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Finch warns against trap as 'dangerous' hurdle awaits

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Captain Aaron Finch has warned against the perils of chasing "a run-rate performance" arsenic Australia attempts to pinch a T20 World Cup semi-final berth successful the remaining excavation matches.

The Australians' World Cup defence began with an 89-run demolition astatine the hands of New Zealand, which near the hosts with a horrible nett run-rate.

That could outgo them dearly successful their bid to beryllium the 2nd squad successful radical 1 to march done to the semi-finals, with Australia, England and Ireland gunning to articulation New Zealand successful the adjacent signifier of the competition.

Afghanistan is lone ranked 10th successful T20 planetary cricket and Ireland 12th, but the Irish slayed a elephantine successful a five-run triumph implicit England nether the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Finch insists Australia is focusing connected beating Ireland and Afghanistan alternatively than boosting its nett run-rate.

"You person to gain the close to spell aft a run-rate performance," Finch said.

"We've seen however damaging Ireland tin beryllium if you springiness them a sniff successful a game, truthful you'd ne'er spell into a crippled reasoning astir things similar that (run-rate).

"I deliberation that volition people unfold if the accidental presents but, archetypal and foremost, you person to bash the basics good and marque definite you get your squad into a presumption wherever you tin propulsion forward.

"The past happening you privation to bash is propulsion excessively hard, permission yourself a batch to do, past extremity up successful a spot of a instrumentality oregon twist.

"All we've got to bash is effort and absorption connected winning 2 games, and hopefully immoderate things autumn our way."

Finch struggles arsenic Australia downs Sri Lanka

After losing to New Zealand by 89 runs astatine the SCG, Marcus Stoinis propelled Australia to a seven-wicket triumph implicit Sri Lanka astatine Perth Stadium, which was followed by a fixture against England astatine the MCG being abandoned owed to rain.

The Kiwis are topping radical 1 connected 5 points, portion England, Ireland and Australia are locked connected 3 points.

The Australians' grim nett run-rate, which is the worst successful the pool, has them sitting successful 4th connected the table.

They'll conscionable Ireland astatine the Gabba connected Monday night.

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