West Indies win toss, put Australia to bat

St Peter's, Antigua, Mar 27 (UNI) West Indies skipper Brian Lara won the toss and put Australia into bat in the first Super Eight league match of the World Cup at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here today.

Pakistan's Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf are officiating this important match.

Teams: West Indies: Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brian Lara (capt), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Denesh Ramdin, Daren Powell, Jerome Taylor, C Collymore, D Smith (12th man) Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Glenn McGrath, Shaun Tait. Brad Hodge (12 man).

Umpires: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf; Third umpire - Billy Bowden; Fourth umpire - Rudi Koertzen; Match referee - Chris Broad.

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