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born 1986 Australia
Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer who previously captained the Australia national cricket team in both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. An opening batter and occasional left arm orthodox spinner, he made his international debut in 2011.
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There's been times during this IPL [2025] where everyone's been critical about teams not having a different gear to go to, so having that base is definitely beneficial.
It's just fascinating to see where the game's gone [since]. But it was just the reality of the times. People were still working out how to go about playing T20 cricket at the start.
I was a good enough player to keep getting picked, or I just wasn't quite good enough to be that one- or two-franchise type player. Of course, I'd have loved to stay at one franchise the whole time.
When you first come in, you want to stamp your captaincy style on the team. I was emotional - far too emotional - when I first started captaining the Melbourne Renegades and then Pune [Warriors].
I was really lucky to play with some players who had a lot of experience around the world, particularly in county cricket, [like] Dave Hussey, Cameron White and Brad Hodge.
I mean, there were celebrities playing in domestic Big Bash games, and the philosophies on the game were very different.
It's always guys trying to tinker with their game between matches or tournaments, or series for their country, where you might get two weeks - and that's not a huge amount of time to be able to change something in your technique to make you better.
I didn't get the balance right when I first started captaincy, and even towards the back end, there were still times when I was an emotional captain.
I was able to compartmentalise.
But that's one part of having a mega-auction every three years. Players probably missed that opportunity to really build a legacy at a club. There's not a huge amount of players that have done it right throughout.
When you come into a new set-up, being a youngster, no one's asking for your opinion, so you're just sitting back and watching everything unfold and forming your own ways to go about things when you do get an opportunity.
It's generally guys at the top of the order, where the ball does move every now and then. It doesn't swing for long, but when it does, it can be extreme in the first one or two overs of a T20 innings, and that's when you're most vulnerable as a player.
It would go to 45, and as the game started to evolve, it was like: if we can get to 60… but don't take any risk. Be none or one down, no more than that at the end of the powerplay.
We had a coach who had a lot of success as a T20 coach - Greg Shipperd - with Victoria, and his philosophy was: if you can get 40 off the first six, none down, you've done your job.
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