Finch concedes he's going through a lean patch; hopes to fix it before T20 World Cup

Melbourne, May 30 (IANS) Australia's white-ball skipper Aaron Finch has conceded to going through a lean patch with the bat but hopes the busy schedule leading up to the ICC T20 World Cup at home later this year will help him return to form."It's been a reasonably lean patch. I've been through that plenty of times in my career. At times, you go through stages where you get a heap runs in a hurry and then go through some lean patches," Finch was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au on Monday.The 35-year-old cricketer's poor form has persisted since the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE late last year. He managed scores of 23, 0 and 0 in three One-day Internationals Australia played against Pakistan in March-April this year, but finished the tour with a 55 in the one-off T20I.Poor form continued to dog him in IPL 2022 as well, where turning out for two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders, he managed 86 runs in five innings.The right-handed batter is now working on his technique in a bid to recapture his best."I think my technique started to get a little bit too open," Finch said, when reminded about the two ducks he got in the sub-continent, both time getting out LBW. "When you're worried about the ball swinging back in your front pad, you can tend to open up which then has a bit of a flow-on effect. I just lost the ability to transfer my weight back through the ball... but (I'm working on) squaring up my technique (through) my hips and shoulders and feet."With such a busy schedule of cricket, there's a lot of time to be able to able to build and I suppose get back into the groove. It'd be really nice to try and get some big runs and keep everyone off my back for a little while," he added.
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