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Cricket: Skipper Finch under injury cloud ahead of opening T20 match

Australia’s Twenty20 hierarchy will soon devise contingency plans to appoint a stand-in captain amid regular skipper Aaron Finch’s battle with injury.

Finch is confident back spasms which in turn created a side strain will ease in time for him to play in Sunday’s opening T20 international against Sri Lanka in Adelaide.

But Finch says team leadership will meet later on Friday to discuss a back-up plan, with joint vice-captains Pat Cummins and Alex Carey in the frame to step in.

“We will talk about that today,” Finch told reporters on Friday.

The two guys who are vice-captain, Alex and Pat, are both well placed to do it … will have no issues stepping in if need be.”

Finch was hurt in Victoria’s opening Sheffield Shield game and missed the next Shield match and also last Wednesday’s one-dayer against WA.

“It was a bit of a back spasm and that started to get better and I felt a bit of a twinge in my side,” he said.

“As a result, I had a scan last Friday in Perth and (it found) just a little tear there.

“I’m still confident I will be right Sunday.”

The opening batsman said he would test his injury at Australian training later Friday and again on Saturday.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a long-term injury anyway regardless, it’s feeling better and better every day,” Finch said.

“It will just be a case of having a hit today, assessing how it goes, and having a hit tomorrow and keep reassessing each day.”

Sunday’s Adelaide Oval fixture is the opening match of a three-game T20 series against the Sri Lankans, with games in Brisbane on Wednesday and in Melbourne next Friday.

The Australians then host Pakistan in a three-match T20 series with games on November 3, November 5 and November 8.

-AAP

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