Aaron Finch's Captaincy Under Scrutiny After T20 Series Loss Against New Zealand

Critics led by former great Mark Waugh have questioned Aaron Finch's ability to captain Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup after another failure during their New Zealand tour. World number two Au

"His job is to score runs... no batsman is immune from being dropped when you're not scoring runs, doesn't matter if you're captain or not," Waugh, now a pundit, told Fox Cricket.

Finch, 34, also failed to fire in the recent Big Bash League, averaging just 13.8, and he failed to attract any bids in the Indian Premier League auction.

"Finch is running out of chances to book his ticket to this year's T20 World Cup in India," Sydney Morning Herald cricket writer Andrew Wu said.

The Australian newspaper's Peter Lalor contrasted Finch's 12 runs off 14 balls in Dunedin with Stoinis' 78 from 37 and rookie batsman Josh Philippe's 45 from 32.

"They're both down the order to accommodate Finch; all they really did was show him up," he wrote.

Lalor said Finch's poor run "means he's only being picked right now for being a great captain and fabulous bloke".

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell did not address Finch's role directly but did nominate potential replacements as captain, saying Pat Cummins, Alex Carey and Moises Henriques could all do the job.