Writing David Warner off was like poking a bear: Aaron Finch after T20 World Cup triumph

The
attacking
left-hander
scored
289
runs
in
the
tournament
after
being
unceremoniously
dumped
by
his
IPL
side
Sunrisers
Hyderabad.
In
the
final,
he
scored
38-ball-53
and
added
92
with
‘Player
of
the
Match’ Mitchell
Marsh,
who
remained
unbeaten
on
77
to
guide
Australia
to
its
first-ever
T20
World
Cup
title.

“I
can’t
believe
people
wrote
him
off
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
It
was
almost
like
poking
the
bear,” the
skipper
said
at
the
post-match
presentation
ceremony.
“This
is
huge,
to
be
the
first
Australia
team
to
do
it.
So
proud
of
how
the
guys
went
about
the
campaign,”
Finch
said.

T20
World
Cup:
Australia
didn’t
give
us
an
inch,
says
New
Zealand
captain
Kane
Williamson

He
was
all
praise
for
his
heroes
Adam
Zampa,
who
was
brilliant
with
his
leg-breaks
throughout
the
tourney
and
Marsh,
who
won
the
final
for
them.
“[Zampa]
is
‘Player
of
the
tournament’ for
me.
He
controlled
the
game,
got
big
wickets,
super
player.
Mitch
Marsh,
what
a
way
to
start,
put
pressure
on
from
the
start.
Matt
Wade
came
in
under
an
injury
cloud
and
got
the
job
done.
He
came
in
in
the
semi-final
alongside
Marcus
Stoinis
and
did
the
business.”

Australia
vs
New
Zealand
T20
World
Cup
Final
2021:
Man
of
The
Match,
Post
Match
Presentation,
Highlights

He
agreed
that
the
team’s
rhythm
got
better
when
they
demolished
Bangladesh.
Asked
if
the
Bangladesh
game
was
the
turning
point,
Finch
replied,”Certainly
it
was.
Our
backs
were
against
the
wall.
We
had
to
fight
and
certainly
did
that,
had
some
great
team
and
individual
performances.”

Former
skipper
Steve
Smith
also
echoed
his
current
captain’s
sentiment
about
Warner.
“Warner’s
last
two
weeks
have
been
amazing.
A
lot
of
people
were
writing
him
off.
He
came
in
with
exceptional
intent
and
took
the
game
away
at
the
start.”

T20
World
Cup
2021:
Full
List
of
Award
Winners,
Prize
Money,
Records
and
Statistics

For
Warner,
it
was
always
about
being
pumped
up
but
at
the
same
time
going
back
to
his
basics.
“I
always
felt
good,
for
me
it
was
about
going
back
to
basics,
getting
on
some
hard,
synthetic
wickets
in
order
to
hit
volumes
of
balls.

“(This
tournament
is)
definitely
up
there
with
2015
(World
Cup).
Losing
to
England
a
decade
ago
really
hurt.
These
are
a
great
bunch
of
guys,
great
support
staff,
and
great
support
around
the
world,
especially
back
home.

“Always
pumped,
wanted
to
put
on
a
spectacle.
There
were
some
nerves
around
as
always
in
a
final
but
great
to
see
the
guys
deliver.”
Man
of
the
match
Marsh
was
over
the
moon
and
thanked
the
coaching
staff
which
had
told
him
that
he
will
bat
at
number
three
in
the
tournament.

T20
World
Cup
Final
Highlights:
Australia
lift
maiden
title
with
8-wicket
thrashing
of
New
Zealand

“I
don’t
really
have
words,
what
an
amazing
six
weeks
with
this
group.
Love
them
to
death.
World
champs.
The
coaching
staff
came
up
to
me
in
the
West
Indies
and
said
you’re
going
to
bat
three
for
this
tournament,
and
I
jumped
at
it.
“Have
the
staff
to
thank
for
backing
me
and
getting
me
up
the
top
there.”