Aaron Finch is popular all around the world as an aggressive & bold opening batsman, who is also famous for his hard-hitting shots and tremendous finishing smacks. He has initiated his career as a middle-order batsman. But Aaron Finch always proved himself as an amazing opener whenever he got any chance and finally began playing in the opening position. He is mostly recognized as a big-hitter batsman. He has a different variety of shots to provide which are advantageous in the primary overs of the innings. The impressive strike rate of Aaron Finch has always been an interesting thing to look for. Even though Finch has succeeded in first-class cricket, he has been a superstar in limited-overs cricket for Melbourne Renegades, Victoria, and Australia.
Aaron Finch is included in the 15 players list who have involved in the squad of Australia to play the ICC World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. He played his first one-day international match on 11th January 2013. Until the 2019 world cup, he had played 109 games. He had scored 4052 runs in his 105 numbers of innings, faced 4596 deliveries at an average of 39.34, and has a strike rate of 88.16, which is tremendous. In two innings, he remained unbeaten also. In an innings, his highest score was 153*. He has made 13 hundred and 21 fifties to his name. If we consider his bowling strategy, Aaron Finch had delivered 248 balls and taken 3 wickets. He had an economy rate of 5.3 and an average of 73. His best performance in ODI was ½.
Early Days
Aaron Finch was born in Colac, Victoria, Australia on 17th November 1968. His father’s name is Gary Finch and mother’s name is Sue. He has two siblings, Mat, his brother, and Jess, his sister. In his early days, he played mostly for Colac West Cricket Club as a wicketkeeper-batsman before joining in A grade and finally playing for Geelong.
Aaron Finch has completed his schooling in Colac South West primary school. Once when he was studying in grade four, Aaron Finch told the complete assembly that in future one day he would definitely play cricket for Australia when there was no school cricket or anything like that in that area.
The true gratitude of Aaron Finch to the society that ignited his goal and nurtured his endowment is proof in his generosity in doing part with training kit, bat to the squad, protective tools, or an individual in need. Once this has given him trouble, when he had no extra bat to give his friend in need, he gifted him one of Glenn Maxwell’s, which turned to be his precious Test debut souvenir.
Aaron Finch Wife
Aaron Finch declared his engagement news with his girlfriend Amy Griffiths on Instagram in the year 2018 and made his relationship an official one. Then on April 7, 2018, he got married. They are a happily married couple and many times they share pictures on their social media platforms.
Aaron Finch – Along the Years
| Year | Age | Achievement |
| 2006 | 19 | Played Under-19 World Cup in 2006 |
| 2009 | 23 | 1st first-class century |
| 2011 | 25 | Debut in T20I debut |
| 2013 | 27 | Debut in ODI debut |
| 2015 | 29 | Picked for the 2019 World Cup team |
| 2018 | 32 | Made the highest individual score in Twenty20 International |
| 2018 | 32 | Test debut |
| 2019 | 33 | Became the captain for the 2019 Cricket World Cup |
Aaron Finch is the skipper of the cricket team of Australia in limited-overs cricket. Now, he holds the record in Twenty20 internationals for two of the three highest individual runs, with his 172 scores in 2018, July against Zimbabwe overcoming his last record of 156 runs in 2013 against England. This score of Aaron Finch is the highest individual score of all time in Twenty20 internationals as well as the second-highest across all formats of T20s. It is also the highest score as an opener. In T20, his tremendous knock of 172 runs is the highest score as a skipper of the team. Previously, Shane Watson holds this record and Aaron Finch became the only batsman, who scored 150+ scores in T20I twice.
Career
Domestic Career
Aaron Finch is caringly known as Finchy. In the 2009-2010 season, he was selected for Victoria. In this season, he scored his maiden first-class hundred. His outstanding performance in the Pura Cup and Sheffield Shield established Aaron Finch as the power of Victoria. Depending upon his performance in Colac West Cricket Club, he was picked for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2006. Against Tasmania, in the year 2009-10, his 1st first-class century came in. In Big Bash League 2012, Aaron Finch became the skipper of Melbourne Renegades and also awarded as the player of the game. After two years of the league, he joined Yorkshire Country Cricket Club. Then in 2015, Aaron Finch became the first cricketer, who scored 1000 runs in the Big Bash League.
