That year, he participated in the “ICC World Twenty20” as well.
He played his first test against India in March 2013. That year, he participated in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy as well as the Indian Premier League with the Mumbai Indians.
He put up fantastic performances for his Kings XI Punjab IPL team in 2014. He carried on with his excellent play in the “2014 ICC World Twenty20.” During a test series in the UAE against Pakistan, his form suffered, but in the ODIs, he fared better.
Despite his poor performance, he was chosen for Australia’s “2015 ICC Cricket World Cup” squad in 2015, and his powerful batting turned heads there. He hit the fastest century by an Australian in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and the second fastest century in World Cup history in a 51-ball century against Sri Lanka at the SCG during the World Cup. However he did not perform well in the IPL that year, and he was subsequently cut from “Kings XI Punjab.”
After some time spent playing club cricket in England, Maxwell participated in several international events in 2015–16 and played One-Day Internationals (ODIs) against South Africa, New Zealand, India, and the West Indies.
He struck an undefeated 145 off 65 deliveries in a T20I match against Sri Lanka in 2016 after missing the Test and ODI matches during Australia’s 2016 tour of Sri Lanka.
Amid accusations of match-fixing, he made his first-ever test century in Ranchi against India in March 2017. In the 2017 IPL season, he was also named captain of “Kings XI Punjab,” although he was not successful.
In the 2017–18 season, he not only helped Australia win the Trans-Tasman Tri-Series but also turned in an incredible performance in the Big Bash League (BBL). He also recorded his maiden double century during the ‘Sheffield Shield’ competition in 2017.
For USD 1.75 million, the “Delhi Daredevils” signed him for the 2018 Indian Premier League, however he performed poorly. He was awarded a national contract by “Cricket Australia” for the 2018–19 season in April. In the 2018 Tri-Series, he guided Australia to a thrilling victory over England.
He was left off Australia’s 2018 test tour team for the UAE when suspicions of match-fixing from 2017 resurfaced, however, he was called up for the Twenty20 matches.
With his knockout century and gallant innings, he helped Australia defeat India in a thrilling Twenty20 match in February 2019.
He performed admirably in the Pakistan vs. Australia ODI series in the United Arab Emirates in March 2019.
He was chosen to play in Australia’s “2019 Cricket World Cup” squad in April 2019.
He presently plays first-class cricket for Victoria, Melbourne Stars in the Australian Twenty20 competition, and Lancashire County Cricket Club, an English county cricket side.
Honors & Accomplishments
In the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes competition in 2010, Glenn Maxwell took home the “Player of the Tournament” honor.
He set a new record for Australia’s fastest domestic half-century scorer in the 2011 “Ryobi One-Day Cup.”
During an ODI match against India in 2013, he set a record for the joint-fastest 50 for Australia.
In the 2014 Indian Premier League, he was named “Man of the Match” four times.
He set records for the “fastest ODI century by an Australian” and the “second-fastest century in World Cup history” during the “2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.” In that same year, he was also given the “Australian Twenty20 International Player of the Year” title.
During Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka in 2016, he became the first player to make a century in his first T20I match as an opening batsman and scored the second-highest individual score in T20I history. In that same year, he was also named the “Australian ODI Player of the Year.”
He made history in a test match against India in 2017 by being the second batsman from Australia to register hundreds in all three forms of the game. He joined a limited group of cricket players who had accomplished this feat in their careers.
He broke the record as the first Australian and third-best cricketer in the world to score three T20 hundreds in February 2019, during Australia’s T20 tour of India. In the same series, he was also named Man of the Match and Man of the Series.
Personal & Family Life
Glenn Maxwell has been connected to numerous women and has a colorful dating history. In 2015, he was seeing Sonja Steffen.
He broke up with Australian journalist and TV host Candice Wyatt following an eight-month romance in 2017, according to rumors.
He is presently seeing Jayne Egeberg as his partner. It’s not apparent if they are wed.
He was subtly linked to a match-fixing controversy during Australia and India’s third test match in 2018, according to an Al Jazeera exposé. However, he vehemently refuted every one of these claims.
Random Facts of Glenn Maxwell
His favorite cricketers are Jonty Rhodes, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, and Sachin Tendulkar. His favorite shot is the “switch shot.”
Although he goes by “The Big Show,” he prefers to be called “Maxi.”
He became the most expensive player of the 2013 IPL auction when “Mumbai Indians” paid USD 1 million for him.
The net worth of Glenn Maxwell
The estimated net worth of Glenn Maxwell is about $10 million.