A depleted Australia shrugged off the loss of their captain Mitchell Marsh to injury to cruise to a dominant 67-run opening T20 World Cup win over Ireland in Colombo on Wednesday.
Australia made 182-6 after stand-in captain Travis Head won the toss and elected to bat and then bowled Ireland out for 115 at the R. Premadasa stadium.
Josh Inglis was promoted to open in place of Marsh and made 37 off 17 balls, while Marcus Stoinis top-scored with 45. Matt Renshaw made 37.
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