Match-winner to stay a hair-raiser

Ireland match-winner Kevin O'Brien said his hair would be staying a shocking shade of purple, despite the pleas of his girlfriend, after his record-breaking World Cup century against England.

Together with several team-mates, O'Brien has dyed his hair in support of a campaign by the Irish Cancer Society.

Sportsmen are reluctant to change a winning formula and O'Brien, who in all made 113 off 63 balls, said: "My girlfriend doesn't really rate it, she is begging me to shave it off but I might just hold that for a couple more weeks."