‘They are a dominant side’ – Aaron Finch lauds England after their eight-wicket win over Australia

Australia limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch heaped praises on England for playing an attacking brand of cricket and having enough depth in their lineup. On Saturday, the Brits, led by Eoin Morgan, secured their third win in the Super 12 of the T20 World Cup 2021 after they beat the Aussies by eight wickets.

The Three Lions chased the target of 126 down with 50 balls to spare. Although it was Chris Jordan, who got the Player of the Match award for his three-wicket haul, opening batter Jos Buttler stole the limelight.

The latter smashed five fours and as many sixes on his way to a sparkling 32-ball 71 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Finch, Australia’s highest scorer in the game with 44 runs, lauded Buttler and reckoned that England have a dangerous batting unit.

They’re very well-rounded, says Aaron Finch

“We got a total we thought would be defendable if we got it right with the ball. Woakes is a brilliant exponent when there’s seam early. We had to bowl them out, but Buttler played a hell of an innings,” Finch was quoted as saying after the match.

“They’re very good. They’re very well-rounded. They’ve got a lot of bases covered in terms of their quicks, spin, death bowling, and their batting is as powerful as anything,” he stated.

“I mean, when Rashid is batting at No. 10, you know you’ve got a pretty good lineup. So yeah, they’re a dominant side, no doubt. We’ve seen that for the last couple of years,” Finch added.

Morgan, in the meantime, said that England don’t take opponents lightly and believes it to be a reason behind their consistent performance over the last few years.

“I think every game that we go into we pay every opposition the amount of respect that they deserve regardless of the name of the country on their shirt,” Morgan said.

England are currently sitting pretty on top of Group 1 with a stupendous net run rate of 3.948. Earlier, they also got the better of the West Indies and Bangladesh in a comprehensive manner. Their next match is against Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka on Monday, November 1 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.