I've got one really good crack at Test Cricket left in me, says Aaron Finch

09/24/2019

32-year-old Aaron Finch wants to give it another try at red-ball cricket for his country after he concluded a disappointing summer last year with the test team. He plans on making his presence felt through the four Sheffield Shield games before Pakistan tours Australia in November this year.

After a poor time with the Test team last summer, Australia's ODI and T20 skipper Aaron Finch wants to give it another try at red-ball cricket for his country. With suspensions handed to Cameron Bancroft, David Warner and Steven Smith following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa last year, Finch was included in the Australian team, making his test debut on 7th October, in UAE against Pakistan

The 32-year-old has played five Tests, two against Pakistan away and three against India at home, averaging 27.80 with two half-centuries to his name.

"For me personally, it's about probably having one really good crack at trying to get back to the Test team again," Finch was quoted as saying by SEN radio station.

"The young guys who came in and did well throughout the back half of last summer did a really good job. I still think that I've got one really good crack at it left in me," he added.

There are four Sheffield Shield games before Australia's first Test against Pakistan and Finch is eyeing these games as a platform for making his presence felt.

"Obviously [I'll] just try and get some runs, get some big runs there. That's my plan," Finch said.

He was all praise for the youngsters who had emerged in Australian cricket and took full advantage of their opportunities to impress.

"I think the young kids who have come in have taken their opportunities, Kurtis Patterson and Travis Head, these guys have come in and done reasonably well when they've played."

"Kurtis got a hundred in the last Test that he played. Will Pucovski and that whole crop of young batters who are coming through are so talented, so I think I've got one more push in it for myself. If it doesn't happen then it doesn't happen. I'm comfortable with that.

It will be nice to play a few Shield games in a row to be fair. It's been a while since I've played more than one in a row," he expressed.

Finch said he watched the recently concluded Ashes series with envy and felt a desire to be part of Test cricket.