Australian speedster Mitchell Starc has said that if Aaron Finch won’t be there for the upcoming three-match ODI series in Barbados starting July 21, the team will give their support to the stand-in skipper as well. Notably, Finch has sustained a right-knee problem while playing in the final T20I against West Indies on July 16.
And, if he is in doubt for the ODI series, questions will be there for the captaincy as well. Meanwhile, the options for captaincy are Alex Carey, who was the vice-captain in Australia’s last ODI series against India in 2020, and Matthew Wade, who led Australia in the Sydney T20I against India last year as well. Along with them, there are other players too – Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques and Mitchell Marsh.
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“It makes for an interesting question. We’ve got Alex there, Josh Hazlewood was vice captain for a period of time there, Matthew Wade has captained before, Moises has captained plenty of games in the past, so you’ve got plenty of guys with leadership experience. Wade said it the other day, it makes it easier captaining in international cricket when guys know their roles. If Finch was to miss, I’m sure whoever takes on the role will do a good job and we’ll get behind them,” Mitchell Starc was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
However, Starc said that the senior players are guiding the inexperienced bowlers in the team as well. His comments came as the pace bowlers like Wes Agar, Riley Meredith and leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson are yet to play the 50-over format as well.
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“It naturally comes about chatting around training and off the field. It’s the nature of these hubs — you can’t really leave the hotel so you spend a bit more time together as a group. Whether it be chatting after play or chatting through days around the hotel. We’ve got guys who have got a little bit of experience in international cricket now. For Josh, Zamps and I are potentially playing a bit more white-ball cricket than the rest. You keep yourself accessible to them and check how they’re going around training. Those ongoing discussions happen quite naturally anyway around a cricket tour,” concluded Mitchell Starc.
