Australia’s longest serving T20 captain Aaron Finch retire from international cricket
Aaron Finch Retirement: Aaron Finch – Australia’s longest-serving and most successful men’s T20I captain and batter – has called time on his international career, conceding his body can no longer withstand the rigors of the short-format game at the highest level.
Finch will continue to play in the KFC BBL :-
Finch will continue to play in the KFC BBL and is expected to confirm he’s signed a further one-year contract with Melbourne Renegades – where he earned Team of the Year selection as a middle-order batter this summer – and will also consider options to play in overseas T20 competitions.
But having retired as captain of Australia’s ODI outfit last year after a much-publicised struggle for form in the 50-over arena, he now walks away from international cricket having played almost 250 white-ball matches and five Tests for his country across a 12 -year career.
Only Australia men’s player to date to play more than 100 T20Is :-
Finch is the only Australia men’s player to date to play more than 100 T20 Internationals (103), and in addition to being its most-capped skipper (76 matches) led his team to the nation’s first T20 World Cup triumph in the UAE in 2021.
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Aaron Finch Record :-
The 36-year-old also holds the record for the highest T20I score among all nations – an extraordinary 172 from 76 balls faced against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2018 – and has scored more runs (3120) than any other Australia batter, ahead of his long-time opening partner David Warner (2894).
But when he injured a hamstring in Australia’s penultimate group game of their home T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland at Brisbane last November, speculation grew as to whether the hard-hitting right-hander had made his final international appearance.
Aaron Finch told :-
“I always wanted to get through the Big Bash and re-assess after that, and I found my body was sore after a BBL game and took a couple of days to recover,” Finch told cricket.com.au prior to making today’s retirement announcement.
