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Windies bat first against Oz

Colombo - West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in a Group B match of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Saturday.

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The West Indies are playing their first match in the tournament. Australia defeated Ireland by seven wickets on Wednesday.

Teams:

Australia: George Bailey (captain), David Warner, Shane Watson, Matthew Wade, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins.

West Indies: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith.

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Asad Rauf (PAK)

TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

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