Melbourne: Australia’s T20 captain Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from ODI cricket. Finch has made it clear that he will retire from ODIs with the ongoing final match against New Zealand. At the same time, he will lead the team in the T20 World Cup in his own country. After the World Cup, Finch will do T20 too.
Finch said it ends a wonderful trip with good memories. Finch added that he was lucky to play with so many talented players. Finch has been in poor form this year. Scored only 169 runs. The account could not even be opened in 12 innings. The player scored 26 runs in the last seven innings. The player had set his sights on the ODI World Cup to be held in India in 2023. With that, the plan was to end the ODI.
But it was the poor form that forced the star to retire earlier. The player retires with a handful of achievements for Australia. The player scored 5400 runs from 145 ODIs. All 17 centuries came from the bat. Finch holds the fourth most centuries for Australia. Ricky Ponting, David Warner and Mark Waugh are ahead of Finch in terms of centuries. The player made his debut against Sri Lanka in 2013. The player’s highest score is 153 against Pakistan. In 2019, he scored 1141 runs including four centuries. That year was the best time of Finch’s career.
The opening partnership with David Warner clicked. After the Adam Gilchrist-Matthew Hayden partnership, which was the nightmare of any bowlers, it is also the end of a partnership that Australia got. Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley described Finch as a great advocate of the ODI format.