Cricket-Finch on track to lead Australia at T20 World Cup after knee surgery


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 13 Aug 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Third Twenty20 International - Australia v India - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia - December 8, 2020 Australia's Aaron Finch walks off after being caught by India's Hardik Pandya off the bowling of Washington Sundar REUTERS/Loren Elliott

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's short format captain Aaron Finch is on track to lead the team at the Twenty20 World Cup in October and November after undergoing surgery on his right knee, Cricket Australia said on Friday.

The 34-year-old opener sustained the knee injury at St Lucia https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-cricket-odi-win-aus-idUKKBN2EQ003 last month on a short format tour of West Indies and was flown home to have surgery after undergoing 14 days of quarantine.

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