“I got sent some new bats, so I’ve been walking around the lounge room and waving them around. It feels okay,” Finch further said.
Australia's batsman Aaron Finch. (Photo: AFP)
Australian opener Aaron Finch, who has injured his fingers during in the second innings of the Perth Test match, said on Sunday that the only way he can miss out on the Boxing Day Test is if someone were to “cut off” his finger.
With the massive 146-run win over India in the second Test match, Australia levelled the ongoing four-match Test series 1-1. The third match of the series will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground starting Thursday, 27 December.
Speaking about his injury, Finch said, “It was a bit of a shock, just the initial pain was the thing that got me. It felt like it was going to explode, which was quite funny. I think just being hit a few times in the last month, a couple times by Starcy (Mitchell Starc) at training then Shami out in the game, but it’s also an old break.”
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“I broke the same finger in Sri Lanka a couple of years ago, so I’ve got to start either catching them or use my bat instead of my gloves. It was up there (as the most painful). I think snapping my hamstring tendon (in April 2015) was probably the most over the last few years,” Finch added.
However, the stylish 32-year-old batsman is adamant to play the Boxing Day Test against India after he was cleared by Australia’s medical team.
“With a Boxing Day Test, being from Victoria (state), it’s going to have to be cut off (not to play),” Finch said. “It’s going to be a catch and bat today and reassess, but it feels like it’s improved 100 per cent over the last couple of days.”
“I got sent some new bats, so I’ve been walking around the lounge room and waving them around. It feels okay,” Finch further said.
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