Australia opener Matt Renshaw suffered a nasty blow to the helmet during their practice game against Pakistan A, but Aaron Finch admitted that he was in good spirits.
Meanwhile, the incident took place when Renshaw tried to avoid a powerful shot while fielding at the forward short leg. Australia requested to have him replaced on the field with Marnus Labuschange, which Pakistan A agreed to.
However, Aaron Finch has admitted that Matt Renshaw is recovering well and is in good spirits.
“He’s okay, obviously a pretty heavy knock,” said Aaron Finch. “He’s been with the medical staff all afternoon, but he seems in really good spirits and they’re confident that his headaches and things like that are subsiding pretty quickly,” he added.
Renshaw didn’t get the opportunity to bat after copping up the blow on his head. But three Australian batsmen used the opportunity to good effect. Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, and Mitchell Marsh scored half-centuries helped Australia to 207/2 in response to Pakistan A’s 278.
Finch to make his Test debut
For the 31-year-old Finch, it was his first innings in Australia whites. Although it was not a Test match, showed credentials to be successful in the longer format of the game. Aaron Finch revealed that the key was to play his own game and make a few adjustments according to the conditions.
“Batting was nice to get away after training for best part of the week and doing the hard yards,” he said. “It’s about playing my natural game, which is quite aggressive. I think trying to put pressure back on the opposition. In this kind of conditions, if you’re going nowhere and the scoreboard stands still for a long time, you could be a sitting duck.
It’s still about playing my natural game and temper that slightly with the conditions and with the wicket. So I think it’s important we keep playing the conditions as well as we can,” Aaron Finch concluded.