Aaron Finch heaps praises on David Warner

Aaron Finch and David Warner are arguably the best openers not only in Australia but the world at the moment. While they have attempted to dislodge each other from their respective positions on the table, they are compatriots before competitors. In more recent news, Aaron Finch has heaped a plethora of praise on David Warner stating that the latter gets runs in the big games including Test matches.

Talking to Cricbuzz, the player said, “Davy Warner is one of the best two-or-three batters in the world. His record is outstanding, he gets runs in big games when a Test match is on the line. He gets big hundreds and wins games,” Finch observed. “I think that’s one way he probably has single-handedly helped other T20 players understand that if he can do it… they can too. Obviously, he is an unbelievable player… but if he can do it, there is no doubt that players can come through the T20 and ODI ranks to do well in Tests. We saw George Bailey do it as well in Australia during the Ashes (in 2013-14).”

About Test cricket in recent times, he said, “The way Test cricket is played these days, so aggressive. We see teams scoring 350-400 in a day. It makes the game attractive to watch. Makes the public come out and take note because it’s exciting from ball one. I turned up to watch the boxing day Test in 2015 and Australia were none for 40 after four overs… that didn’t happen too often in the past”

“That is something I would love to do but I’m not going to put so much pressure on myself because, when you do that, you forget to have fun in the game. You look too far ahead and forget to have the fun and forget about the enjoyment you had when you were six years old growing up playing cricket, for the love of it. Joe (Burns) has done fantastically well. He came in under quite a bit of pressure because Rogers obviously was very consistent. So they are obviously big shoes to fill. He played beautifully against New Zealand in their own conditions. He’s got that position in his own hands at the moment. He’s played unbelievably well. So for me, personally, I just have to keep making runs, wherever I can – in England, Australia or at the IPL… whatever the competition,” added the Aussie opener.

He also added that he had indeed learnt a lot from RCB’s deadly duo, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers.

He added, “In Royal Challengers Bangalore, we have two of the all-time greats Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. So to just sit down and have a chat with them about cricket, it’s amazing. That’s what the IPL has done for players like myself.”

The right-hander revealed, “We get to talk about and play spin more. And there are some outstanding spinners. Young guys coming through, even the old guys like Pravin Tambe are very good. It was just about playing more in the nets. Talking to players about tactics and about how can I score against certain type of bowlers. Ravindra Jadeja and these guys helping me out with my game, it is just great.”

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