Dubai, Nov 13 : Australia captain Aaron Finch is extremely excited to be playing against New Zealand in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday.Dubai, November 13, 2013 : .Australia’s captain Aaron Finch is thrilled to play against New Zealand in Sunday’s final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.He added that irrespective of the formats, their battles with New Zealand, also their neighbours have always been great.Finch said that regardless of format, Australia’s battles against New Zealand and their neighbours are always great. Before the meeting in the final of the ongoing mega event, Australia had lost to New Zealand 3-2 in a five-match T20I series earlier in the year.
Australia had previously lost to New Zealand by 3-2 in a five match T20I series earlier this year.In their recent meeting, during the warm-up match before the start of the tournament, Australia had chased 159 to beat New Zealand by three wickets.
Australia beat New Zealand by three wickets in the last meeting.
“It’s bloody exciting to be playing against New Zealand.”It’s exciting to play against New Zealand.They are a great team and led super by Kane Williamson.
They are a great team, and Kane Williamson is a super coach.So, it’s just one of those things that both teams seem to have found their way into each other’s path along the way in some tournaments.It’s one of those things where both teams seem to have found their path in certain tournaments.So, it’s really exciting.It’s exciting.I think both teams have got a great history in cricket — well, not just cricket, but as neighbours, so to speak, Down Under.Both teams have a great history of cricket.It’s a great relationship.It’s a wonderful relationship.We play quite a bit against New Zealand now and we always have great battles regardless of the format,” said Finch in the pre-final press conference on Saturday.”We play quite a lot against New Zealand now, and we always have great fights regardless of format,” Finch stated in Saturday’s pre-final press conference.
Finch mentioned how keeping wicketkeeper Matthew Wade behind in the chase against Pakistan worked well.
Finch noted that keeping Matthew Wade, the wicketkeeper, behind during the chase against Pakistan was a good idea.From 96/5 in 12.2 overs, Wade remained unbeaten on 41 off just 17 balls, including taking a hat-trick of sixes against Shaheen Shah Afridi to take Australia home in the second semi-final with an over to spare.Wade was unbeaten on 41 runs in just 12.2 overs.He also took a hat trick of sixes against Shaheen Shah-Afridi, to send Australia home in the second semifinal with one over remaining.
“We talked about it the other day.We talked about it the other night.The possibility of Matt going in a little bit further up the order especially with Shad, still having a couple of overs to go, but we decided to hold him back towards the end and it paid off there.We discussed the possibility that Matt might move up in the order, especially with Shad.However, we decided to keep him back towards the end.He’s someone who is really versatile in our order.He is a versatile player in our order.We’ve seen him open the batting, bat at three, and now he’s down at seven.He’s been able to open the batting at three and bat at seven.He provides a huge amount of flexibility for our team.”.He is a great asset to our team.
Finch was appreciative of his bowling attack, with a special mention to pacer Pat Cummins, who conceded just three runs in the 19th over o’ Pakistan’s innings.Finch expressed appreciation for his bowling attack and a special mention to pacer Pat Cummins who scored just three runs in Pakistan’s 19th over.“I think Pat’s been fantastic right through the innings.”I think Pat has been amazing all through the innings.He’s bowled some really crucial overs in the Power-play and through the middle, and like we saw last game, that 19th over to bowl, to just go for three I think was so impressive.”.He has bowled some crucial overs in Power-play and through middle.Last game, the 19th over to bowl, just to go for three, I thought was so impressive.
“Our whole bowling unit have been really impressive all the way through.”Our entire bowling team have been outstanding all the way.I think the way that Maxie and Mitch Marsh have contributed with Marcus Stoinis, who has not had much opportunity with the ball.Maxie Marsh and Mitch Marsh, along with Marcus Stoinis who hasn’t had much time with the ball, have been a great team.
But the way they have shared the fifth bowler responsibilities has been fantastic.They have also shared fifth bowler responsibilities, which has been amazing.Been really pleased with the bowling attack.”.I am very pleased with the bowling attack.”
The 34-year-old admitted that there were nerves when the run-chase against Pakistan was on.He admitted nerves during the Pakistan run-chase.At the same time, he was confident in the batting-heavy composition of the playing eleven.He was also confident in the batting-heavy playing eleven.“There’s a few nerves there no doubt.There are some nerves.We wouldn’t be human if that wasn’t the case.If that weren’t true, we wouldn’t be humans.It was a tense game and the fact that we are on the right end of it was obviously very exciting.”.It was a very intense game, and it is evident that we are at the right end.
“But that’s probably been the change in our approach to T20 cricket in this series.”But that’s probably the biggest change in our approach in T20 cricket in this series.We’ve gone in with seven specialist batters for the reason that if you have a slight hiccup, we still have a lot of power and balance down the bottom of the order.Because of our ability to have power and balance down the order, even if there is a slight problem, we have seven specialist batters.So we carry a lot of confidence with the makeup of the team as well.”.We are confident in the team’s composition #World #Finch #Zealand #final #Cricket #BCCI #ICC #IPL
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