Jim Maxwell: When my wife says I’m making too many mistakes, I’ll retire

Nick Hoult Wed, 31 December 2025 at 6:01 am UTC·12 min read Jim Maxwell takes a sip of rosé in a bar in a remote part of South Australia and offers up one of his rules of cricket commentary. “You try to keep an even hand about whatever you’re doing,” he says. “And we’re lucky, you know, as Australians. We’ve consistently played the best Test cricket, men and women, way ahead of most other teams, most of the time, so you need to pull back sometimes and say, ‘OK, just be humble. Just let it go.’”Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Jonathan Agnew, an old friend, is sitting at the next table and can’t resist butting in. “Bloody hell Jim, I’m quoting you on this.” Maxwell, 75, is coming...