Australia v New Zealand - Aaron Finch’s horror run of form has become an unwanted talking point ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup on home soil.
Aaron Finch’s horror run of form has become an unwanted talking point ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup on home soil. The Australian white-ball captain’s horror run of form has become an unwanted talking point ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup, and another cheap dismissal against Zimbabwe in Townsville hasn’t helped silence his critics. Finch was removed by left-armed seamer Richard Ngarava for a third-consecutive match on Saturday morning, edging a length delivery to second slip and making his way back to the sheds for 5. It was almost identical to his dismissal in the previous ODI, tentatively prodding outside the off stump with unbalanced footwork. Ngarava now boasts figures of 3/6 from 22 balls when bowling to the Australian skipper in this bilateral one-day series. Finch, who is nearing his 36th birthday, has averaged 14.90 in ODI cricket since the start of 2021, passing 45 just one in his last 11 knocks. It was hoped the Zimbabwe series would help Finch rediscover...