However, BBC Test Match Special commentator Simon Mann revealed on Twitter that heavy rain in Melbourne on Thursday - with more forecast for Friday - could put the Twenty20 match in doubt.
He added that he remembers thinking in the 60s that "if we do really good and give a very special performance to these great Paul Simon songs, we might last right into the next century and be appreciated".
In a statement, Irish Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said he had asked the police to join the investigation by his department's special investigations unit into how the horsemeat had got into beef products at the factories.