BRIDGETOWN, April 14: Australia captain Ricky Ponting basked in his team's 25-match unbeaten World Cup run on Friday and promised more scintillating cricket to come.

Australia stormed into the semi-finals on Friday with a nine-wicket win over Ireland which was wrapped up before lunch.

It also gave the two-time defending champions their 19th successive World Cup win and their 25th game overall unbeaten in the competition, a run stretching back to 1999 when they lost to Pakistan in Leeds.

The only non-victory in that run was the famous tied semi-final against South Africa in the 1999 tournament.

“We are on a really good run at the moment,” said Ponting.

“It's all a matter of the attitude being right for the rest of this tournament and you should see some more good cricket from us.

“I think we've got a good record over the years of stringing together consecutive wins, whether it be Tests or One-day Internationals.”—AFP