Aaron Finch has declared he wants to lead Australia's T20 World Cup title defence at home next summer and at the 2023 50-over World Cup despite revealing he had rushed his return from knee surgery to lead his nation to the recent T20 World Cup title in the UAE.
Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis gathered at the MCG on Thursday to celebrate with the trophy having flown home separately from those in Australia's Ashes squad to avoid 14-days hotel quarantine due to different restrictions in Victoria compared to Queensland. The captain revealed he had struggled in the field with his surgically repaired knee throughout the tournament and could be in doubt for the start of the BBL with Melbourne Renegades' first game set for December 7.
But Finch is adamant he wants to continue leading Australia for the next two World Cup campaigns over the next two years.
"If I can get there, absolutely," Finch said. "I probably need a little bit of extra time to get my knee right now. I pushed the rehab really hard and probably paid the price for it a little bit throughout the tournament. So yeah, maybe a little bit more time off at the moment to just make sure I get that right.
"I'll wait and see over the next couple of weeks and not sure when our first game is for the Renegades [against] Adelaide but we'll wait and see to see if I'm right."
Finch has stood down from captaining Melbourne Renegades with new recruit Nic Maddinson taking over for the upcoming BBL season with Finch to play a senior mentoring role. (Cricinfo)
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