NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final betting tips: Surrey v Birmingham preview
After 7/2 and 14/1 winning tips in the last two T20 Blast quarter-finals, Simon Crawford is backing Aaron Finch to shine with the bat in the last one on Friday.
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There is no doubting that Twenty20 cricket is very much a batsman's game and that's why the likes of Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum have become specialists in the shortest form and now ply their services all round the world.
Another player in that category is big-hitting Australian Aaron Finch who has been such a key part in Surrey reaching the last eight of this season's NatWest T20 Blast.
He really announced himself back in 2013 with a blistering world-record score of 156 for Australia in a T20 international against England at Southampton, in which he plundered 14 maximums and 11 fours.
He has now played for no fewer than six franchises in the Indian Premier League, for the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League and Surrey are his second English county after a previous stint with Yorkshire.
Finch, 30, has formed a powerful opening partnership with England international Jason Roy and they have played a big part in Surrey - first winners of the competition back in 2003 - reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in three seasons after finishing second, behind Glamorgan, in the South Group.
It's Finch who I am siding with in Friday night's last-eight clash with the Birmingham Bears, in which Surrey have home advantage.
The right-hander amassed 450 runs in 12 group games, at an average of 40.9 which is excellent in T20 terms.
But the fact he made those runs from just 266 balls faced - hitting 44 fours and 23 sixes with a strike-rate of 169.17 - shows what a destructive batsman he can be at the top of the order.
Just two weeks ago he made 114 not out from 64 balls against Sussex - including 30 from one David Wiese over - and has been consistent throughout the Blast with other notable scores of 56, 61,39, 33, 40 and 49 to his name.
BetBright are offering a standout 11/4 about Finch being Surrey's top batsman and that looks good value to me.
There will be a big crowd at the Kia Oval for this one, plus the Sky Sports cameras, so it's a big occasion and one I think Finch will rise to.
Where to watch on TV: Sky Sports Cricket (1900 BST start)
Posted at 1530 BST on 24/08/17.
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