Aaron Finch eyes return to Australia Test team

“For me personally, it’s about probably having one really good crack at trying to get back to the Test team again,”

After a poor time with the Test team last summer, Australia’s ODI and T20 skipper Aaron Finch wants to give it another try and play the longest format of the game 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 Australia Test team for the UAE series against Pakistan in October 2018.

Aaron Finch (Action Images via Reuters)

The 32-year-old has played five Tests, two against Pakistan away and three against India at home, averaging 27.80.

“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 to use it 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. “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.”

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