Finch suffers blow to head, Victoria bring in concussion substitute

Aaron Finch suffered a blow to his head during a Sheffield Shield encounter on Saturday and was substituted by Travis Dean after Australia's limited-overs captain experienced concussion symptoms.   Finch, who plays for Victoria, has been ruled out of remainder of match. 33-year-old Finch was fielding at short leg when he was hit on his helmet as New South Wales' Steve O'Keefe flicked a James Pattinson delivery during second day's opening session.

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Although Finch continued to field after being assessed, Cricket Victoria released a statement saying right-hand batsman experienced delayed concussion symptoms during lunch break. "He was assessed on ground immediately after incident and was cleared to continue fielding, but experienced delayed concussion symptoms during lunch break," Cricket Victoria said in a statement. incident comes on heels of five-year death anniversary of Australian batsman Phil Hughes, who died from brain hemorrh on vember 27, 2014, after being hit on neck by a rising ball while batting in a Sheffield Shield game in Sydney. Sheffield Shield has concussion substitute rule in place since 2017-18 season. rule was introduced in international cricket earlier this year.  Australia's Marnus Labuschagne was Test cricket's first replacement player when Steve Smith was concussed during Ashes. 

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