ICC 2006 AE - Aussie Pride!

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Fourth Test: Australia vs England at Melbourne

27 December 2006
Day 2 - Hussey back in best touch

Mike Hussey has stringed a couple good innings together now to regain his lost form, and sits at 68 not out at stumps on day 2, being the best batsmen for Australia in a tough day. Phil Jaques continued his great form, with a half century, but was slowed soon after, gone for 55.

Shane Warne played a cameo before stumps, sending two to the boundary, one of them into the crowd.

ENGLAND - 1st Inns - 205

AUSTRALIA - 1st Inns - 296 for 6
M Hussey 68*
P Jaques 55
A Flintoff 3-83

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Fourth Test: Australia vs England at Melbourne

27 December 2006
Day 3 - Australia win again, looking at whitewash

Australia have dominated day 3, providing the second test won in the third day by the home team. This time, by 9 wickets, another big win.

Shane Warne bolwed superb again, claiming 4 wickets in the second innings, and 11 in the match, while pacemen Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson both got two each.

Toss: England
Result: Australia win by 9 wickets
Series: Australia lead 4-0
Man of the Match: S Warne (Australia)

ENGLAND - 1st Inns - 205
C Read 40
S Warne 7-67

AUSTRALIA - 1st Inns - 344
M Hussey 78
P Jaques 55
A Flintoff 4-84
J Anderson 3-111

ENGLAND - 2nd Inns - 173
A Strauss 38
S Warne 4-57
B Lee 2-31

AUSTRALIA - 2nd Inns - 35 for 1

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

29 December 2006
Clark replaces Lee for Sydney Test

Australia have dropped Brett Lee ahead of the final test of The Ashes, as Australia look for a whitewash. Stuart MacGill also thrown up was considered, but Michael Clarke is expected to play as the second spinner if required.

Australia: Justin Langer, Phil Jaques, *Ricky Ponting, Brad Hodge, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, +Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee (12th man)

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Fifth Test: Australia vs England at Sydney

2 January 2007
Day 1 - Poms finally show something in lost series

England have shown their potential of 2 months ago, in a good display at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where they won the toss on a bowlers nightmare, with no help to them, and Mitchell Johnson found out the hard way, smashed for 102 off his 23 overs.

Ian Bell supplied a super knock in the middle order, while Trescothick supported him with a half-century also. Andrew Flintoff is making inroads to another half-century.

Stuart Clark was the only real positive from the Aussie camp.

ENGLAND - 1st Inns - 275 for 6
I Bell 61
M Trescothick 53
A Flintoff 45*
S Clark 3-72

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Fifth Test: Australia vs England at Sydney

3 January 2007
Day 2 - Australia look comfortable after McGrath's 5

Australia have strolled to stumps, looking certain to take the first innings lead after being 3 down for 210 overnight. Half centuries to Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting guided them to the position while Brad Hodge looks in good knick.

Glenn McGrath finished off England earlier on, taking the last four wickets, and five for the match.

ENGLAND - 1st Inns - 292

AUSTRALIA - 1st Inns - 210 for 3
J Langer 65
R Ponting 55
M Panesar 2-56

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Fifth Test: Australia vs England at Sydney

4 January 2007
Day 3 - Monty comes of age against Aussies

English spinner Monty Panesar has once again put on a show, this time at the SCG taking 7 wickets. In what has been a poor series, despite a 5 wicket haul in Brisbane, his figures of 7-90 are his best in test cricket, and bamboozled the best side in the world.

England's middle order consisting of Trescothick and Bell once again looked solid on their way to setting a promising target.

ENGLAND - 1st Inns - 292

AUSTRALIA - 1st Inns - 331
J Langer 65
R Ponting 55
M Panesar 7-90

ENGLAND - 2nd Inns - 138 for 5
I Bell 46
M Trescothick 43*
G McGrath 3-31

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Fifth Test: Australia vs England at Sydney

4 January 2007
Day 4 - Aussies make it a whitewash despite English fight

Australia have won The Ashes 5-0 after claiming victory on the fourth day with Phil Jaques (87) and Justin Langer (69) setting it up. In what was the most highly anticipated series of cricket in the history of the game, Australia regained The Ashes weeks back in Perth, but made it the worst winning every game, most not going into the last day.

