Shane Watson inspired Australia to a straightforward seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their opening World Twenty20 group match in Colombo today.

England captain Alastair Cook was more than happy with his team’s all-round display after beating Australia in the second 50-over NatWest Series match.

IRELAND captain William Porterfield has called on his side to leave their poor batting display in Dhaka after falling short of a possible shock win over Bangladesh in their World Cup Group B opener.

AUSTRALIAN stand-in captain Michael Clarke yesterday insisted his side had no case to answer regarding cheating accusations which marred the third day of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Ireland gave themselves the chance to claim a memorable first success over Australia after they restricted the tourists to 231 for nine in their one-day international in Dublin today.

GRAEME SWANN admits England will have to come up with something special to deal with Australia’s Shane Watson when the third npower Ashes Test resumes today.

AUSTRALIA ruthlessly swept aside their closest challengers on the international stage to march relentlessly towards a fourth successive World Cup final.

Damien Martyn, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz paid the price for Australia’s Ashes failure Tuesday when they were axed from the Test squad to face a World XI next month.