Old heads the key - Ponting

Six members of Australia's likely line-up at the Kensington Oval were also present four years earlier when they swept India aside by 125 runs and it is that experience which captain Ponting, who hit a stunning unbeaten 140 that day in Johannesburg, believes could be a key factor when they look for their 23rd successive win and extend a 28-game unbeaten run in the competition.

"It's about execution and skills on the day and being able to execute your skills under the biggest microscope in this game," Ponting said.

"It doesn't get any bigger than a World Cup final and who settles best and earliest in the game is probably going to win. A lot of our players have been there and done this before in big games and I think that's extremely important. I think we saw a bit of that in the semi-final the other day.

"The know-how in this team of how to approach big games, and more importantly how to get the job done, is right there for us and that's why I'm so excited about Saturday."

After dominating every match they have played in the tournament - including a seven-wicket victory over a weakened Sri Lanka side in the Super Eight - Australia are understandable favourites.

But Ponting insists they will not be taking victory for granted and will save any talk about a World Cup hat-trick until after the game.

He stressed: "We won't start jumping to conclusions because we've got a game to play and we'll worry about talking about three World Cups in a row and all that sort of stuff after that. We haven't even spoken about those sort of achievements. Not once in the last seven and a half weeks has this unbeaten run even come up amongst the team.

"It's been a reasonably long build up getting to this stage of the tournament and we've thoroughly enjoyed the last couple of weeks with some bigger games against New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the semi-final the other day and now this one. It's just a matter for us of getting out there and doing it all over again."

Australia are expected to name the same side which cruised past South Africa in the semi-final with all-rounder Shane Watson taking his place at number seven ahead of Brad Hodge.