T20 World Cup: “Ultra-positive and Ultra-aggressive” Replied Finch After A Big Defeat Of 89 Runs VS NZ

On Saturday the Super 12 match between Australia and New Zealand was a thriller that happened at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). It was an unexpected start for New Zealand, fans were shocked by watching New Zealand attacking batting against Australia. New Zealand had a great victory of 89 runs against the favourites and the home team. Aaron Finch has said that his side will have to be “Ultra-positive and Ultra-aggressive” in their approach after the humiliating 89 runs defeat against New Zealand in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 tournament opener.

The super 12 stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World cup have commenced with the high-profile battle between defending champions Australia and runner-up New Zealand at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) last year. Australia won the toss and choose to bowl first, batting first New Zealand achieved a big total of 200/3 on the board. The highest total till now in the 2022 World Cup.

The destructive and dashing opener Finn Allen scored 42 runs in just 16 balls with 5 fours and 3 massive sixes. A good attacking start in the powerplay for New Zealand by both openers. While defending the target they swiped out Australia at 111, Australia’s first loss against the black caps in Australia in white-ball cricket since February 2009, and also 111 was the lowest total of Australia at their home.

At the post-match presentation, Aaron Finch said that there is no point thinking about the defeat against the Kiwis they need to focus on the upcoming matches in the multi-nation tournament.

“The fact that we’ve lost one game, yes, it’s a heavy loss and it hurts our chances, no doubt. We can’t dwell on that, we can’t change it. All we can do is concentrate on the next game and prepare really well for that against Sri Lanka (on Tuesday) and see how we go.

“We’ve taken the fate out of our own hands, I think to a point. We need to be ultra-positive, ultra-aggressive, and I’m sure that we’ll all do that. We’ve got the right players to win the World Cup”.

“We still feel as though we’ve got the right structure of team and we’ve got the right players to win the World Cup. Obviously it’s taken a big hit with the net run rate. When that happens, you need to play well. We need to get better quickly. As I said, you need a bit of luck in T20 cricket as well as in such a brutal tournament. I think we’ve still got the right structure of the team, there’s no doubt about that.”

Even after a heavy margin defeat against the Blackcaps, Aaron Finch was confident about the squad winning the World cup.