International Cricket
Test career
In 2018 September, Aaron Finch played his first Test match against Pakistan for Australia. All total he played 5 Test matches and scored 278 runs with the help of two fifties at an average of 27.8.
ODI career
Aaron Finch played his debut match in ODI on January 11, 2013, against the team of Sri Lanka. He was a top-order batsman and fastest cricketer of Australia who can reach 10 ODI hundreds. Aaron also has the records of combined fastest fifties by any Australian cricketer in ODIs – 50 runs off 18 deliveries. Aaron Finch has also played the 2015 Cricket World Cup. In his first World Cup match, he scored 135 runs against England for which he awarded as the man of the match. In 2019 March, he became Australia’s 29th cricketer to play 100 ODI games. In 2019 April, he became the captain of Australia for the Cricket World Cup 2019.
T20I career
Aaron Finch made his first appearance in T20 Internationals on January 12, 2011, against England. Aaron recorded his highest T20 I individual score on August 29, 2013. Against England, when he smacked 156 runs off 63 balls, he overcame the record of Brendon Mc Cullum of 123 runs.
Aaron Finch became the first cricketer, who scored 1000 runs on December 20, 2015, in the Big Bash League. He became the first batsman in Twenty20 internationals to reach the 900 rating marks on the official Twenty20 rankings in 2018 July. Aaron was the second-fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in 29 innings in Twenty20 internationals just behind the India captain Virat Kohli and became the fastest Australian player to achieve this.
IPL career
In the year 2010, Aaron Finch was first played for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. In 2011- IPL auction, Delhi Daredevils picked him. For two continuous seasons, Aaron Finch linked with Delhi Daredevils and later picked by Pune Warriors in the year 2013. In the year 2014, Sunrises Hyderabad brought him. In 2015, Mumbai Indians brought Aaron Finch but because of his injury, he couldn’t play for the franchise. Gujarat Lions bought him in 2016 and Kings XI Punjab picked him in the year 2018. At the end of the season, Kings XI Punjab released him. He didn’t register for 2019 IPL so that he could find enough time to prepare for the 2019 World Cup.
World Cup through the years
As a captain, the 2019 World Cup was the first World Cup for Aaron Finch and if we consider overall, then it is the second one. He was also the part of Australia’s winning squad of the 2015 World Cup. Then, he produced an amazing century against England before tapering off for the remaining matches. But, Aaron Finch was back to his tremendous form and scored a hard half-century in the semi-final match against India. In this match, his partnership with Steve Smith played a very important role. For his leadership quality, the Cricket Australia made Aaron Finch as the captain of the team in 2019.
Interesting Facts About Aaron Finch:
- In the year 2017, Aaron Finch was suspended from the national academy for not keeping his room clean.
- In the cricket era, Aaron Finch is the only player, who played for eight different franchises in the Indian Premier League.
- In an interview with the Official website of Cricket Australia Aaron Finch said that in 2014 July, he played for the MCC team in the Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord’s. He accepted to be a little bit nervous on the day and also felt an embarrassment in the presence of the great legends and felt like a school kid in front of them. Further, he added “the thing I was most concerned about was taking Tendulkar’s wicket. I thought, in case I run him out, there was no chance I could be able to get out of this cricket field alive.” In fact, when he reached in his 60s, he planned to get him out so that the audience could see a few of the greats bat that day.
Did you know?
In 2014 July, Aaron Finch considered throwing away his match-winning innings of 181 numbers in the MCC Bicentenary Match when he scored 60 since he felt that the audience would want to see other legends of cricket of the game batting.
Aaron Finch Records
Aaron Finch’s hard-hitting capabilities helped him to be one of the best cricketers in Australia. Following are some of the records of him:
- In only 63 deliveries, he scored 156 runs and made the highest score in the International T20 match.
- In Twnty20 format, he made the 3rd fastest century in only 47 balls.
- With Herschelle Gibbs, he shares a record for smashing the highest numbers of boundaries (14 fours) against India.
- Made record of doing fastest fifty by an Australian player in One Day International with 50 runs in only 18 balls.
- Hit the highest individual score in Twenty20 International in the year 2018 at the age of 32.
