Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc will be rested for the final two T20Is in Melbourne as Australia continue to experiment with their line-up
Finch is one of Australia’s finest-ever limited-overs openers, but instead came into bat at first drop in Canberra.
The 35-year-old can see himself batting as low as No.5 if needed, something he has done for Australia before back in 2018, as Australia plan towards defending their World Cup crown on home soil.
Marsh, a hero in Australia’s World Cup triumph in the UAE last year, is sitting out the five-match series against Sri Lanka to prepare for the upcoming Pakistan tour.
But Finch and interim coach Andrew McDonald are keen to tinker with new combinations and plan for all scenarios ahead of this October and November’s bumper T20 tournament.
“We’re just trying a few different combinations to see where we land and get a bit more information with the World Cup (this year),” Finch said.
“I think Mitch Marsh did a pretty amazing job of batting at three during the World Cup and throughout the West Indies and Bangladesh tours as well.
“I could potentially bat five in the next couple of games, although the coach isn’t too excited about that prospect but it’s something we’ll talk through and see what we want going forward.”
“Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood, between them they’ve had a big workload from the World Cup into the Ashes, and Josh coming off a bit of an injury,” Finch said.
“They’re going to Pakistan shortly, so we felt that was important for them to stay at home and get out of the (bio-security) bubble for a day or two.”
Australia’s Test squad will gather in Melbourne after Sunday’s T20I series finale before getting ready to embark on the historic tour of Pakistan.