The Australian skipper, Aaron Finch has taken his leave from the ODI format of the game. Finch is set to play his last One day International on Sunday, against New Zealand in the ongoing series. Aaron Finch officially announced his decision to retire from the format this Saturday. The player hasn’t been in the best of his form lately and expressed that his form wouldn’t allow him in the format till the ODI World Cup of 2023.
Aaron Finch who led Australia to the T20 World Cup victory in 2021 will continue in the same role for this year’s championship as well. The T20 World Cup is slated to commence in mid-October in Australia. The 50-over format hasn’t treated Finch well lately. The skipper has managed to score only 126 runs this year. Moreover, he has been duck in as many as 5 innings out of the 12 he’s been a part of in 2022.
Aaron Finch retires from ODI cricket
🏆 2015 World Cup winner
A brilliant leader and a fantastic batter 🏏
Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from One Day internationals 🙌🇦🇺#Australia #CricketTwitter #AaronFinch pic.twitter.com/mKXAQc0cnX
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“It has been a fantastic ride with some incredible memories,” Finch said. “I have been extremely fortunate to be a part of some brilliant one-day sides. Equally, I have been blessed by all those I have played with and the many people behind the scenes.” Moreover, he cleared that he’d like to give ample time to the next skipper to prepare for the 2023 World Cup scheduled in India.
“It is time now to give a new leader the best possible opportunity to prepare for and win the next World Cup. I thank all of those who have helped and supported my journey to this point,” Finch said. “I could have tried to play the series against England, and that would have been a bit of a fairytale finishing at the MCG, but I think that’s never been my style to be self-indulgent in any way.”
“So it’s important that whoever takes over the captaincy, and whoever opens the batting, is given the best opportunity to take the team forward and win the World Cup in 2023. I’m very comfortable and confident I would never have made it that far, just with my body as well as a bit of form,” he added.
Additionally, he spilled on his plans to continue in the T20 format. “I think my T20 form has been pretty good for a little while now; [it’s a] totally different format, but I’m really comfortable that I’m still playing well, just haven’t got as many runs in this format,” he said. “Don’t know what the difference is, maybe a bit of intent, a bit of risk-taking that you get away with in T20 cricket.”
