Glenn Maxwell

Name
Glenn Maxwell
Nationality
ausAustralia
Position
Batting Allrounder
Current Team
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Leagues
IPL
Seasons
2023

Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell is an Australian cricketer born on October 14, 1988, in Kew, Victoria, Australia. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, who is known for his explosive batting style and his ability to hit big sixes.

Career Stats:

Maxwell has played 120 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia and has scored 3,214 runs at an average of 33.02, including 3 centuries and 20 half-centuries. With the ball, he has taken 49 wickets at an average of 42.06.

He has also played 73 T20 Internationals for Australia, scoring 1,518 runs at an average of 28.88, including 2 centuries and 8 half-centuries. With the ball, he has taken 30 wickets at an average of 30.83.

In domestic cricket, Maxwell has played for Victoria and Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL), scoring 2,667 runs in 99 matches at an average of 29.21, including 1 century and 18 half-centuries. With the ball, he has taken 45 wickets at an average of 30.97.

Achievements:

  • Maxwell holds the record for the fastest fifty in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), scoring a fifty off just 18 balls while playing for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2014.
  • In the same IPL season, Maxwell scored 552 runs at an average of 34.50 and a strike rate of 187.75, including 4 half-centuries and a century.
  • Maxwell was also a part of the Australian team that won the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup and played a key role in the team’s success, scoring 324 runs at an average of 64.80 and taking 6 wickets in the tournament.
  • He has also played in various T20 leagues around the world, including the Indian Premier League, the Caribbean Premier League, and the Pakistan Super League, among others.