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16-Mar-2012 15:12:00 GMT
West Indies v Australia, 1st ODI, Kingstown

Australia Elect to Bat Against West Indies

Kingstown: Australia won the toss and elected to bat in the first match of their one-day series against the West Indies at Arnos Vale on Friday.

West Indies haven't beaten Australia in a one-day international for six years while the Aussies have won 13 of the 14 matches played since 2006 with one clash a no-result.

The tourists go into the match on the back of a successful home summer where they defeated world champions India and then Sri Lanka in the Tri-Nations final.

But they are without injured captain Michael Clarke while veteran wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, who has been battling to save his international career, flew home on Thursday for unspecified "personal reasons".

Shane Watson takes over the captaincy.

West Indies gave a debut to opening batsman Johnson Charles while Australia's Twenty20 skipper George Bailey also starts for the first time.

Teams:

West Indies: Johnson Charles, Kieran Powell, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Carlton Baugh (wk), Darren Sammy (capt), Sunil Narine, Kemar Roach.

Australia: David Warner, Shane Watson (capt), Peter Forrest, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, George Bailey, Matthew Wade (wk), Daniel Christian, Brett Lee, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty.


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