Aaron Finch open to tweaking bowl-first strategy

Aaron Finch

Australia won the T20 World Cup a year ago with a "bat second" strategy, but captain Aaron Finch said Sunday they could change their tactics for their crucial game against a confident Ireland in Brisbane. Ireland have proved to be no pushover, stunning England in a rain-affected match, and Finch said that with weather playing a big part so far in this year's T20 World Cup he was open to rethinking his strategy.

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"Teams generally prefer to chase," Finch told reporters after training under blue skies ahead of Monday's Group one clash at Brisbane's famous Gabba ground. "But I'm definitely not against batting first," he said, knowing that forecasters have predicted a 30 percent chance of rain during Monday night's match. "Batting second, you tend to back into your innings. Batting first, you can probably be a little bit more free-wheeling," he said. "I think what we've seen is that teams, if you can put enough pressure on, if you can put a decent enough total and force teams to go hard against a quality bowling attack with a little bit of movement, it's really difficult."

Ireland have built a reputation as giant-killers, having also beaten two-time champions West indies in this World Cup, where leg-spinner Gareth Delany starred with 3-16.

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