Ponting decides to bat against Pakistan
March 19, 2011 02:06 pm
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan ahead of their Group ‘A’ World Cup match scheduled to begin in a short while at the R. Premadasa Satdium. Ponting named the same team that comfortably saw off Canada while Shoaib Akhtar has been left out of the Pakistan squad.
AUSTRALIA: BJ Haddin(Wicket Keeper), SR Watson,RT Ponting(Captain), MJ Clarke,CL White,MEK Hussey,SPD Smith,MG Johnson,B Lee, JJ Krejza,SW Tait
PAKISTAN: Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal(Wicket Keeper), Asad Shafiq,Younis Khan,Misbah-ul-Haq,Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq,Shahid Afridi(Captain), Abdur Rehman,Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz