Aaron Finch cops reprimand from ICC over ugly incident with umpire
Aaron Finch has copped an official reprimand from the ICC after he was overheard swearing at an umpire during the first T20 against England on Sunday night.
The Aussie captain was left fuming at the umpires during England's innings at Optus Stadium in Perth when he thought he hadn't been given enough time to decided whether to use the DRS.
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England captain Jos Buttler played and missed at a delivery from Cameron Green, with Matthew Wade diving forward to gather the ball.
There was a question put to the umpires about whether Buttler had edged the ball, with Finch also enquiring as to whether the ball carried to Wade on the full.
Finch wanted to wait until the square-leg umpire determined whether the ball carried or not before asking for the DRS, but was left furious when the bowler's end umpire told him the 15 seconds had expired.
"I asked you if it carried and he didn't give you an answer," Finch said to one of the umpires.
When informed that the ball did carry, Finch retorted: "Would have been nice to know inside the 15 f***ing seconds."
Fox Sports commentator Adam Gilchrist was forced to apologise after Finch's language was overheard in the broadcast.
And the ICC has since taken action against the Australian captain, handing him an official reprimand for “use of an audible obscenity during an international match”.
Because it was Finch's first offence in a 24-month period he has escaped a monetary fine, but one demerit point has been added to his record.
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Meanwhile, Finch has confirmed he will return to the top of the order for Wednesday's second match against England in Canberra.
Finch has spent almost his entire T20 international career as opener, but raised eyebrows by batting either at first drop or No.4 over the past three matches.
The move has given Cameron Green more opportunities to open the batting despite the 23-year-old not being in Australia's 15-man World Cup squad.
Finch made scores of 58 and 15 in the recent 2-0 series win over the West Indies, and was run out for 12 while batting at No.4 in Sunday's eight-run loss to England.
The 35-year-old has since revealed will return to his customary opening spot for games two and three against England in Canberra.
"I'll go back to the top next game, which was always the plan," Finch said.
"It was just about giving Greeny more opportunity at the top and trying things ... in case he had to be called into the (World Cup) squad."
Green enjoyed remarkable success as opener during a 2-1 series loss in India last month.
But his return to Australia has been less fruitful, posting scores of just 14, 1, and 1 at the top of the order in his past three innings.
Australia's move to prioritise Green over Steve Smith - who has been left out of the XI for two of the last three matches despite being in the World Cup squad - shows Green will be first cab off the rank should anyone get injured.
England captain Jos Buttler said even he was surprised when Finch didn't open at Optus Stadium.
"It's a good question for them," Buttler said.
"He's opened a lot in T20 cricket and done that really well. But he's obviously got a plan."
Smith appears to be way down the pecking order in Australia's T20 batting stocks and is unlikely to be included in Australia's first-choice XI at the World Cup.
with AAP
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