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Friday, Jun 13, 2025
Finch, who has captained Australia 54 times in his 145 one-day matches, will continue to lead the country's Twenty20 side including at this year's World Cup.
Thousands of local fans donned the yellow that the Australian team wears in limited overs cricket as they flocked to the R Premadasa Stadium on Friday after a social media campaign called on them to pay tribute to the tourists.
Coming into the T20 World Cup, critics were targetting Warner for his below-par performance in the Indian Premier League.
Australia had lost five T20I series on the trot heading into the World Cup.
Finch felt there was little to choose between Australia and New Zealand.
Bangladesh innings fell like house of cards as neither the batters could contend with the Australian pacers nor they negotiated the spinners well and were all out for just 74 in 15 overs.
Warner hasn't played a T20I for Australia since September 2020, missing the last 14 matches across four series due to various reasons.
Smith said he has learnt to live with the damage caused to his career and reputation by the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.
Finch, who has spent the majority of the last nine months in quarantine, bubbles or government-imposed lockdowns, suggested Cricket Australia must consider a way out to manage multi-format players in the current circumstances.
The 32-year-old Australian batsman took the remark sportingly and told Harry that he had been playing for eight years at the highest level.
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