After more than a decade representing the Australian national team, Aaron Finch brought down the curtains on a career that yielded more than 8,000 runs across all formats. Revered throughout his distinguished career, a clearly emotional Finch, accompanied by wife Amy, and their baby daughter, Esther, took a stroll down the MCG for a final time with an official Cricket Australia polo on. 

Having bid farewell to the limited overs format last year, Finch has now shut the door on T20 international cricket, bearing a glittering career as a batsman and captain in the sport’s shortest format. “The time is right to let the T20 team move on to a new phase,” he said, confirming his decision to the media at the MCG on Tuesday morning. ”It’s been an amazing journey. I’m very grateful and thankful.”