It comes after England won The Ashes last year on their home soil, in the best cricket series ever, living up to its expectations. In a one-sided series this time around, it was as sweet as ever for Ponting and his men, and new coach Mikey Robinson.

The man of the series was a tough choice, but skipper Ricky Ponting won with two centuries and three half centuries to his name, as well as captaining the side to the 5-0 victory got him over the line before veteran bowlers Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, and opener Phil Jaques.

Toss: England
Result: Australia win by 8 wickets
Series: Australia win 5-0
Man of the Match: M Panesar (England)
Man of the Series: R Ponting (Australia)

ENGLAND - 1st Inns - 292
I Bell 61
M Trescothick 53
A Flintoff 57*
G McGrath 5-50
S Clark 3-84

AUSTRALIA - 1st Inns - 331
J Langer 65
R Ponting 55
M Panesar 7-90

ENGLAND - 2nd Inns - 219
M Trescothick 49
I Bell 46
S Warne 4-56
G McGrath 3-41

AUSTRALIA - 2nd Inns - 182 for 2
P Jaques 87
J Langer 69

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Twenty20 Int'l - Australia vs England at Brisbane

9 January 2007
Watson shows Poms all-round form

Dropped after a poor return to the test arena, Shane Watson has continued his great run in the shorter version of the game, putting in a fantastic man of the match, all-rounders performance in the Twenty20 International match at Brisbane.

Put into bat, Watson once again was used as the opening batsmen, and he and Adam Gilchrist put on a 135-run opening stand which threatened the English attack. Watson ended up making 79, while Gilchrist was gone for 60.

Watson would then take 3 wickets in England's innings, along with Mitchell Johnson, who made his international debut in the shortest version of the game. Australia ended up winning by 46 runs.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, D Martyn, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, B Hogg, B Lee, M Johnson, G McGrath

Toss: England
Result:
Twenty20 Int'l Debut: M Johnson (Australia) A Davies, M Panesar, A Giles (England)
Man of the Match:

AUSTRALIA - 175 for 3 (20 ov)
S Watson 79 (57)
A Gilchrist 60 (39)

ENGLAND - 129 (18.3 ov)
A Giles 25 (9)
M Johnson 3-21
S Watson 3-32

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

10 January 2007
Cosgrove makes VB Series squad

Australia's 15 man squad for the VB Series against England and New Zealand has seen Michael Cosgrove take the 15th spot ahead of Matthew Hayden and Simon Katich. Cosgrove has played 3 ODI's, making his debut in the sub-continent, and has already scored a solid half-century and can be a handy all-rounder if required.

Phil Jaques was included as was Stuart Clark as some suprise selections, but no real shocks in the end.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (c), Adam Gilchrist (vc), Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Michael Cosgrove, Brad Hogg, Mike Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

VB Series - Australia vs England at Brisbane

12 January 2007
England take first points over hosts

The VB Series has seen the first shock, with England beating Australia by 3 wickets in the opening match of the tournament in Brisbane. Andrew Flintoff guided his side to victory with a handy unbeaten half-century.

His perfect knock was a shadow of Marcus Trescothick who helped the start of England to chasing the modest total of 205 set by Australia. It was the spin of Monty Panesar and Ashley Giles who forced the poor start to the series. Mike Hussey came in mid-way through the innings and made an unbeaten 80, but it wasn't enough. Hussey's partnership with Brett Lee lasted 14 overs and 65 runs, with Lee making 12 of the runs.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, D Martyn, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, B Hogg, B Lee, M Johnson, G McGrath

Toss: England
Result: England win by 3 wickets
ODI Debut: S Newman, M Panesar (England)
Man of the Match: A Flintoff (England)

AUSTRALIA - 205 for 7 (50 ov)
M Hussey 80* (109)
M Panesar 3-31

ENGLAND - 206 for 7 (48.3 ov)
A Flintoff 68* (92)
M Trescothick 56 (52)
M Johnson 3-52

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

VB Series - Australia vs New Zealand at Sydney

14 January 2007
Shane Watson puts his name in the books with massive hundred

Shane Watson has made an extraordinary hundred, equalling the highest score by an Australian, 173, set by Mark Waugh in 2001 against the West Indies. Watson, an all-rounder, has opened the batting recently for Australia in the short form of the game and has helped himself with impressive form with both bat and ball.

