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Semi-final was our worst performance in WC: Finch
Captain Aaron Finch was incredibly proud of his side’s progress in the last 12 months, but admitted that the eight-wicket thrashing against England in the second semi-final was Australia’s worst performance in the ongoing World Cup.
Australia failed to defend a modest 223 after opting to bat as England rode on Jason Roy’s (85 off 65) blitzkrieg to romp home with 107 balls to spare.
“I think we’ve made lots of progress as a team in the last 12 months and I’m proud of how far they’ve come,” a disappointed Finch said. “However, we came here to win and I’m just disappointed with how it ended, putting up probably our worst performance of the entire tournament in the semi-final.”
Australia has had a tough outing in the last 12 months, especially after former skipperSteve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were banned for one year each for their role in the infamous ball tampering scandal in South Africa. Opening stands between Finch and Warner had laid the foundation for Australia’s progress to the semi-final but against England on Thursday, the duo failed as they could muster just nine runs.
Asked about Sunday’s final, Finch said it is difficult to take a call as both New Zealand and England “love to fight and scrap”.
“New Zealand are never out of the contention and England play a high-energy and high-risk game,” he said.
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