England look likely to be the victims of a 7-0 series whitewash and Cameron White believes the tourists still have room to improve.
Australia all-rounder believes tourists can do better
England look increasingly likely to be the victims of a 7-0 series whitewash and Australia all-rounder Cameron White believes they are yet to see the best of the tourists.
Australia's 111-run win at Trent Bridge marked the difference in quality between the opponents that has progressively developed over the series and if the tourists win their final match of the series at Chester-le-Street they will become the first international team ever to wrap up a series by such an extreme margin.
The Aussies are back to the top of the ICC's one-day international rankings but White is adamant that they have even more to give.
"I definitely think there is room for improvement and I'm sure the rest of the team will agree as well," said the 26-year-old.
"I thought the other night was probably our best team game - especially in the field it was our best effort so far in the series.
"But there are still things that we can do better in terms of our fielding and batting for sure."
Whitewash
Australia have avoided discussion of a whitewash during the series and even with just one win needed White remained modest on the subject.
"Obviously we want to do it, but we haven't spoken about it," he said.
"We want to win tomorrow so therefore we will be winning 7-0. I think it would be very gratifying. To win seven games of one-day international cricket in a row is a really good achievement so it is something we are really looking to do.
"When we sit down and have a chat that might come out but we're just concentrating on winning tomorrow and going forward into the Champions Trophy."
Fresh faces
The retirement of some of Australia's greats including Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath has cleared the way for the emergence of fresh faces such as rookie wicketkeeper Tim Paine, who hit a maiden century just three weeks after making his international debut and Callum Ferguson who impressed in the middle order.
White also shined when standing in for Ricky Ponting to bat at first-drop for the opening three games and goes into the final match as lead runscorer of the series with 259 at an average of 64.75.
"Everyone loves to bat as high as they can in the order to give yourself the best opportunity, but the structure of the team and team balance requires certain players to bat in certain positions," he said.
"I think I said after going back down order after game three that I'm just happy to be playing rather than being number 12.
"I'm doing all right at the moment and just enjoying playing for my country."