He and skipper Ricky Ponting set up the sides 5th highest ODI score, 357 for 4, as Ponting also made a hundred, caught behind on the exact figure. New Zealand's chase was quick, but pointless as Australia's Nathan Bracken ripped through the side, taking a career best 6-68, while McGrath took 3 himself.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, M Cosgrove, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, N Bracken, B Lee, M Johnson, G McGrath

Toss: Australia
Result: Australia win by 175 runs.
Man of the Match: S Watson (Australia)

AUSTRALIA - 357 for 4 (50 ov)
S Watson 173 (130)
R Ponting 100 (114)
M Cosgrove 47 (41)
J Franklin 2-68

NEW ZEALAND 182 (27.5 ov)
P Fulton 54 (62)
N Bracken 6-68
G McGrath 3-52

Shane Watson recorded the equal highest score by an Australian in ODI's​

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

VB Series - Australia vs New Zealand at Perth

18 January 2007
Australia win close one with Roy back in touch

Out of form and under pressure, Andrew Symonds stepped back onto the WACA Ground and put in a superb performance to help guide Australia to a winning total. After Shane Watson once again dominated the early power plays against the Black Caps, Symonds produced a patient, but fantastic unbeaten half-century. Symonds has hardly been used as an all-rounder, despite taking wickets off limited overs in the Australian summer. He once again bowled a few overs, and claimed a economical 1-13.

Chris Harris and Nathan Astle put in hard yards in the chase, as did Jacob Oram, but it wasn't enough as Brad Hogg cleaned up the tail and Nathan Bracken helped remove the middle order. Mitchell Johnson was once again inconsistent, but produced a wicket with the first ball as McGrath was rested.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, M Cosgrove, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, N Bracken, B Lee, S Clark, M Johnson

Toss: Australia
Result: Australia win by 22 runs
Man of the Match: A Symonds (Australia)

AUSTRALIA - 278 for 5 (50 ov)
A Symonds 59* (85)
S Watson 51 (44)
R Ponting 43 (44)
K Mills 2-38

NEW ZEALAND - 256 (46.4 ov)
C Harris 58 (47)
N Astle 49 (48)
J Oram 48 (58)
N Bracken 3-42
B Hogg 3-51

EDIT: Deleted/Edited bloody match before, where Clark dominated taking hat-trick while Hussey, Watson and Punter all made 60's, Hussey's unbeaten as usual

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

VB Series - Australia vs England at Adelaide

20 January 2007
420 FOR 4; AUSTRALIA WALK ALL OVER POMS

When Andrew Flintoff won the toss and put Australia in to bat, there was one thing on his mind...was it the right decision? Well, Adam Gilchrist and Shane Watson slogged 98 off the first 10 overs, so you take a guess. The out of form keeper was struggling with the bat, but produced the Gilchrist innings, a blinder. He bought up his century off only 72 balls and would be dismissed shortly after. Watson earlier departed for 50, his fourth consecutive score of 50 of more.

