Very harsh on Finch, you blokes.
Over 5000 runs at a shade under 40 is an absolute top shelf career. Has the 4th most 100s for Australia in ODIs.
That's an all time great.
White ball cricket. Which is literally flat track cricket. I won't get in to how much easier it is opening in that format, but a comparison with his red ball numbers proves my point.
(Actually, just to get into opening a little, Glenn Maxwell has opened twice in T20Is, for scores of 145* off 65 balls and 66 off 29 - 211 runs for once out off a total of 94 balls. The one time he opened in an ODI he scored 51* off 35. But his mate Finch prefers to bat him at 7 or 8.)
Finch was a destructive player when set and the ball wasn't doing anything. Took advantage of field restrictions early, murdered (non-)spinners later. But I've never seen a top order player bowled through the gate so much (not even Greg Blewett) or LBW, or caught at mid-off.
As a Maxwell fan, his deliberate limiting of opportunity smacked of the type of jealousy that can happen in cricket teams (batsmen are selfish) and seems to be directed at Maxwell particularly (compare how many chances Mitch Marsh has had both at test level and to bat high in the order in flat track cricket).
Maybe the Maxwell treatment wasn't Finch's call but a directive from above (hi JL).
No doubt Finch had a great white ball career, and seems to have been a pretty good captain other than the Maxi misuse.