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Australia elect to bat in final

September 24, 2006 11:44 IST

Australian captain Ricky Ponting [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat against the West Indies [ Images ] in the final of the DLF Cup one-day international tri-series in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

Michael Clarke [ Images ], Shane Watson [ Images ] and Nathan Bracken [ Images ] returned to the Australian side which defeated India [ Images ] in the last league match on Friday to reach the final.

Making way for the trio were Matthew Hayden [ Images ], Brad Hogg [ Images ] and Stuart Clark.

West Indies brought back fast bowlers Jerome Taylor [ Images ] and Fidel Edwards [ Images ] in place of Marlon Samuels and Corey Collymore.

Teams:

Australia [ Images ]: Ricky Ponting (captain), Simon Katich [ Images ], Shane Watson, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey [ Images ], Brad Haddin [ Images ], Brett Lee [ Images ], Glenn McGrath [ Images ] and Nathan Bracken.

West Indies: Brian Lara [ Images ] (captain), Chris Gayle [ Images ], Shivnarine Chanderpaul [ Images ], Runako Morton, Ramnaresh Sarwan [ Images ], Dwayne Bravo [ Images ], Wavell Hinds, Dwayne Smith [ Images ], Carlton Baugh Jr., Ian  Bradshaw and Jerome Taylor.

 

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