Australia captain Aaron Finch will be unavailable for the upcoming Bangladesh tour. The captain suffered a knee injury during the build-up to the five-match T20I series against West Indies, which only escalated when Australia faced the hosts in the final T20I. The team will now tour Bangladesh without him as he has left for Australia. Finch’s exit doesn’t bode well for the Aussies, who have a busy international schedule including the T20 World Cup.
Cricket Australia soon realized that Finch’s injury was serious and needed surgery. The team will hope that by the time the Aussies land in the UAE, he will undergo surgery and be fit.
. Finch, however, will have to serve a 14-day quarantine upon landing in Australia prior to surgery.
“I am extremely disappointed to go home,” Finch said on Sunday (25 July). It was considered the best course of action, rather than traveling to Bangladesh, for not being able to play and losing that recovery time. I will have surgery if needed and the recovery process will start before the World Cup.”
Meanwhile wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey will take over the reins from the 34-year-old; Matthew Wade has been named vice-captain. They will play a five-match series against Bangladesh from August 3.
Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder guide West Indies to series-level win
Barbados: Jason Holder and Nicholas Pooran scored a half-century in a 93-run sixth-wicket partnership as West Indies handed a four-wicket win over Australia in the rescheduled second One Day International on Saturday to level the three-match series Went. 1-1.
In a match in which both teams’ top-orders failed, Holder and Pooran chased down Australia’s 187 to lift the home team from 72-5 in the 15th over to 165-5 in the 36th over.
Holder was dismissed for 52 when West Indies were just 23 runs from victory and Pooran made an unbeaten 59 to lead them to victory with 72 balls to spare. Alzarri Joseph, who hit a four for the winning runs, was dismissed for 5 not out.
Pooran was dismissed for 26 by Moises Henriques and Matthew Wade for 49 as fielding laps by Australia gave West Indies a crucial win. Australia won the first match of the series by 133 runs and the third match will be played on Monday.
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