Toss West Indies chose to field v Australia
Darren Sammy learnt his lesson Friday when he chose to bat in tricky
conditions and two days later has sent Australia in at the same venue in
the second one-day international. West Indies were bowled out within 24
overs during the first game and this time it will be Australia's turn
to negotiate the moving ball at the WACA and ensure the crowd is given a
full day's play.
"After what happened last game the team decided it's best we take first
use of the wicket," Sammy said at the toss. "It [the pitch] looks
different but we have to go with what the team decides and we have to
back ourselves to come out there and put the ball in the right areas
early and look to restrict them to a low total."
Neither team made any changes from Friday's match, although Australia's
captain Michael Clarke said Glenn Maxwell would not open the batting
after he was promoted and scored a half-century in the first game. Usman
Khawaja and Aaron Finch were listed to open and Clarke indicated
Maxwell's position in the order might depend on how the innings
progressed.
Australia 1 Usman Khawaja, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Phillip Hughes, 4
Michael Clarke (capt), 5 George Bailey, 6 Matthew Wade (wk), 7 Glenn
Maxwell, 8 James Faulkner, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11
Clint McKay.
West Indies 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Kieran Powell, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4
Darren Bravo, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Devon Thomas (wk), 8
Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Jason Holder, 10 Sunil Narine, 11 Kemar Roach.
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here
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