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The 36-year-old Maxwell played 149 ODIs for Australia in an enduring career that is memorable for hishis unconventional shot-making and his brilliant fielding.

Cricket Australia confirmed Maxwell’s decision Monday. He scored 3,990 runs at a strike-rate of 126.70, the second best in ODI history, and posted four centuries in the format. His 201 not out off 128 balls against Afghanistan in 2023 help Australia salvage its World Cup campaign in India.Maxwell said the physical toll of the ODI game, which can take up to eight hours and be played on short turnarounds, was beginning to impact on his fielding ability and he didn’t think he’d make it to the 2027 World Cup.“I always said I wasn’t going to hand my position over if I felt like I was still good enough to play. I didn’t want to just hold on for a couple of series and almost play for selfish reasons,” Maxwell said.

The Australian selectors “are moving in such a clear direction,” he said, so the retirement confirmation “gives them the best look at what the lineup is leading into that next World Cup. I know how important that planning is.”Maxwell played seven cricket tests but his ability to score quickly and manufacture shots to exploit gaps in the field were more ideally suited to the so-called white ball formats — ODI and T20 — where bowling and fielding restrictions come more into play for aggressive batters.

His rapid-fire batting earned him the “Big Show” nickname which stuck in the domestic media.

He’s a popular character inside and outside of sports stadiums. He’s also had to miss games because of injuries sustained in off-field accidents, including a concussion at the 2023 World Cup after falling off aahead closer to Jupiter.

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) long and 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) wide at its widest point — resembling an irregular bowling pin. It’s so long that the spacecraft couldn’t capture it in its entirety in the initial downloaded images.Data returned over the next week should help clarify the asteroid’s shape, according to NASA.

Lucy passed within 600 miles (960 kilometers) of the harmless asteroid known as Donaldjohanson on Sunday in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It’s named for the paleontologist who discovered the fossil Lucy 50 years ago in Ethiopia.The spacecraft was launched in 2021 to study the unexplored so-called Trojan asteroids out near Jupiter. Eight Trojan flybys are planned through 2033.