MELBOURNE: Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch has said he will welcome banned cricketers Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith and David Warner back to the team with ‘open arms’.

“When Davey and Steve are ready to make their [comebacks], be allowed to come back and play cricket for Australia and their states, from my point of view they’ll be welcomed back with open arms,” Finch said. “Whatever’s happened, has happened. The punishment has been dealt. They’ve been working really hard off the field to meet every criteria, and go above and beyond everything that has been asked of them, to come back and play international cricket again.”

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2018