Melbourne: Australia’s limited overs captain Aaron Finch It is expected that the families of the players will soon be allowed to accompany them on overseas tours to keep them in good mental space inside the bio-secure bubble in these difficult COVID-19 times.
Finch’s statement comes after Indian players were allowed to take their families along for the ongoing tour of England.
Finch will be out of Australia on national duty for two months to become a soon-to-be father and he knows that his hasty return for the birth of a child, if it happens midway, is next to impossible.
“Those are the risks you take. She wasn’t too eager for me to go and if she gives birth a little early, we could be in some trouble… it could be a FaceTime birth, I don’t know. The Associated Press quoted Finch as saying.
The 20-man Australia team led by Finch will leave for the Caribbean on Monday, without choice David Warner and Pat Cummins, who has opted out of the tour to be with his family.
Australia will play five Twenty20 and three ODIs against the West Indies and then tour Bangladesh for a five-match T20I series.
On their return, Australian players will have to spend a fortnight in hotel quarantine.
Finch is due to return on August 25, while the due date for the birth of their first child is September 8.
Asked if the cricketers’ families would be accompanying him on tour soon, Finch said: “I don’t have the answer for you, but it is something that needs to be looked into.
“I remember talking to Davy Warner about it during his IPL stint.
“Their kids are at an age where they understand what a long time is… When your kids cry on FaceTime, it ain’t easy,” he said.
Cummins, Warner, Glen Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams and Marcus Stoinis are the many cricketers who decided to sit out of the tour to be with their families.
Meanwhile, Finch said the guests would soon decide whether to take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in the West Indies.
“Over the past 12 months, we have educated ourselves quite a bit on Black Lives Matter,” he said.
“We will talk to (West Indies legend) Jason Holder And be really respectful and supportive of whatever they want to do.”
Finch’s statement comes after Indian players were allowed to take their families along for the ongoing tour of England.
Finch will be out of Australia on national duty for two months to become a soon-to-be father and he knows that his hasty return for the birth of a child, if it happens midway, is next to impossible.
“Those are the risks you take. She wasn’t too eager for me to go and if she gives birth a little early, we could be in some trouble… it could be a FaceTime birth, I don’t know. The Associated Press quoted Finch as saying.
The 20-man Australia team led by Finch will leave for the Caribbean on Monday, without choice David Warner and Pat Cummins, who has opted out of the tour to be with his family.
Australia will play five Twenty20 and three ODIs against the West Indies and then tour Bangladesh for a five-match T20I series.
On their return, Australian players will have to spend a fortnight in hotel quarantine.
Finch is due to return on August 25, while the due date for the birth of their first child is September 8.
Asked if the cricketers’ families would be accompanying him on tour soon, Finch said: “I don’t have the answer for you, but it is something that needs to be looked into.
“I remember talking to Davy Warner about it during his IPL stint.
“Their kids are at an age where they understand what a long time is… When your kids cry on FaceTime, it ain’t easy,” he said.
Cummins, Warner, Glen Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams and Marcus Stoinis are the many cricketers who decided to sit out of the tour to be with their families.
Meanwhile, Finch said the guests would soon decide whether to take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in the West Indies.
“Over the past 12 months, we have educated ourselves quite a bit on Black Lives Matter,” he said.
“We will talk to (West Indies legend) Jason Holder And be really respectful and supportive of whatever they want to do.”
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