Aaron James Finch is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who plays for Victoria

Victorian Bushrangers

The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...

. A right-handed batsman, he played in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. Finch is a middle order batsman, but has been used up the order when playing for club side Geelong. Finch got his opportunity in the State side in the 2009/10 season. He hit his maiden first class ton against Tasmania at the MCG. He was involved in a 212 run stand for the 3rd wicket with David Hussey

David Hussey

David John Hussey is an Australian cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batsman and can also bowl right-arm offbreaks. He is the younger brother of Australian Test cricketer Michael Hussey.-Australian domestic career:...

. He was eventually out caught behind for 102.

Aaron Finch made a promising start to the 2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20

2010 Champions League Twenty20

The 2010 Champions League Twenty20 was the second edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. The tournament, which was held from 10 to 26 September 2010 in South Africa, featured 10 domestic Twenty20 sides from India, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand,...

 in South Africa, for Victorian Bushrangers. Whilst playing against the Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that plays in the Indian Premier League. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming, a former New Zealand cricketer. The team's home ground is the M. A...

, commentators commented upon a recent interview by one of Finch's teammates who said he believed that Finch has 'test quality batting'. Finch scored 41 runs from just 17 balls in that particular match. He also made a match winning half century later in the tournament.

Finch received "Man of the Match" honours in a Twenty 20 game against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 14 January 2011.

Indian Premier League

He was picked up by the Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League in cricket. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group.-Franchise history:...

 IPL franchise in the 2011 IPL Player Auction for US$300,000.

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