Hussey focuses on final in SCG ..

Middle-order maestro Mike Hussey says his team-mates are keen to discard the memories of Friday night's 13-run loss to Sri Lanka at the MCG.

Perhaps understandably, the Australians do not plan to dwell on an embarrassing batting collapse which saw them lose 5-16 in a devastating six-over spell.

Instead, Ricky Ponting's side will look to channel the form that saw them defeat India in a high-scoring affair at the SCG last weekend - the venue for game one of the Commonwealth Bank Series Finals on Sunday.

"We really want to put that game behind us really (and) focus on the positives of how we played here in Sydney last time," Hussey said of the shock loss to Sri Lanka.

"The conditions in Sydney and Melbourne are totally different so there's no point really dwelling on that performance (against Sri Lanka on Friday) down there."

"We know we're playing well, we know we can put on a good performance and hopefully we can do it again here in Sydney where we did play very well last time."

But while quietly confident, Hussey knows victory in the three-match finals series won't come easily.

"The cricket has been very competitive right throughout the whole summer - the Test matches, the one-dayers - and I expect this finals series to be no different," he said.

"I know our guys are 100 percent ready, focused and really looking forward to the challenge of playing India."

"I'm sure India would love to leave Australia on a winning note as well so I think all bodes well for a fantastic finals series."

Asked of the importance of winning game one the 32-year-old predicted victory on Sunday would prove crucial.

"Whoever can get the momentum, get the ascendancy in this one-day series has got to be a huge chance of taking out the Commonwealth Bank Trophy," he said.

"So we're going to be going as hard as we possibly can, it'd be great to be 1-0 up going into Brisbane but having said that if we did happen to drop the first one we've still got another chance to win the series."

And despite having only batted second twice in the competition without success, Hussey said the toss will have little effect on the result at the SCG.

"We've chased many, many times before - we chased down teams a lot in the World Cup which is probably the highest pressurised games you can get in world cricket," Hussey said.

"We did it very well in the West Indies and I'm sure it'll be no different here in Australia."