After smashing a record 172 runs from 76 balls against Zimbabwe, Aaron Finch took the opportunity to criticize himself for not being able to cement a place in the Test side despite being a regular feature in limited overs cricket for Australia.

Finch’s 172 means that he broke his own record 156 – which he made against England in 2013 – to set the record for the highest individual score in T20I cricket. He is, however, yet to make his debut in Test cricket, which is something that irks him.

“When I was a bit younger I had a chance to be really pushing my case for a few years and I probably had 18-to-24 months of really lean red-ball cricket,” Finch said.

“I was playing good one-day cricket for Australia and I couldn’t put the runs on the board in four-day cricket.”

He, however, added that he is starting to improve his red-ball credentials as he is feeling more comfort playing the longer version of the game in the domestic circuit.

“That was disappointing but I’ve slowly started to build my red-ball game up again and I feel more comfortable playing that now.

“I’ve adapted my game and I’m in a much better position now than I was a few years ago.”

He finally concluded that if he keeps making runs, things will start happening for him in red-ball cricket: “Test cricket will take care of itself if I keep making runs.”