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Australia white ball captain Aaron Finch announces baby joy in Instagram post with wife Amy

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Australia limited overs captain Aaron Finch and wife Amy have announced they’re expecting their first child, a baby girl.

The 34-year-old returned on Monday from Australia’s Twenty20 tour of New Zealand, which they lost 3-2 after being 2-0 early in the series.

Following a lean start to the series, Amy revealed she was on the receiving end of vicious social media trolling due to Aaron’s form.

However the skipper finished the series superbly, with scores of 69, 79 not out and 36, and has returned home to much more social media love after sharing their news.

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“Our little family is growing... and no, it’s not another rescue dog this time! Baby girl Finch is on the way and due September,” Amy wrote.

Aaron added: “Our family of four is about to become five, with the addition of a little baby girl 💞 We are beyond excited and can’t wait to meet our princess!”

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The post was flooded with comments from notable celebrities, overjoyed for the popular couple.

“Love this news, congratulations guys,” Geelong Cats captain Joel Selwood wrote.

“Congratulations Finchys! Beautiful news xxx,” Rebecca Judd wrote.

Judd’s son Oscar is an enormous fan of Finch’s, with the star opener regularly sending him signed jerseys.

“The best news this years!! Congrats to you both. ❤️,” Candice Warner wrote, the wife of Finch’s opening batting partner David.

Former Australia quick Peter Siddle, Rachel Khawaja, Brit Selwood and Jess Langer were among the other friends to share kind words on the couple’s social media announcement posts.

Aaron and Amy married in Ballarat in April 2018, just days before he jetted off to the Indian Premier League to link up with Kings XI Punjab.

Cricket Australia has confirmed Finch will lead Australia at October’s T20 World Cup, which is due to be staged in India.

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