Finch had said before the final that the thrashing by England had "refocussed" Australia and showed them they had to play "positive, aggressive" cricket to win the World Cup. They ended up doing both. "We would be on nights out, I'd be speaking to someone and I'd have team-mates coming over and saying: 'Don't speak to him. He's a p-word.' An "active discussion" in government is ongoing, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said to be in favour of the boycott, the Times newspaper said. Experts have expressed scepticism and questioned the authenticity of the images.