Awards and Achievements
In the year 2012, Aaron Finch was awarded as the Big Bash League player of the year. And, in 2014, he got named as the Men’s T20I Player of the year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony organized by Cricket Australia.
Some less known facts about Aaron Finch:
- Aaron Finch was a wicket-keeper batsman in his early days.
- Along with cricket, Aaron Finch is a very good singer and can speak a little bit of Hindi also.
- In the 2006 ICC Under-19 World Cup, he played with Usman Khawaja, David Warner, and Moises Henriques.
- Once he played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the Rest of the World XI in the year 2014 at Lord’s and batted with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In that match, he scored 181 not out.
- He played Cricket World Cup for the first time in the year 2015, where he smashed 135 runs against the team of England.
- In the team of Australia, Late Phillip Hughes was his best friend.
- Once in Melbourne, he had an Indian girlfriend.
- He played a tournament for the IPL team Rajasthan Royals franchise under the mentorship of Shane Warne even before playing for the Australian cricket team.
Awards
One Day Internationals Awards
Player of the series awards
| # | Series | Season | Match Performance | Result |
| 1 | England Vs Australia | 2013/14 | Runs: 258 (278 deliveries: 24×4, 4×6), Average – 51.60, Strike Rate – 92.81 Field: DNB, 2 catches |
Australia Won the series with 4-1 |
Man of the match awards
| S No | Against | Venue | Date | Match Performance | Result |
| 1 | England | MCG, Melbourne | 12th January, 2014 | DNB; 121 (128 deliveries: 12×4) | Australia won by 6 wickets. |
| 2 | England | MCG, Melbourne | 14th February, 2015 | 135 (128 deliveries: 12×4, 3×6); DNB, 1 catch | Australia won by 111 runs. |
Twenty20 International awards
Man of the match awards
| # | Series | Season | Against | Match Performance | Result |
| 1 | Australia in England | 2010/11 | England | 53* (33 deliveries: 4×4, 2×6); DNB, 1 catch | Australia won by 4 runs. |
| 2 | Australia in England | 2013 | England | 156 (63 deliveries: 11×4, 14×6); DNB | Australia won by 39 runs. |
| 3 | ICC World Twenty20 | 2014 | Bangladesh | DNB; 71 (45 deliveries: 7×4, 4×6) | Australia won by 7 wickets. |
Favorite Things
| Hobbies | Playing golf and cooking |
| Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
| Favourite Batsman | Batsman: Mark Waugh and Virender Sehwag
Bowler: Mitchell Johnson |
| Favourite Food | Gnocchi |
| Favourite Actor | Gerard Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jim Carrey and Les Hill |
| Salary (2020) | ₹ 44,000,000(IPL) |
| TOTAL IPL INCOME | ₹ 230,933,200 |
| Net Worth | $84Million |
NTERNATIONAL CENTURIES
One Day International centuries
| Aaron Finch’s One Day International centuries | |||||||
| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
| 1 | 148 | 8 | Scotland | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | The Grange Club | 2013 | Won |
| 2 | 121 | 19 | England | Melbourne, Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2014 | Won |
| 3 | 109 | 22 | England | Perth, Australia | WACA Ground | 2014 | Lost |
| 4 | 102 | 25 | South Africa | Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 2014 | Lost |
| 5 | 109 | 34 | South Africa | Canberra, Australia | Manuka Oval | 2014 | Won |
| 6 | 135 | 42 | England | Melbourne, Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2015 | Won |
| 7 | 107 | 56 | India | Canberra, Australia | Manuka Oval. | 2016 | Won |
Twenty20 International centuries
| Aaron Finch’s Twenty20 International centuries | |||||||
| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
| 1 | 156 | 7 | England | Southampton, England, United Kingdom | Rose Bowl | 2013 | Won |
CAREER BEST PERFORMANCES
| Batting | ||||
| Score | Fixture | Venue | Season | |
| ODI | 148 | Australia v Scotland | Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | 2013 |
| T20I | 156 | Australia v England | Rose Bowl, Southampton | 2013 |
| FC | 288* | Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders | Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney | 2015/16 |
| LA | 154 | Victoria v Queensland | Gabba, Brisbane | 2012/13 |
| T20 | 156 | Australia v England | Rose Bowl, Southampton | 2013 |
