Finch echoes Warner's thoughts on Sri Lankan tracks

A day after David Warner critisied the tracks prepared during the One-Day International series in Sri Lanka, Aaron Finch came out in support of his captain and termed the pitches as 'ordinary tracks'.

"It has been a tough tour. We haven't been given good wickets in the ODI series as well. They've laid out some ordinary wickets," Finch said on Thursday (September 1). "It can be quite frustrating as a batsmen because when you look over there's a beautiful batting track two strips away.
 
"What could have been a really high scoring game but they used the same one. It's home conditions so I guess they can do that, so it was nice to win the series when there are a lot things that are working against you."
 
Finch acknowledged that these had been the toughest conditions he has encountered in his career. "It has to be close," he said. "West Indies wasn't easy but that had a lot to do with the weather and tacky wickets. This has been as hard as I have seen it. They've been tough and have been grinding wickets."
 
Finch cantered to a 19-ball 55 to help Australia seal the series with a six-wicket win and seal the five-match series. Finch was 49 off 15 balls and needed a single to equal the record for the fastest fifty in ODIs. However, he missed the delivery and couldn't equal the feat.
 
Finch revealed he wasn't aware of the record. "I had no idea," he said. I think three Victorians have got it now. I was disappointed not to beat Maxi (Glenn Maxwell). Back when he was a revolutionary of the game, he was someone who played the game in a modern day way.
 
"I had no idea what the record was until it came up on the big screen. My job is to get the team off to a fast start with the new ball. These are not the conditions where you consolidate with the new ball and then build your innings. It's tough conditions out there."