Swamping all their opponents in the current tournament, Australia have already extended their unbeaten World Cup streak to 23 matches that stretches back to the 1999 World Cup where a tied semi-final against South Africa was the closest any team came to stopping the Aussies.
Emerging from five successive one-day defeats in the run-up to the World Cup, Australia are again looking awesome after recovering from a five-match losing spree before the World Cup.
Another Australian victory is expected on Friday, given Ireland's limited ability that has left the World Cup debutants as the only ones without a victory in the Super Eights.
Winner of the last two World Cups in 1999 and 2003, Australia are seeking to become the first team to complete a hat-trick of title triumphs.
The last two Super Eight matches will be against New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
"New Zealand and Sri Lanka are the teams playing quality cricket, we expect them to be a quality threat," Tait said.
Ireland pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the current tournament by knocking out former world champions Pakistan from the preliminary round.
The Super Eights qualification in their first World Cup appearance has been the high point of Ireland's cricket history. The Irish cricketers produced stubborn competition against fancied South Africa, England and New Zealand, but stumbled due to their inexperience.
Line-ups:
Australia (from): Ricky Ponting (captain), Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath, Brad Hodge, Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin, Stuart Clark.
Ireland (from): Trent Johnston (captain), Jeremy Bray, William Porterfield, Eoin Morgan, Niall O'Brien, Andre Botha, Kevin O'Brien, Andrew White, Kyle McCallan, Dave Langford-Smith, Boyd Rankin, Kenneth Carroll, Peter Gillespie, John Mooney, Paul Mooney.
Umpires: Billy Bowden, New Zealand, and Rudi Koertzen, South Africa.
TV umpire: Steve Bucknor, West Indies. Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka.
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