Former Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from international cricket.
Opening batter Finch, 36, was Australia’s T20 captain, having retired from one-day internationals in September.
He represented Australia in five Tests, 146 one-day internationals and 103 T20s, leading them to their first T20 World Cup title in 2021.
Finch said it had been “incredible honour” to play for Australia.
“Realising that I won’t be playing on until the next T20 World Cup in 2024, now is the right moment step down and give the team time to plan and build towards that event,” he said.
Finch is Australia’s highest runscorer in men’s T20s, with 3,120, which puts him sixth in the all-time rankings. He hit two centuries in T20 internationals, finishing with an average of 34.28 and a strike rate of 142.53.
He scored 5,401 runs in ODIs at an average of 39.13, including 17 centuries, and was part of the Australia squad who won the 2015 50-over World Cup.
“Team success is what you play the game for and the maiden T20 World Cup win in 2021 and lifting the ODI World Cup on home soil in 2015 will be the two memories I cherish the most,” he added.
“To be able to represent Australia for 12 years and play with and against some of the greatest players of all time has been an incredible honour.”
Finch has the highest individual score in men’s T20 internationals - 172 off 76 balls against Zimbabwe in 2018 - beating his own record at the time of 156 against England in 2013.
Only India’s Rohit Sharma (182) and New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (173) have hit more than Finch’s 125 sixes in T20 internationals.