Andrew Balbirnie: Ireland have belief we can beat Australia

Ireland captain Andew Balbirnie is targeting another massive scalp at the T20 World Cup as focus turns to the match against Australia after Friday's Super 12 showdown with Afghanistan was postponed due to rain.

It was a frustrating development for Ireland, and indeed Afghanistan, as both teams would have looked at the fixture as a golden chance to get a win in a very tough group.

Ireland are currently top of the group alongside New Zealand on three points after their memorable win over England on Wednesday, and they will now travel north to sunny Brisbane for a clash with reigning champions and hosts Australia on Monday at the Gabba.

"It's not disappointing," Balbirnie said in reference to the Afghanistan game.

"When you haven't done anything, you can't really be too disappointed. I think the weather has just been so bad over the last... probably since it started raining in our game, it just hasn't stopped.

"It's not that disappointing because we can't control it. So we'll just have to move on to Brisbane and hope we get a good performance up there.

"To still be in the hunt with two games left is pretty good."

Reflecting on the prospect of having a crack at the Aussies, he said: "The world champions in their own back yard is something pretty special. I know the group are excited about that challenge.

"We have some good memories from the Gabba from a few years ago, but certainly playing Australia there will be a completely different animal. But it's exciting at the same time.

"I haven't played them in a T20 international, but we know how good they'll be. It's certainly getting down to that sort of must-win territory for a lot of teams. Certainly, there will be big pressure on those teams when they play against us. They'll be