What Finch will miss most after golden career

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As Aaron Finch reflected connected his fantastic one-day planetary vocation pursuing his farewell lucifer successful Cairns, Australia's limited-overs skipper revealed sharing a brew with mates successful the alteration country aft a triumph was what he'd miss the most.

The retiring skipper was a definite stake to descend immoderate beers aft Australia rounded out a 3-0 bid whitewash implicit New Zealand with a 25-run triumph connected Sunday.

He'll proceed to skipper Australia's T20 side, and hopes to pb his troops to consecutive 20-over World Cup titles crossed October and November, but he's drawn the curtain connected a magnificent 146-match ODI career.

"It's been a amusive thrust ... I've loved each spot of it," Finch said astatine Sunday's post-match ceremony.

"To person a just spot of squad occurrence on the mode is what you play for, and I deliberation sitting astir having a brew with your mates successful the alteration country aft you triumph a crippled oregon a bid is the happening that I'll miss the most."

Finch's painstaking signifier slump continued connected Sunday erstwhile the opener was bowled by Kiwi speedy Tim Southee for five, leaving Australia stumbling astatine 2-16.

But Steve Smith (105 runs from 131 balls) and Marnus Labuschagne (52 from 78) combined for a concern of 118 to revive the hosts' innings.

Australia posted 5-267 earlier bowling New Zealand retired for 242 successful the 50th implicit of the Kiwis' innings.

The Australians defeated New Zealand by 2 wickets successful the archetypal lucifer of the series, 113 runs successful the 2nd crippled and 25 runs connected Sunday, ensuring Finch departed ODI cricket successful winning fashion.

Finch's household was astatine Cairn's Cazalys Stadium for his swansong, which the 35-year-old described arsenic "very special".

"They've sacrificed truthful overmuch passim their full beingness for maine to beryllium capable to execute thing that I lone could imagination astir arsenic a kid," Finch said.

"I volition ever beryllium indebted to them for the countless hours successful the car arsenic a kid, the hours sitting astir astatine cricket grooming ... I'm ever grateful for that.

"I privation to convey everyone. The unit that we've had on the mode close from the start, my captains that I've had, everyone done nine cricket, each the players. I mean, you marque it specified a peculiar clip for a player.

"I couldn't beryllium much thankful of my woman and family, (and) the enactment that they've fixed maine implicit a agelong play of time.

"My career's had plentifulness of ups and downs, and to ever person the enactment of the alteration country is thing that I've loved and felt my full career. So I'll ever beryllium indebted to everyone that I played with for their unwavering support."

Australia is present acceptable to conscionable India successful 3 T20s successful Mohali, Nagpur and Hyderabad.

T20 bid successful Australia against the West Indies and England volition follow, earlier Australia's 20-over World Cup run begins successful a clash with New Zealand astatine the SCG connected October 22.

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