Australia captain Aaron Finch will play his 146th and final One-Day International when the Aussies face New Zealand at 2.20pm AEST.
The out-of-form skipper announced he would retire from ODI cricket after this third and final match of the series, hoping to go out with a victory that would seal a clean sweep.
The 35-year-old has struck just one half-century from 13 innings this year and been sent packing for a duck five times.
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“Being a bit over 12 months out from the 50-over World Cup, I thought the timing was right now,” Finch said.
“It’s important that whoever takes over the captaincy from now, whoever opens the batting from now is given the best opportunity to take the team forward and win the World Cup in 2023.
“I’m very comfortable and very confident that I wouldn’t have made it that far.”
He will continue to lead the men’s T20 side.
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