Rain delays start of Final

Bridgetown, Barbados, Apr 28 (UNI) Rain delayed the toss of the cricket World Cup final between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Kensington Oval here today.

Teams: Australia: Mathew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting (capt), M Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Mike Hussey, S Watson, Brad Hogg, N Bracken, S Tait, Glenn McGrath, B Hodge (12th man).

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardane (Capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, T Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Dilhara Fernando, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekera (12th man).

Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Aleem Dar, Billy Bowden (3rd umpire), Match Referee: Jeff Crowe UNI