Glenn Maxwell — Melbourne Stars | BBL Player Profile

Watch a Stars training session and Glenn Maxwell's status shows quickly: drills run through the all-rounder, and younger teammates orbit his routines.

Few roster slots bend a match like his: overs when the attack needs cover, runs when the chase wobbles, and calm hands in the deep when the last over tightens.

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Playing half the summer at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) means adapting to its quirks weekly. The biggest cricket ground on earth. The MCG hosted the evening Glenn Maxwell made 154 not out and the Stars piled up 2/273 — still the league's highest total — on 19 January 2022.

Inside the Stars dressing room he shares the workload with Peter Siddle (the bowler), Mark Steketee (the bowler), Campbell Kellaway (the batter), Joe Clarke (the wicketkeeper-batter), Liam Hatcher (the bowler), Sam Harper (the wicketkeeper-batter) — combinations that decide whether Melbourne Stars control the middle overs or chase the game. The calendar tests it early, with the Thu 14 Jan 2027 meeting with Hobart Hurricanes and the Mon 11 Jan 2027 meeting with Sydney Thunder both on the slate.

Merchandise staff know his name moves shirts in the team store — popularity that started with performances and stuck through personality. Merchandise staff know his name moves shirts in the team store — popularity that started with performances and stuck through personality.

By the numbers around him: the Stars carry a 14-name primary group with 3 overseas signings, 0 championship(s) in the cabinet (none yet — three-time runners-up), a home ground holding 100,024 people in Melbourne, and a captain, Marcus Stoinis, who has lifted silverware in this league before. Glenn Maxwell is one of 4 all-rounders in the group — a pecking order that December form will re-sort.

Circle his individual duels, too: Steve Smith, the Sixers batter, and Babar Azam of the Sixers are the kind of head-to-heads that swing the fixtures between these clubs — small battles inside the big ones that coaches clip for Monday review.

Home-city weeks are for the other life: school runs, a favourite coffee order the barista starts before he reaches the counter, and sleep in his own bed before a home fixture. Young fans queue for his signature with miniature bats and enormous hopes; he signs until the ushers intervene, remembering exactly who he was at that age. Recovery science runs his Sundays: GPS vest data reviewed, a physio's thumbs in sore calves, contrast showers, and an honest conversation about what his body can give next week. Off-season footage of his training circulates among coaches: empty stadiums, a bowling machine, a man rebuilding small technical things nobody else noticed were broken.

Coaches talk about role clarity in T20, and Glenn Maxwell's brief with the Stars is refreshingly plain. Deliver it on nights like the Melbourne Derby at the MCG and the contract talk takes care of itself.

League-wide mark: Maxwell holds two records that may never fall: the highest BBL score, 154 not out at the MCG in January 2022, and the most catches by a fielder, 97.

Full name	Glenn Maxwell
Team	Melbourne Stars
Country	Australia
Role	All-rounder
Wicketkeeper	No
Date of birth / age	PENDING — to be confirmed against the player's official Cricket Australia profile before publication
BBL career stats	We are validating Glenn Maxwell's complete BBL career line (matches, runs, wickets, fielding) against ESPNcricinfo. Until that check finishes, the honest entry is PENDING — the records hub carries the verified chart-toppers in the meantime. See the records hub.
X / Twitter	not publicly listed (no verified handle confirmed from a reliable source)
Squad status	BBL|15 squad member (latest completed season, checked 26 October 2026); BBL|16 signings tracked on the Stars team page

If the Stars play finals cricket, history says players of his type decide those nights. The path there runs through December.