Aaron Finch believes a new-look Australia have everything to gain and little to lose when they face 2019 World Cup hosts England in an upcoming one-day international series. The opening batsman made a solid 78 as Australia were forced to work hard before beating Sussex by 57 runs in their tour opener at Hove, one of two warm-up fixtures before the reigning world champions face England in a five-match ODI contest that gets underway at The Oval on Wednesday. The Sussex match was Australia's first as a national team since a controversial tour of South Africa, which ended with a 3-1 Test series loss. More significant, however, was the ball-tampering scandal during the third Test in Cape Town.
Former Australia captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner received year-long bans for their roles in one of Australian cricket's most humiliating episodes, while Cameron Bancroft -- who applied sandpaper to the ball in a clear breach of cricket's rulebook -- was suspended for nine months.
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