On last Monday (15th April), Cricket Australia (CA) announced the 15-member Australian squad for the upcoming Cricket World Cup.
2019 ICC Cricket World Cup will be played in England and Wales from 30th May to 14th July. The record five-time World Cup winners Australia will play the upcoming edition as the defending champions.
Australia will begin their new World Cup journey on 1st May when they will face Afghanistan at Bristol.
Let’s check out the career stats of the 15 Australian cricketers who will feature in the forthcoming World Cup.
Aaron Finch
The 32-year-old top-order batsman Aaron Finch will lead the Australian side in the upcoming World Cup. The upcoming edition will be his second World Cup tournament.
Age: 32 years
Role: Captain, Top-order batsman
Batting Style: Right-hand batsman
Bowling Style: Slow left-arm orthodox
Important stats:
(Batting)
| Stats | ODI (from 2013) | World Cup (2015) |
| Matches | 109 | 8 |
| Innings | 105 | 8 |
| Runs scored | 4,052 | 280 |
| Highest Score | 153* | 135 |
| Average | 39.33 | 35.00 |
| Strike rate | 88.16 | 92.10 |
| 100s/50s | 13/21 | 1/1 |
(Bowling)
| Stats | ODI (from 2013) | World Cup (2015) |
| Innings | 17 | – |
| Overs bowled | 41.2 | – |
| Wickets | 3 | – |
| Best bowling in an innings | 1/2 | – |
| Average | 73.00 | – |
| Economy rate | 5.29 | – |
| 4wk/5wk | 0/0 | – |