Australia Twenty20 and Melbourne Renegades opener Aaron Finch has a simple formula for getting back among the runs.
"If in doubt, go hard," he said in Geelong on Tuesday, ahead of Wednesday's BBL meeting with Sydney Sixers at Kardinia Park.
Finch has been one of the disappointments of the tournament so far, compiling scores of 4, 8 and 0 in three innings.
But he hasn't lost confidence in his run-scoring ability, issuing a not-so-subtle reminder of his record to any national team selectors that may have raised eyebrows at his returns.
"I've been a pretty successful player in this format for the best part of 10 years. Three below-par knocks isn't going to worry me too much," he said.
"I'm still hitting them great at the moment. In the nets.
"It hasn't translated to runs in the middle just yet.
"That's T20. Sometimes when you go hard in the first six overs, you get unlucky.
"The first game, one swung across the line ... second game I was probably a bit tentative in my approach to a smallish total.
"Last game, same again. I was a little bit tentative waiting for Mitchell Johnson to bowl me a bad ball and he hasn't done that for quite a while now.
"It's about going back and being ultra positive at the top of the order, take the game on."
Australia play a T20 series with England and New Zealand in early February.
Despite Finch's run-drought at club level, there's no crisis at the Renegades, who sit 2-1. Their only defeat came last Friday against heavyweights Perth, who have four wins from four and are cruising to the finals.
They'll face last-placed Sixers (0-4) and Colac-born Finch hopes an expected crowd of 20,000 at his childhood venue will help bring a reversal of form for both himself and his team.
"It's great to come back here. It's a place I've watched a lot of footy at as a kid and played a lot of cricket at the cricket club," he said.
"I'm sure they'll come out swinging hard ... any time you come out against a side with their backs to the wall, you know they're going to."
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