Arun Finch announces international retirement

[Burgey]

No surprise really but worth a thread of its own.

Bloke was a great LO player for Australia and did a good job as skipper post-2017 with it. Played some stunning knocks over the years. Also seems a very decent bloke with it. Probably should have gone a year or so earlier, but tbf it takes a while to realise what you think is a slump is actually a genuine decline.

Hope he has a happy retirement and we still see him in some domestic T20 leagues around the place.

 

[honestbharani]

A LO great for sure. Wish him all the best ?

 

[Line and Length]

I agree with all that @Burgey has said about Finch.

 

[TheJediBrah]

His 156 in a T20 against England is possibly the most brutal knock I've seen

 

[_Ed_]

One of my favourite Australian players in recent times. WAG.

 

[Coronis]

Now we just need to get Warner to retire too…

But seriously, great LO player, great career.

 

[CricAddict]

Finch-Warner partnership could be spoken about by future generations like Hobbs-Hutton once T20 becomes the only format of cricket and tests and odis are all gone.

Great player.

 

[Athlai]

I'm beginning to think Cribb may not sim CPL after all

 

[Zinzan]

One of the few Aussie cricketers who seems like a genuinely decent bloke.

 

[Flem274*]

I'm beginning to think Cribb may not sim CPL after all

you should join big pharma

"give me the cure for my c++ cancer athlai!"
"sim cpl"

 

[Athlai]

you should join big pharma

"give me the cure for my c++ cancer athlai!"
"sim cpl"

Cribb would rather die than have a real job.

 

[271 & 16/166]

Maybe get his name right in the title thread Burgey, since he has just retired...just saying..well done Aaron

 

[Burgey]

Maybe stick it.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Biggest head in cricket?

 

[trundler]

One of my favourites. LO great and a close to the best T20 opener ever. Should still make a killing on the T20 circuit for a couple more years.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

We have Retirement thread somewhere
Ya his 156 was finest innings in twenty 20 international for Australia

 

[mr_mister]

He mentioned in his presser he doesn't like the idea of taking up a domestic spot of a potential Australian player so thinks international retirement should also mean shield retirement. for that reason alone he's done with the shield despite still wanting to play. I found that interesting

I guess domestic T20 cricket is a different beast though

 

[Spark]

Really grew on me over the years. Great servant of the game in Australia.