Aaron Finch has no chance of losing Australian cricket captaincy according to George Bailey
Juan J. Monroe 
Aaron Finch’s position as captain of Australia’s white ball teams is not in jeopardy despite his recent shaky form with the bat.
Coaches chairman George Bailey insists Aaron Finch is the right man to continue leading Australia’s white ball teams despite his recent shaky form with the bat.
Test superstar Usman Khawaja is unlikely to join Finch in the limited overs setup despite his own recent form, admitting he ‘stopped caring’ about white-ball cricket when he was abruptly sent off from the side of the ODI in 2019.
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Finch was dismissed for a duck twice in Australia’s three ODIs against Pakistan and averaged just under 16 points in the recent T20I series against Sri Lanka.
Just when his place in the team began to be threatened, Finch scored a crucial 55 points in the one-off T20I against Pakistan to silence his critics for the time being.
Bailey said on Friday he still had faith in Finch to lead Australia through this year’s T20 World Cup and the white ball leg of the upcoming Sri Lanka tour.
“He said himself he would have liked to contribute more…he would like to score more points,” Bailey said.
“We have so much cricket from now until this T20 World Cup and the build-up to the one-day World Cup that he has a great opportunity and probably now some time to focus… on a few little technical things that he wants to work on, which is great.
Bailey said Finch’s leadership remains crucial for the team.
“The leadership he provides, the way the T20 squad and the one day squad has built, we’re starting to get a good buy-in to how we want to play on the back of how the team played in this T20 World Cup,” he said.
“I’m confident that Finchy will come in well and shoot before and including the World Cup.”
A return to whiteball cricket is not on Khawaja’s radar, with the superstar hitter admitting he ‘didn’t bother’ to ask if he would be considered for a recall.
After brilliant performances in the Ashes and Pakistan, Khawaja was one of 20 players to be offered a contract with Cricket Australia for 2022-23, but has not played limited overs cricket for Australia since. 2019 when he was sensationally dropped from the ODI side.
“The last time I was sacked from the white ball team I was over 50 on average and I think I was the second or third top scorer this calendar year for ball cricket white,” he said on Friday.
“After that happened I pretty much stopped caring, to be honest. If they want to choose me, they can choose me. If they don’t, my head isn’t really there.
“I love playing for Australia, I’m always ready to play, but I guess from the past and seeing what happened in the past in white ball cricket, it was quite disappointing.
“I am still very fortunate and fortunate to be able to play Test cricket and for Queensland at home. For now, I’m just focusing on what’s in front of me, what’s in front of me, and what I actually have.
“If any of the other stuff comes up, I’d love to do it. I just don’t really think about anything that I don’t have in front of me here and now.
