Finch hopes Australia carry momentum in Pakistan series

Australian skipper Aaron Finch hopes his team carry the momentum of a series win in India to their five-match series against Pakistan starting in Sharjah from Friday.

The Pakistan series is the last chance for Australia to fill any gapes before they defend their title in the World Cup starting in UK from May 30.

Finch hopes his team keeps improving.

"It is about trying to maintain our momentum that we got in India," said Finch of the 3-2 come from behind win earlier this month -- Australia's first series win in India since 2009.

The win in India -- after six consecutive one-day series defeats -- was a boost for the Australia team who lost two key players -- skipper Steven Smith and opener David Warner -- to bans for ball tampering last year.

"I think since we played South Africa in Australia we have got better and better," said Finch of the 2-1 series defeat in November last year.

"I think we are starting to get a real clear strategy in a real game plan and how we want to play one-day cricket and it is just about making sure that we continue in that way."
"Australia will be high on morale but we should have an advantage of the conditions."
Squads (from):
Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (captain), Abid Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Sohail, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Saad Ali, Shan Masood, Umar Akmal, Usman Shinwari, Yasir Shah
Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa
Umpires: Michael Gough (ENG) and Ahsan Raza (PAK)
Tv umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)