Australia limited-overs captain Aaron Finch has conceded that his Test career appears over, saying it is unrealistic for him to play red ball cricket again.
Finch, who is in England for three ODIs and as many T20 games series, said he may not get enough first class games to stake claim for a spot in the Australian Test side.
He though is keen to compete in Test cricket one last time before hanging his boots.
“In terms of red-ball cricket, I don’t think it’s realistic to play Test cricket again,” Finch was quoted as saying cricket.Com.Au.
“Just based on two things: the amount of opportunity to play four-day cricket and force a claim, I think, is going to be really limited; and also the young batters coming through, there are some seriously good players in Australia, especially top-order batters.”
Finch has played only five Tests in his career while he has featured in 126 ODIs and 61 T20Is.
“The talent depth is really, really strong at the moment so I don’t think that’s an opportunity to be honest,” he said.