Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl in the first match of the ninth World Cup at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Tuesday.
Hosts West Indies [ Images ] elected to play Corey Collymore in a front-line seam attack along with Daren Powell [ Images ] and Jerome Taylor [ Images ].
Pakistan decided to leave out all-rounder Azhar Mahmood and paceman Mohammad Sami [ Images ], while leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was included even though he did not feature in Pakistan's two most recent one-day series in South Africa [ Images ] and at home against West Indies.
The weather conditions are hot and sunny with a light breeze. Ireland and Zimbabwe are the other teams in Group D.
Teams:
West Indies: Brian Lara [ Images ] (captain), Chris Gayle [ Images ], Shivnarine Chanderpaul [ Images ], Ramnaresh Sarwan [ Images ], Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo [ Images ], Dwayne Smith [ Images ], Denesh Ramdin [ Images ] (wicketkeeper), Jerome Taylor, Daren Powell, Corey Collymore.
Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ] (captain), Imran Nazir [ Images ], Mohammad Hafeez [ Images ], Younis Khan [ Images ], Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ], Shoaib Malik [ Images ], Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Danish Kaneria.

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