Australian opening batsman, Aaron Finch, said on Monday that he is aware of the possible threat from Brendon McCullum when his side lock horns with New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday.

Aaron Finch scored a breathtaking century and Mitchell Marsh opened his World Cup account with a five-wicket haul, as Australia thumped England by 111 runs to kick start their campaign.

Australia and India produced a superb exhibition of 50-over cricket in the second game of the One-Day International tri-series which was eventually won by four wickets by the home side in Melbourne.

Australia survived a late South Africa fightback to win the fifth and final One-Day International in Sydney by two wickets.

Aaron Finch struck 109 and Steve Smith an unbeaten 73 to plot Australia's course towards a 73-run win over South Africa in the third One-Day International in Canberra.

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Johnson has picked up both the ICC Cricketer Of The Year and the ICC Test Cricketer Of The Year awards at the sport's annual awards ceremony.

Australia levelled their Twenty20 International series with South Africa by racing to a seven-wicket victory in the second match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Centuries from AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis enabled South Africa to chase down a target of 328 with more than three overs to spare and beat Australia by seven wickets in game two of the One-Day International tri-series in Harare.

Aaron Finch struck an imperious unbeaten 181 to help the MCC beat the Rest of the World by seven wickets in a star-studded one-day game to celebrate the bicentenary of Lord's Cricket Ground.

Week four of the NatWest T20 Blast saw a thrilling Roses clash at Old Trafford, the tournament's highest score and some controversy mixed in with a little bit of bad weather.

Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen Aaron Finch and David Warner have both been reprimanded for dissent following their side's Indian Premier League 2014 victory over the Delhi Daredevils.

Watch as Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Australian batsman Aaron Finch talk about how disappointing the ICC World Twenty20 2014 has been for their respective sides.

In their last game at the ICC World Twenty20, Australia beat Bangladesh by seven wickets at Mirpur, consigning the hosts to a winless Super 10 stage of the tournament.

In a thrilling Group Two match at Mirpur, Pakistan beat Australia by 16 runs to keep their ICC World Twenty20 hopes alive.

Hard-hitting Australian batsman Aaron Finch has signed to play for Yorkshire as an overseas player for the majority of the 2014 county season.

An opening partnership of 106 between Cameron White and Aaron Finch set Australia on the way to a 13-run win over England in the first Twenty20 International in Hobart.

Mitchell Johnson has been rewarded for his role in helping Australia regain The Ashes by winning the 2014 Allan Border Medal as Australia's Player Of The Year for 2013.

Aaron Finch made the best of some good fortune to hit 121 to help Australia easily overhaul a target of 270 and win the first One-Day International against England in Melbourne by six wickets.

Australia will rest all-rounder Shane Watson for the second One-Day International against England in Brisbane on Friday.

Australia surprised India and many pundits with a clinical all-round display to comfortably win the first One-Day International in Pune.