Personal

Name

Aaron Finch
Full Name

Aaron James Finch
Country

Australia
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

November 17, 1986

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Sport Category

Professional
Sports Type

Team Sport
Active/Retired

Active
Role

Top-order/Opening Batsman (Australian Men's Cricket Team Captain)
Current World Ranking

ICC T20I World Number 3, ICC ODI World Number 10
Highest Team Ranking

1
Jersey Number

5
Level

National, International, Club
Teams

Australia, Auckland, Australia A, Australia Under-19s, Delhi Daredevils, Gujarat Lions, Kings XI Punjab, Melbourne Renegades, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Surrey, Victoria, Victoria Under-15s, Victoria Under-17s, Victoria Under-19s, Yorkshire
Profile

Aaron Finch is an Australian International cricketer, who plays for the Australian national team since 2009. Finch plays in all formats of the game and captains the Australian cricket team in limited overs cricket as well.

This right-handed batsman has had a glorious record in shorter formats. In the initial stage of his career, Flinch used to play with the Colac West Cricket Club and Colac & District Cricket Association in domestic level. He was a junior player in the team and occasionally used to keep the wickets as well.

Flinch shone for the first time in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2006 and came into the eyes of the selector for his glorious innings. Some years later he made his T20I and ODI debut respectively in 2011 and 2013.

He started his career as a middle-order batsman but pulls himself swiftly in the top order through his impactful power-hitting style. He started his IPL career with Rajasthan Royals in 2010 and continued till 2018 with other 6 top IPL teams. However, he has decided to stay out of the IPL 2019 to prepare himself for the ICC World Cup 2019.
(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)
(Profile Image from Facebook)
Career Information

Debut Test Match: at Dubai International Stadium Vs Pakistan on 7th of October in 2018

Debut ODI Match: at Melbourne Cricket Ground Vs Sri Lanka on 11th of January in 2013

Debut T20I Match: at Adelaide Stadium Vs England on 12th of January in 2011

Debut IPL Match: he has made his IPL debut in 2010 with Rajasthan Royal and played till 2018 for six other IPL teams.

Career Best: 

  • ODI: 153 not out vs Pakistan at Sharjah on March 24, 2019
  • T20I: 172 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on July 3 2018

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 278 runs in 5 matches in 3 months of test career at an average of 27.8 and strike rate of 44.98 including 2 fifties.
  • He has scored 4721 runs in 122 matches in 6 years of ODI career at an average of 41.05 and strike rate of 89.39 including 16 hundreds and 24 fifties.
  • He has scored 1878 runs in 58 matches in 7 years of T20I career at an average of 38.32 and strike rate of 156.50 including 2 hundreds and 11 fifties
  • He has scored 1737 runs in 75 matches in 8 years of IPL career at an average of 26.31 and strike rate of 130.7 including 13 fifties
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • 2nd and 8th highest individual T20I scores (172 v Zimbabwe & 156 v England)
  • Highest individual T20I score set by a captain (172 v Zimbabwe)
  • First cricketer in T20Is to 900 points in ICC T20I rankings
  • Fastest Australian to 10 ODI centuries
  • Man of the Match in ICC World Cup 2015 v England
  • Joint fastest ODI half century by an Australian (50 off 18 balls v Sri Lanka,
  • Simon O’Donnell is the other Australian with this record)
  • Fastest Australian & second Fastest to 1000 T20I runs (Behind Virat Kohli)
  • Second Australian to score two T20I centuries (after Glenn Maxwell)
  • Individual Scores of more than 150 T20I runs, twice.
  • Most balls faced by a Cricketer in a T20I innings (77)
  • Highest percentage of runs by a single batsman in a team total in any T20 (75.1)
  • 2nd highest T20I partnership for any wicket (223, with  D’Arcy Short)
  • 3rd highest T20I partnership for any wicket (223, with  D’Arcy Short)
  • First 200+ T20I partnership (223, with  D’Arcy Short)
  • Most fours by a player in a completed T20I innings (16)
References

1. Top 5 CWC 2019 Captains
Updated On

February 14, 2020