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Windies win toss, elect to bat
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November 05, 2006 15:44 IST

West Indies [Images] cricket captain Brian Lara [Images] won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the ICC [Images] Champions Trophy final in Mumbai on Sunday.

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Both the teams have made one change each from the elevens that won their respective semi-finals.

Holders West Indies brought in paceman Corey Collymore for all-rounder Dwayne Smith while Australia, bidding to win their first-ever Champions Trophy title, omitted left arm pacer Mitchell Johnson and included left arm wrist spinner Brad Hogg [Images] in his place.

The teams:

Australia: Ricky Ponting [Images] (captain), Adam Gilchrist [Images], Shane Watson, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds [Images], Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke [Images], Brett Lee [Images], Nathan Bracken [Images], Brad Hogg, Glenn McGrath. 12th man: Mitchell Johnson.

West Indies: Brian Lara (captain), Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul [Images], Ramnaresh Sarwan [Images], Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo [Images], Marlon Samuels, Carlton Bough, Ian Bradshaw, Corey Collymore, Jerome Taylor [Images]. 12th man: Dwayne Smith.

Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Aleem Dar

Third umpire: Billy Bowden

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle.



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