Loading
“Dave is a huge player for us. You know for the last decade he has been huge for Australian cricket. I think as well opening the batting, that’s where you can really set up the innings,” vice-captain Pat Cummins said.
“You saw yesterday, you know the way [Warner] and Finchy took the game on. It makes those kind of 150 targets either, you know tough to get or you feel like you’re well ahead of the run rate straight away. So he was fantastic.
“And he’s someone that our whole team absolutely loves to play alongside, we all go with him and back him up. It’s fantastic to see him back [in form].”
The source of much consternation only days ago, nearly every member of Australia’s frontline batters have made an important contribution now that Finch and Warner are back among the runs, except Mitchell Marsh, who was not required with the bat in the seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka.
“So I think another great thing about these first two games is it feels like everyone in the XI played a huge role in it,” Cummins said. “Just about everyone’s fired and is riding high on confidence, so it feels like it’s all coming together.”
Loading
Australia overcame a slow start with the ball then turned in a clinical display with the bat to overhaul Sri Lanka’s target of 155 with three overs to spare.
Warner set up the run chase with a destructive 65 off 42 balls after player of the match Adam Zampa turned the game with an excellent spell of 2-12 from four overs.
Victory over the world No.9 may not appear that impressive on paper, but Sri Lanka are match-hardened and accustomed to the local conditions after winning their way through to the Super 12s against the associate nations.
Warner’s resurgence has Australia primed for T20 litmus test against England
Source: Philippines Alive
