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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