It's exciting to be playing against New Zealand in final: Aaron Finch

DUBAI: Australia captain Aaron Finch is extremely excited to be playing against New Zealand in the final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday. He added that irrespective of the formats, their battles with New Zealand, also their neighbours have always been great.

Before the meeting in the final of the ongoing mega event, Australia had lost to New Zealand 3-2 in a five-match T20I series earlier in the year. In their recent meeting, during the warm-up match before the start of the tournament, Australia had chased 159 to beat New Zealand by three wickets.

"It's bloody exciting to be playing against New Zealand. They are a great team and led super by Kane Williamson. So, it's just one of those things that both teams seem to have found their way into each other's path along the way in some tournaments. So, it's really exciting. I think both teams have got a great history in cricket -- well, not just cricket, but as neighbours, so to speak, Down Under. It's a great relationship. We play quite a bit against New Zealand now and we always have great battles regardless of the format," said Finch in the pre-final press conference on Saturday.

Finch was appreciative of his bowling attack, with a special mention to pacer Pat Cummins, who conceded just three runs in the 19th over o' Pakistan's innings. "I think Pat's been fantastic right through the innings. He's bowled some really crucial overs in the Power-play and through the middle, and like we saw last game, that 19th over to bowl, to just go for three I think was so impressive." IANS

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