Continuity key to T20 WC hopes - Finch
Australia’s limited-overs Captain Aaron Finch craves for continuity in team selection ahead of next year’s Twenty20 World Cup at home as they prepare the blueprint for success with threematch series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan from Sunday.
With a year left for the T20
World Cup, Australia will kick off their home summer at Adelaide
Oval on Sunday with the first of three Twenty20 internationals against 2014 World champions Sri Lanka.
The 2009 champions Pakistan will be their next opponent in another three-match series starting in Sydney on November 3 and
Finch said he hopes the group chosen for the six matches will provide the base for the T20 World Cup Squad.
The opening batsman said the preparation for the 2020 Tournament is at a better stage than how they were placed at the same point 12 months ago for this year’s 50-over World Cup in England.
“A bit more advanced I would say, especially with the style we want to play,” Finch told reporters in Adelaide yesterday. “We know what style we want to go with over the next 12 months. That makes it a bit clearer to be able to map out how you go about that. I expect it to be a little bit smoother. Obviously, with form and injury, the personnel can change,” Finch said.
“But the 14 guys we have got here, that’s the plan to move forward with. Over the next 12 months and leading up to that World Cup to have that solid base of 14-16 players that can take us into that tournament.”
The T20 World Cup is the only piece of major silverware missing in Australia’s bursting trophy cabinet and they have scheduled plenty of matches in the shortest format before next year’s tournament.
“It’s just a bit of a change of mind-set of balancing up our team,” Finch said.
“All in all, we want to win as many games as we can and create a style and culture around the group of winning T20IS,” he added.