‘Australia’s unique team breeds confidence’

MELBOURNE: Australia have a unique blend among their playing group that make them a World Cup-winning team, Man-of-the-Match opener Aaron Finch said after Saturday’s thumping win over England.
Finch, playing in front of his home crowd which swelled to almost 85,000 people, smashed 135 after being dropped on nought as Australia piled up 342 for nine in their 50 overs and bowled England out for 231 with 49 balls to spare.
The Australians looked impressive in all departments and outplayed England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to underline their claims for a fifth World Cup title.
“When you look down at our team that’s a real strength of ours that we’ve got guys who can play all different types of roles,” Finch said.
“You got Davey Warner at the top who can be a manipulator of the ball or a brute force.
“Then you’ve got guys in the middle — George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Marsh, Brad Haddin — they can all play so many different roles.
“And that’s such a pleasing thing in the side. In any circumstances you’ve got confidence in every guy that they can play in every scenario.
“To have that is pretty unique in a team I think. And I think that’s what makes us a quality team at the moment.”