Mitch Marsh's tasty reward for scoring a crucial World Cup century looks set to be having his face rubbed into his birthday cake.
Opening partner David Warner was left so happy about Marsh reaching three figures on his 32nd birthday in the win over Pakistan in Bengaluru on Friday that he actually sounded happier for his mate than he was about his own ton.
It was a measure of Marsh's popularity within the team that Warner should be left so thrilled about the Perth powerhouse in their "David and Goliath" partnership reaching just the second ODI hundred of his fine allround career.