Australia's ODI Series Against New Zealand Will Kick-start Minor Tweaks in the Side for 2023 World Cup: Andrew McDonald

The three-wicket loss for Australia was a wakeup call and McDonald has insisted the ODI series against No.1 ranked New Zealand will kick-start a series of minor tweaks in the side in the run-up to the showpiece global event next year. Australia made just one change during the series win against Zimbabwe with Mitchell Marsh returning to Perth to nurse a minor ankle injury. Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar replaced him after captain Aaron Finch indicated he wanted the batting line-up to run deep with all-rounders Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Marsh all part of the winning unit."You'll see probably the balance of our team started to shift from game to game at times, just making sure that we're covering all the bases," McDonald was quoted as saying by thewest.com.au ahead of the series against New Zealand. He added, with a limited number of matches remaining leading up to the 2023 World Cup, there aren't many opportunities left and only minor changes are possible. "We haven't got a hell of a lot of cricket leading into that 2023 World Cup. We've got about 20 games and now that's diminished into the teens. We haven't gotten many opportunities to make sure that we're ready and prepared for that. "We feel as though the personnel that's here (vs New Zealand) is going to underpin that with a couple of the obvious people that are missing as well."