Australia’s white-ball skipper Aaron Finch admitted that he was a “weak link” in the team that suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of India in their recently-concluded ODI series.
The 32-year-old said that he witnessed a significant improvement in the Australian ODI batting performance in their one-day matches against India, adding that his poor performance in the series was a disappointing thing for him as a captain.
“We’ve seen some real improvement in the way we’ve batted in the last three ODIs in particular. I was probably the weak link in that which is disappointing for me as the captain of the side,” Cricket.com.au quoted Finch, as saying.
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The right-hand batsman has been dropped from Australia’s upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka.
“I think this time will be really good to be able to work on my game with some more time in the schedule. I think it will allow me to work on specific things in my game. When you’re trying to tinker with a few things with a day in between games and things like that, you don’t have enough time to hit enough balls to be able to get that set,” Finch said.
{{/usCountry}}“I think this time will be really good to be able to work on my game with some more time in the schedule. I think it will allow me to work on specific things in my game. When you’re trying to tinker with a few things with a day in between games and things like that, you don’t have enough time to hit enough balls to be able to get that set,” Finch said.
{{/usCountry}}“I’m really excited about the next couple of weeks to work on my game and hopefully get that right. I’ve got a lot of confidence in myself that I can do that but time will tell,” he added.
Finch scored a total of 26 runs in the three ODI matches against India with a disappointing average of 8.6. He will be seen leading Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League before heading to India for a limited-overs tour beginning February 24.