We have not played anywhere near our best cricket: Finch

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are comfortably placed on the points table with wins in three out their games but feels his team has played nowhere near to its potential.

At the top of the order Finch, and Steve Smith, have hit the ground running with big scores aplenty.

But the middle order has yet to fire with Marcus Stoinis's side strain that will keep him out of the clash at the Oval on Saturday not helping matters.

While in the bowing department, and remain two of the world's best but behind them spots are still up for grabs.

But with so much still to come, is confident that their best is just around the corner.

"I don't think we have gone anything near our best which is still a good thing. We have six points on the board but are not playing anywhere near our best which is a real positive," said here on Friday.

"But as long as we are improving and continue to go up and not backwards, I think that is the key."

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"You are coming up against different opposition all the time. You don't get into a rhythm, there are different challenges every time. were spin heavy through the middle, were all about pace through the middle."

On the side of things, has become a key cog with his off-spin while Finch himself even turned his arm over at Taunton and claimed the key wicket of with a rank full toss.

Finch added: "Have I been working on my Not much! I'm just trying to land them! My is not great to be honest, it is pretty ordinary but I just got a bit lucky.

"When you play four specialist bowlers and rely on your fifth, what I would call a good part-timer is Maxy, he has shown last he was our spinner, he has shown he can do it. But it is tough without guys, especially all-rounders who balance out your side really well."

Other than Stoinis' side strain with now in camp as back-up should the all-rounder fail to recover are at full fitness.

But Finch is not going to be underestimating adding "You look down their side and there is a lot of experience there and world-class players.

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First Published: Fri, June 14 2019. 19:35 IST