Paine
Tim Paine. Credits Action Images via Reuters.

Australia captain, Tim Paine revealed the reason why team’s designated opener, Aaron Finch is batting down the order.

Paine said they are looking at alternatives to provide solidarity to their depleted middle-order.

Meanwhile, Aaron Finch has capabilities at the top of the order are well known. The right-hander has provided some brisk starts while batting at the opening position.

In fact, Finch batted in the middle-order for the first time in his 90 match career. Furthermore, Finch is ready to take up a new role to help’s his team cause.

Paine
Tim Paine. Credits Action Images via Reuters.

Australia has their middle order woes.

Paine said after Australia’s big defeat of 242 runs, “Clearly we know what Aaron Finch can do at the top of the order and we have no issues with that, But we’ve had some issues as a team over a period of time which have been in that middle order, so we want to see Finchy there for a little bit to see if he’s a guy who can do it in the World Cup. It could change though. Looking forward, we have 12 months until the World Cup and we are looking at some options.”

Australian batsmen are struggling to get going in the middle-overs. Thus, they need the experience of someone like Aaron Finch.

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Meanwhile, Australia’s former captain Steven Smith had also spoken on the same length after Australia had lost to England by 4-1 in their home den.

Smith had earlier said, “The middle order has probably been where we have had a bit of an issue, We need runs out of that area, and wickets in hand to have an onslaught at the back end of the game. That’s something we haven’t done, and something we need to work on.”

Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch. Credits: Getty.

In fact, Aaron Finch had himself spoken about his new role in the middle-order. Finch had said he is ready to grab the opportunity with both his hands.

“We’ve got a few guys who can bat at the top of the order, over the last 12 or 18 months I’ve batted in the middle order in quite a lot of T20 cricket – the IPL, the recent T20 tri-series – and done it reasonably successfully as well,” Finch had said a couple of days ago.

Australia has got a problem of plenty at the moment. Furthermore, they are in the rebuilding process after the ball-tampering scandal.

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