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Finch open to Australia captaincy

Apr 15, 2018: Once, the kind of leader who would "throw caution to the wind", Finch said he has learnt to concentrate "to be a bit calmer out on the field, take a bit more of the planning that you have pre-game."

Allan Border medal ceremony

Smith, Warner win big on Allan Border medal night

Feb 12, 2018: David Warner collected the ODI award while Aaron Finch won the award in T20Is. Jhye Richardson, the 21-year-old quick was named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year

Australia v England, 3rd ODI, Sydney

Buttler's blast sets up England to seal series

Jan 21, 2018: Jos Buttler's stunning century and a composed all-round effort with the ball helped England clinch the ODI series with two matches to play

Australia v England, 2nd ODI, Brisbane

Finch fastest to 10 ODI hundreds for Australia

Jan 19, 2018: The best of the stats from the second one-day international at the Gabba as Aaron Finch continues his fine form

Australia v England, 2nd ODI, Brisbane

All-round Root stars as England take 2-0 lead

Jan 19, 2018: England's spinners - including Joe Root - played a starring role to help set-up victory before half-centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales launched the chase

Australia v England, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Roy's record-breaking 180 leads England to handsome victory

Jan 13, 2018: Jason Roy surpassed Alex Hales' mark for England highest ODI innings in the highest successful chase at the MCG

England in Australia 2017-18

Middle-overs game key to Australia's ODI rejuvenation

Jan 10, 2018: Aaron Finch pinpointed Australia's middle-overs game as an area of improvement, as their tendency to lose wickets in clumps has often hurt their ability finish off innings strongly

Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers, BBL 2017-18, Geelong, January 3, 2017

Finch, Bravo dominate as Sixers lose their fifth straight game

Jan 3, 2018: The Renegades cruised to victory with 27 balls to spare, courtesy Aaron Finch's fifty followed up by Cameron White's unbeaten 49

India v Australia, 2nd T20I, Guwahati

Rock thrown at Australia's team bus, says Finch

Oct 10, 2017: The Australia batsman tweeted a picture of the vehicle with a shattered window soon after they beat India by eight wickets

India v Australia, 1st T20I, Ranchi

Finch, Maxwell and a bad romance

Oct 8, 2017: Australia's batsmen have spoken a lot about having a gameplan to deal with India's spinners. On Saturday, they were undone by sticking to them so rigidly that they forgot to think on their feet

India v Australia, 1st T20I, Ranchi

Australia denied advantage of new rules

Oct 8, 2017: The ICC had said that when games are reduced to less than 10 overs, the maximum quota of overs per bowler shall not be less than two. But that was not the case in Ranchi

Two taking 20

Sep 19, 2017: How many times has that happened in Tests?

IPL 2017

The IPL captaincy merry-go-round

May 2, 2017: Karun Nair's appointment as Delhi Daredevils captain is the latest in the tournament's history of franchises appointing captains with limited experience

Finch, Raina add to Bangalore's woes with 92-run stand

Apr 28, 2017: Aaron Finch was merciless against spin and pace. He hit the seamers for 45 runs off 21 balls and the spinners for 27 runs off 13 balls.

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions, IPL 2017, Bengaluru

Net run rate deficit sparked urgency for Finch in chase

Apr 27, 2017: Gujarat Lions batsman Aaron Finch said that the team's poor net run rate at this stage of the season provided the motivation for him to complete a swift chase against Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions, IPL 2017, Bengaluru

Finch's brutish masterclass

Apr 27, 2017: Aaron Finch didn't bat at his preferred opening position, but that didn't change his approach towards chasing down a potentially tricky total

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions, IPL 2017, Bengaluru

Tye, Finch lift Lions off the bottom

Apr 27, 2017: Andrew Tye's barrage of variations that fetched him 3 for 12 and a bruising half-century from Aaron Finch left Royal Challengers Bangalore facing early elimination

Victoria v SA, Sheffield Shield final, Alice Springs, 4th day

Finch, Christian all but bat Redbacks out of final

Mar 29, 2017: ESPNcricinfo's wrap of the fourth day of the Sheffield Shield final between Victoria and South Australia in Alice Springs

Countdown : 17 days to go

On the dressing-room tour

Mar 19, 2017: These players have their kit bags constantly packed as they move from one IPL franchise to another

Australia v Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Adelaide

Zampa secures consolation win for Australia

Feb 22, 2017: Adam Zampa's dismantling of Sri Lanka arrived too late to salvage the series for Australia, and also too late for his skiddy, accurate wrist spin to be considered for the Test team to face India in Pune from Thursday