The Australian men's hockey team have started their World Cup defence in the Netherlands with a 4-0 win over Malaysia in the opening match on Saturday.
Playing in The Hague, Glenn Turner put the Kookaburras ahead in the 25th minute before three goals in a four-minute spell in the second.
Eddie Ockenden doubled the lead on 50 minutes and Jamie Dwyer put his name on the score sheet a couple of minutes later.
Turner added his second goal when converting a penalty corner to extend the lead to 4-0.
Australian coach Ric Charlesworth said he was happy with how his side opened their World Cup defence.
"I think the quality of our field play was pretty good," he said.
"I was happy with the speed of the ball and the movements of the players.
"We didn't finish well enough and I think that's obvious, we can improve on that. And the aim, of course, is to play better as the tournament goes on.
"In the first or second minute one of our players saved a goal from one of our players on the goal line and if that had gone in it may have been different.
Australia will next meet Spain on Monday night (AEST).
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