Australian skipper Aaron Finch suffered an injury when he sustained a hamstring injury en route to his scintillating fifty, winning the defending champion by 42 runs over Ireland in the T20 World Cup, in Brisbane on Monday. Finch hit a 44-ball 63, but seemed to struggle while running between the wickets in the latter part of his sensational knock as Australia scored 179 for 5. The 35-year-old, who also suffered a hamstring injury in 2016, left the field early in Ireland’s pursuit, which finished at 137 all out in 18.1 overs.
“Really a hammy sting I think, I’m getting a scan tomorrow, I have a history of it. It doesn’t look bad at the moment, but let’s see how it goes after the scan,” Finch said during the presentation after the match .
Singapore-born all-rounder Tim David also spent the entire Irish innings off the field, but Finch said it was “just a bit of suspense, more precaution than anything.” Finch, who was named Player-of-the-Match, said it was a tough course to hit, but he was happy the team was able to put in a good score.
“It was a good performance. Getting 180 was a decent score on that wicket. We knew we had to lay the groundwork early and couldn’t risk falling 4-5 down.
“It wasn’t the easiest wicket, it was a lot slower than we expected. They changed their pace really well and threw a lot of cutters early in the innings, it was hard to get a rhythm and we did well at 180 to get.” ,” he said.
Irish captain Andy Balbirnie praised Lorcan Tucker, who fought to the end with an unbeaten 71 from 48 balls but had no support from the other side.
“The first innings got off to a good start, we bowled well, but a few overs didn’t go the way we wanted and certainly didn’t get the start with the bat, but to show the fight at the end was nice,” he said.
“Looking at the scoreboard we thought it wasn’t against us, again the wickets column was an issue and who knows if anyone would have stayed with Tucker. He’s had a really good World Cup and these wickets here suit him.” With this win, Australia jumped to second place in Group 1 ahead of England with five points from four games to qualify for a spot in the semi-finals. New Zealand leads the group.
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Australia will face Afghanistan in their final group stage match on Friday in Adelaide.
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