Matthew Wade Expected To Captain Australia In ODIs In Aaron Finch’s Absence

Matthew Wade Will Wait For His Opportunity And Lead Australia In The ODIs If Aaron Finch Doesn’t Play

Aaron Finch, Mitchell Marsh, and Matthew Wade were the three bright spots for the Australian team in their otherwise dismal outing in the preceding T20I series. The visitors lost four matches and only won one due to Mitchell Marsh’s all-around brilliance in both batting and bowling departments of the game. Throughout the series, it was the home team’s batting line-up that prevailed over Australia.

But the ODI is a different format and is Australia’s stronger suit compared to the other two formats. Although the Men in Yellow would have wanted Aaron Finch to open the innings, he seemed to be in searing pain while running between the wickets, after he twisted the ankle. Matthew Wade is willing to step as a leader and also as a batsman in the three-match ODI series against West Indies.

“It’s a bit of a moving thing, the vice-captaincy. Going forward in the one-dayers I have no idea what will happen there. I am probably not expecting to play, especially if Finchy plays, but if he doesn’t there might be an opportunity for me to play,” cricket.com.au quoted Wade as saying.

“I came over here thinking I would play the T20s and I wouldn’t play the ODIs. I think some of the younger guys would get some opportunities to play them which is fair enough, I’ve been around a long time now. But if Finchy doesn’t come up there might be an opportunity to play, so we’ll wait and see,” he added.

Mitchell Marsh top-scored with 219 runs in the 5 T20Is against West Indies averaging 43.8 besides picking up 8 scalps averaging a mere 11.

Matthew Wade Feels There Are Moises Henriques, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, And Josh Hazlewood Available As Men With Captaincy Potential

Apart from Matthew Wade, there are Moises Henriques, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood, who the wicketkeeper-batter feels are good as leaders too. Matthew Wade has not been part of the ODI setup for Australia, as the team has preferred Alex Carey for the last two years. He though stepped up as a leader for Aaron Finch when he missed one T20I game last summer.

“I love to captain whenever I get an opportunity. I captained in the T20s (against India last summer), and we’ve got plenty of different leaders here,” said Wade.

“Moises is a really good leader, Adam Zampa is getting better and better, ‘Starcy’ and ‘Hoff’ (Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood) go about their thing,” Wade concluded.