Australia have emerged as one of the top contenders for the World Cup this year. After a fairly disappointing cricketing season in 2018, which saw the Aussie side facing a whitewash to England and losing to Pakistan in the tri-series including Zimbabwe, Australia made a strong comeback this year.
The side registered a 3-2 victory against number one-ranked India in India, which has given a huge boost to the side. And Aaron Finch is upbeat about the Australia’s chances in the World Cup.
“I think it's important to let yourself dream about that, because then you've got something to chase," Finch told cricket.com.au. "I think if you go over there just hoping to win, you're not being one hundred per cent committed.
"No matter what you dream or what you envisage, it doesn't always come true but it gives you a chance to achieve it. I think if you go over there and don't believe you can win it, then you won't. So I quite clearly picture us holding the Cup on the balcony at Lord's on the 14th of July … absolutely I do."
With the arrival of Steve Smith and David Warner, the Australian side has grown stronger. But Finch believes that the signs of improvement were there even before the series victory against India.
“We'd been improving – it was there, but we hadn't quite got it together for the full 50 overs with the bat," Finch said of the team's form prior before the India tour.
"We would be in a great position and just let a game go, or we'd have a partnership that instead of putting on 120 or 140 runs would be broken around 80 which meant we had to start again. It just wasn't quite working, which is so costly against really good teams.
"So when it started clicking in those games against India and Pakistan, it was really satisfying reward for a lot of hard work.”
