newscricket1 month ago

Australia's T20 World Cup winning captain Aaron Finch announces international retirement

One of Australia’s most decorated batters, Aaron Finch has bid farewell to the shortest format after an illustrious international career of 12 years that included two World Cup triumphs. Finch led Australia to the 2021 T20 World Cup title and he leaves as their leading run-scorer in the format.
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newscricket3 months ago

WATCH, BBL 2022 | ‘Honest’ Aaron Finch asks umpires to double-check despite taking excellent diving catch off Daniel Sams

Cricketers, due to the ‘spirit of cricket’ theory, often receive heavy criticism if they try to act cleverly on the field despite mistakes. However, Aaron Finch did the exact opposite on Sunday when he asked the umpires to go upstairs despite grabbing a sharp catch diving forward at extra cover.
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newscricket5 months ago

ICC World T20 | Twitter reacts as Aaron Finch stars in Australia's thumping 42-run win over Ireland

Lorcan Tucker's unbeaten 48-ball 71 was not enough for Ireland as they endured a 42-run defeat against defending champions Australia on Monday in their T20 World Cup match in Brisbane. Chasing 180, Tucker's valiant knock, which received little support, took them to 137 before they were bowled out.
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newscricket5 months ago

WATCH | Glenn Maxwell dons wicketkeeping gloves in training as Australia potentially prepare to drop Matthew Wade

Glenn Maxwell stole the headlines on Thursday ahead of a crucial tie against England after he was seen practising with wicket-keeping gloves. Regular keeper Matthew Wade recently contracted COVID-19 which means the hosts need to have a backup ready given there is no reserve keeper in the squad.
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newscricket5 months ago

ICC World T20 | Twitter reacts as Australia thumps Sri Lanka by seven wickets

Australia have earned a couple of points in the T20 World Cup 2022 beating Sri Lanka in a Super 12 game by seven wickets chasing down a target of 158. Both the teams had a shot at victory but Marcus Stonis’ unbeaten 59 runs from just 18 balls ensured the win with 27 balls to spare.
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featurecricket5 months ago

T20 World Cup 2022 | Australia are ready to bury all their rivals Down Under

Let’s take a close look at how the Australians have ticked all the boxes ahead of the T20 World Cup, shall we?
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newscricket5 months ago

Pat Cummins announced as Australia's ODI captain on rotational policy

Cricket Australia has put all captaincy rumours to rest by announcing Pat Cummins as the skipper in ODIs in the wake of Aaron Finch's retirement. The pacer will be leading the team in major tournaments and series while vice-captain Alex Carey is expected to take over in the other matches.
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newscricket5 months ago

AUS vs ENG | Aaron Finch accomplishes new feat, becomes first Australian to score 3000 T20I runs

Australia’s T20I captain Aaron Finch became the first man from his country to the 3000-run tally in the format during their match against England on Sunday. Finch has become the sixth man across the world to reach there, after Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Martin Guptill, Babar Azam, and Paul Stirling.
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newscricket6 months ago

IND vs AUS 2022 | We were a bit sloppy in our execution, reckons Aaron Finch

Aaron Finch has stated that they were sloppy in the field during the series decider against India in Hyderabad and that resulted in a defeat by six wickets. Finch also praised Cameron Green saying he had a brilliant series while opening the inning in spite of not playing lof of T20Is.
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newscricket6 months ago

IND vs AUS, 2nd T20I | Internet reacts as Aaron Finch applauds Jasprit Bumrah after falling victim to a fiery yorker

Jasprit Bumrah is one of the greatest pace bowlers in the current era and he displayed it against Australia. Bumrah announced his return to international arena with a wicket-taking yorker to Aaron Finch and the batter himself praised Indian pacer for such a stunning delivery which shattered stumps.
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