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While Steve Smith is widely regarded as the “Modern-day Bradman,” there was another cricketer who came close to Don Bradman’s batting average. He is none other than the Western Australian legend Adam Voges. In fact, Voges still holds the second-highest batting average in the history of Test cricket for a player with more than 25 Tests (61.88). With a batting average of over 45 in all three formats of the game, Voges goes down as one of the biggest “What Ifs” of cricket as he was good enough to play more internationals.

Nevertheless, the 45-year-old is still one of the most influential figures of WA cricket. After winning two titles for the Perth Scorchers as their captain, Voges then went on to become their head coach, and still holds that position as we speak. The recently-concluded Big Bash League 15 Draft saw the five-time BBL champions choose Finn Allen as their first BBL pre-signing.

During an exclusive interview with Arvind Kalyana Krishnan for CricBlog during the BBL 15 Draft in Melbourne, Adam Voges expressed his excitement over getting the Kiwi batter. He spoke about how Allen has been in superb form in the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025. The opener is currently the leading run-getter of the tournament with 294 runs in just four games. This includes a sensational knock of 151 (51) against Washington Freedom in the season opener, which included 19 sixes.

Further on, Voges also drew light on the World Test Championship 2025 Final. He predicted there will be some changes in the Australian batting unit. After their loss to South Africa in London, a lot of cricket pundits and fans criticised Australia for backing a few aging players, and feel the need for a transition. The Pat Cummins-led side are currently in the Caribbean, and thus, there’s a lot of pressure on the Aussie batters to come good.

Adam Voges interview – Finn Allen at his best is one of the top players in the world

Below is the entire audio and text versions of the conversation between Arvind Kalyana Krishnan and Adam Voges:

Arvind Kalyana Krishnan: So you managed to get Finn Allen back, and with the form he is in, how excited are you to have him?

Adam Voges: Yeah, very excited to have Finn. We’ve seen what he’s been doing in America in the MLC and he’s at his destructive best, I think he’s one of the best players in the world. So yeah, to have Finn come back to the Scorchers for another year we’re very excited.

Arvind Kalyana Krishnan: Yeah, and you’ve played international cricket yourself and have a very good record even now. So as we saw Australia lost the WTC Final and since a lot of people feel that there needs to be a transition. What is your opinion on the current team?

Adam Voges: Yeah, I think the Australian team will be disappointed about the result in the World Test Championship Final and I guess at the end of this block, I think there maybe some opportunities for change and the batting didn’t quite perform in London and with the West Indies series, I think Sam Konstas and Josh Inglis who were on that tour but didn’t play the final will come into consideration. I think the bowling attack is still very solid and those guys are going great but we may see some changes to the batting lineup.

Arvind Kalyana Krishnan: Now that we have the future generation coming up, who do you think can be the future fab 4 or the future face of our sport?

Adam Voges: (Smiles) Ooh of world cricket? That’s a great question! That’s a question without notice (laughs). You want three or four? Well there’s a lot of exciting young talent in the world. I don’t like naming just individual players. It’s a dangerous game to do that but naah I won’t do that for you (smiles again).