With only three ODI series until next years World Cup, the Aussie skipper has acknowledged that there is work to be done in the Australian camp, on and off the pitch.

A top six of Lynn, Finch, Shaun Marsh, Head, Stoinis and Carey is, as Finch puts it, “an attacking side. A fairly one-dimensional side in terms of attack, versus workers of the ball and your traditional batsmen. Not to disrespect any of the players by any stretch, but it’s probably that way and we haven’t got it right for a while. That does expose you in the middle order.”

The all-out attack philosophy that an opening partnership of Lynn and Finch brings to the crease is similar to England’s dynamic duo of Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow, but Finch isn’t trying to emulate the successful English side of recent years. Finch said that the way England play “is not the only way it’s headed. If you look at India, they’re quite conservative in that first 10, really solid in that middle 30 overs where they rotate strike and lose minimal wickets, then they load up at the back end. When they’re chasing they’re pretty clinical or have been in the last five or six years.”

Finch is looking for help form the selectors to find a balance between these two mentalities. “There’s two totally different ways to go about it, but they’ve both been ultra-successful in the last couple of years. I don’t think its all about going head on and smacking it, all-out attack, the way England play, but if you can mix and match, and find what best fits you batting seven, I think it’d be naïve and ignorant to think every team can play like that, or every team can play like India. I think it’s about finding out balance and finding what works best for us.”