Aaron Finch
AJ Finch is an Australian batter who has represented Australia Cricket across 247 matches and played domestic cricket for franchises spanning the BBL, IPL, T20 Blast and beyond. His primary format is the One-Day International, where he has played 139 matches and scored 5,188 runs at an average of 38.72. Across all formats combined, Finch has accumulated 15,957 runs from 495 appearances at an overall average of 35.38. His most recent appearances have come in the 2023-24 BBL season and the inaugural Major League Cricket competition, though scores in that stretch have been modest, with a highest of 33 against Sydney Sixers in December 2023.

2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Sunrisers Hyderabad · All-Rounder
Recent form
Across his last 10 appearances, spanning the BBL and Major League Cricket, Finch's highest score was 33 from 31 balls against Sydney Sixers in December 2023, with several innings failing to reach doub
Strongest format
One-Day International — Finch's ODI record of 5,188 runs at 38.72 from 139 matches is his best batting average across any format he has played in significant volume. His 139
Career stats overview
5 Test · 139 ODI · 351 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
5 matches
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
139 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
351 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
Nearly 16,000 career runs across all formats
Finch has accumulated 15,957 runs from 495 matches at a batting average of 35.38. That volume of output across ODIs, T20s and limited Test cricket marks him as one of the more prolific accumulators in the modern era of the game.
ODIs are his primary format. 5,188 runs at 38.72
Across 139 One-Day Internationals, Finch averages 38.72 with a strike rate of 86.61. His ODI returns are his best in terms of batting average among the formats he has played most regularly, making it the competition where he has historically contributed most consistently.
Outstanding record at The Oval. Average of 66.16
In 27 matches at The Oval, Finch averages 66.16 at a strike rate of 150.72, producing 1,257 runs. Those figures stand well clear of his returns at any other ground in the dataset and will be of particular interest to followers of his Surrey appearances.
Strong head-to-head record against England
Over 45 matches against England Cricket, Finch has scored 1,973 runs at an average of 48.12 and a strike rate of 106.71. That is his highest batting average against any of the major international sides he has faced regularly.
T20 Blast offers his best T20 returns
In 57 T20 Blast appearances, Finch averages 43.06 at a strike rate of 158.76, scoring 2,067 runs. Both figures exceed his numbers in the BBL and IPL, suggesting English T20 conditions have suited his approach particularly well.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams AJ Finch has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
India
- Matches
- 52
- Runs
- 2,057
- Wickets
- 2
England
- Matches
- 45
- Runs
- 1,973
South Africa
- Matches
- 34
- Runs
- 1,071
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 939
Pakistan
- Matches
- 29
- Runs
- 1,152
- Wickets
- 2
New Zealand
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 451
Melbourne Stars
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 621
- Wickets
- 2
West Indies
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 402
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where AJ Finch has turned out most often.
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
- Matches
- 45
- Runs
- 1,564
- Wickets
- 3
Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 36
- Runs
- 1,265
- Wickets
- 1
The Oval, London
- Matches
- 27
- Runs
- 1,257
Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 917
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 601
Adelaide Oval
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 300
Bellerive Oval
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 477
Manuka Oval
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 503
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
AJ Finch's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.
Photo credits (1)
- Aaron Finch — photo by Supun47, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source