Aaron Finch was having trouble seeing the ball since the Indian Premier League 2020.
Australia's limited-overs captain Aaron Finch underwent eye surgery to correct blurry vision ahead of the white-ball tour of West Indies. Finch noticed the problem during last year's Indian Premier League (IPL).
The 34-year-old had more issues under the lights but he continued playing till the T20I series against New Zealand in March, earlier this year. Finch tried out contact lenses but he wasn't feeling comfortable with them.
"I noticed it during the IPL. One day it just sorts of changed, and it turned out to get a little bit worse," Finch told reporters in Brisbane, describing how he was seeing "halos around lights and a bit of a trail on the ball".
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"It was just bloody blurry, which isn't ideal as a batsman in international cricket. I tried contact (lenses), and couldn't get them right... they just wouldn't sit right in my eye.
"After New Zealand, we thought that was the best time to be able to get it done. It was about a three-week process and it was really smooth."
Australia will be playing a five-match T20I series against West Indies, which starts on July 10 in St Lucia. It will be followed by a three-match ODI series from July 21.
Finch is not having any problem seeing the ball after the eye surgery. But he wants to see how well it works under the lights in a day-night mach.
"I'm seeing them (balls) pretty good now. I've only being hitting them indoors on hard wickets," he said. "I think the biggest test will come in night matches, that's when I noticed the biggest difference in my eyesight."
(With AFP Inputs)