No chance we will be rusty, vows Finch

Opener Aaron Finch has ruled out rust as being an issue when Australia face New Zealand in a highly anticipated Cricket World Cup pool match in Auckland.

The Black Caps will go in with three matches under their belt and a 3-0 record that includes big wins over Sri Lanka and England.

For Australia, the clash at Eden Park on Saturday will come a fortnight after their only other appearance in the tournament, their second fixture against Bangladesh in Brisbane having been washed out without a ball bowled.

But Finch says lack of time out in the middle won't be an issue.

"We came off a good game against England and we've had no problems really," he said.

"We've been training well during the week and had a pretty solid session on Saturday when we were meant to play. We're feeling good and ready to go."

The game against England in Melbourne was on the tournament's opening day, and Finch was part of a dominant 111-run victory, scoring his sixth ODI century with a knock of 135 as the home side posted 342.

Australia-New Zealand one-dayers have become a rarity.

The two sides last met in a completed ODI in the 2011 World Cup, when Australia won their pool match in a canter.

They did play each other two years ago in the Champions Trophy, but that contest finished in no result because of rain.

Finch's only experience of facing the Black Caps was in a warm-up fixture before last year's World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh.

He has also never played on Eden Park, his one appearance for the Auckland Aces – a domestic T20 semi-final in early 2013 – being in Wellington.

The 28-year-old right-hander is looking forward to an encounter that will go some way to deciding the final positions in the pool.

"Their bowling at the top of the innings has been outstanding with Tim Southee and Trent Boult and guys chipping in," he said.

"Myself and Davey Warner are going to have to play as well as we can to negate that."

However, Finch also expected little in the way of surprise despite the dearth of trans-Tasman clashes in recent times.

"You do see a lot of cricket and you have access to probably too much footage sometimes – it can wear you down a little bit," he said.

"There's probably not going to be any surprises from either team. There's no real mystery spinner from either side to worry about.

"The Kiwis swing the ball right at the start, left and right arm, so we just have to play it on merit."