Cricket / Aaron Finch undergoes eye surgery, says 'Vision was bloody blurry'

Cricket Desk: Limited-overs skipper of Australia Aaron Finch revealed in the latest turn of events that he underwent eye surgery to fix his blurry vision. However, the correct extent of his recovery will only be known when he will be up for his next assignment which will be their tour to West Indies next month. Finch is all set to lead his side into the upcoming tour of the Caribbean followed by Bangladesh.

Finch stated that he started observing the problem in his eye in the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League. He added that his problem got worse at night and lenses were not helping him solve his issue. However, he kept on moving with the issue through the Australian summer and even played the T20I series against New Zealand in February-March earlier this year.

“I noticed it during the IPL. One day it just sort of changed, and it turned out to get a little bit worse,” Finch told to a reporter in Brisbane (as quoted by Firstpost) on how he was observing ‘halos around lights and bit of trail on the ball.’

“It was just bloody blurry, which isn’t ideal as a batsman in international cricket. I tried contact (lenses), and couldn’t get them right… they just wouldn’t sit right in my eye. After New Zealand, we thought that was the best time to be able to get it done. It was about a three-week process and it was really smooth,” he added.

I am seeing balls pretty good now: Aaron Finch

Finch hasn’t been part of any game since the New Zealand series. However, he will up in the five T20I games followed by the ODI series and that will be able to tell how successful his surgery has gone. However, he has stated that he is seeing the ball pretty good now and the actual test can only happen at night hours.

“I’m seeing them (balls) pretty good now. I’ve only been hitting them indoors on hard wickets. I think the biggest test will come in night matches, that’s when I noticed the biggest difference in my eyesight,” Finch added.