West Indies bat first in 1st ODI against Sri Lanka

Colombo, Jan 31 (AP) West Indies captain Darren Sammy wonthe toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in theopening one-dayer of a three-match series at Sinhalese SportsClub.

The series is being played to make up for a five-matchseries washed out because of rain last month.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), MahelaJayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, UpulTharanga, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, LasithMalinga, Anjelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan

West Indies: Darren Sammy (captain), Chris Gayle, AdrianBarath, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, DwayneBravo, Kieron Pollard, Carlton Baugh, Kemar Roach, NikitaMiller, Ravi Rampaul.

Umpires: Asoka de Silva, Sri Lanka and Bruce Oxenford,Australia.

TV Umpire: Tyron Wijewardena, Sri Lanka.

Match Referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe. (AP) CM