Ponting and Hussey then completed innings in the eighties with Hussey having another not out to his name, making his average look more and more like a Don Bradman's, except at another level. Mitchell Johnson claimed 6 wickets after a Trescothick onslaught, while Stuart Clark was a little more economical taking 4.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, M Cosgrove, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, N Bracken, B Lee, S Clark, M Johnson

Toss: England
Result: Australia win by 286 runs
Man of the Match: A Gilchrist (Australia)

AUSTRALIA - 420 for 6 (50 ov)
A Gilchrist 105 (78)
M Hussey 89* (53)
R Ponting 88 (66)
S Watson 50 (41)
B Hogg 40* (29)

ENGLAND - 134 (19.2 ov)
M Trescothick 48 (33)
M Johnson 6-75
S Clark 4-17

Mitchell Johnson took a career best 6-75...expensive, but
great figures none the less​

 

[Metallica_Man]

Hopefully we get that sort of thing in real life

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

VB Series - Australia vs New Zealand at Melbourne

24 January 2007
Watson and Gilchrist take Aussies close to 400 again!

390 for 3, only days after recording the fourth highest ODI score of 420 for 4...Australia are on fire in the VB Series. It is their fourth score in the six games where they have scored 300 or more, a tough task. Adam Gilchrist scored back to back hundreds, and this innings was better than last week, scoring 156 off only 134 balls while Shane Watson is invincible at the top order, claiming his second hundred for the series, 103 off 87 balls. Ricky Ponting added another half century too.

The chase was too much for New Zealand, with Johnson and McGrath taking 3 scalps each.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, P Jaques, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, B Lee, S Clark, M Johnson, G McGrath

Toss: New Zealand
Result: Australia win by 174 runs
Man of the Match: A Gilchrist (Australia)

AUSTRALIA - 390 for 3 (50 ov)
A Gilchrist 154 (135)
S Watson 103 (87)
R Ponting 65 (42)

NEW ZEALAND - 216 (31.1 ov)
P Fulton 49 (32)
G McGrath 3-54
M Johnson 3-59

At his lowest form in his career, Gilchrist has swung his
way to back to back hundreds.​

 

[SBI]

How many sixes are being hit here Lonie? More than other versions?

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

VB Series 1st Final - Australia vs New Zealand at Melbourne

28 January 2007
Aussies go one up in last over contest

It came up to the last over at Melbourne in the first final of the VB Series, where New Zealand set a good total for the hosts to chase, with Jacob Oram putting in a man of the match performance, scoring 103 not out, while fellow Black Cap Chris Harris made a solid effort, falling short of three figures on 94. Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee were a force, with Lee returning to the side, taking four wickets along with his young shadow.

Australia made a usual aggressive start, but wickets fell as no players went on from mid range scores. Hogg and Clarke rescued the side, needing still aggressive minds, and with limited batting out in the middle in the series, their form was still top notch with the willow, winning in the last over.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, P Jaques, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, B Lee, S Clark, M Johnson, B Lee

Toss: New Zealand
Result: Australia win by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: J Oram (New Zealand)

NEW ZEALAND - 259 for 8 (50 ov)
J Oram 103* (114)
C Harris 94 (123)
B Lee 4-56
M Johnson 4-69

AUSTRALIA - 261 for 6 (49.1 ov)
A Gilchrist 46 (43)
R Ponting 43 (38)

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

VB Series 2nd Final - Australia vs New Zealand at Sydney

30 January 2007
Aussies win VB Series in another slogfest

Skipper Ricky Ponting has overtaken a equal record set by Shane Watson and Mark Waugh as the highest individual score set by an Australian in an ODI, making a remarkable 183 not out against New Zealand as his side cruised to the VB Series victory and a score of 399, another massive total by the greatest team going round.

Ponting hit 22 fours and 1 six in his unbeaten 183 off only 130 balls! A huge innings from the greatest batsmen since Bradman. We won't stop there though. Adam Gilchrist managed his third hundred in four innings, being 151 off 122 balls and was as good as his other recent innings in the last week.

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, P Jaques, A Symonds, M Hussey, M Clarke, B Lee, S Clark, M Johnson, B Lee

Toss: Australia
Result: Australia win by 143 runs
Man of the Match: R Ponting (Australia)
Man of the Series: R Ponting (Australia)

AUSTRALIA - 399 for 5 (50 ov)
R Ponting 183* (130)
A Gilchrist 151 (122)

NEW ZEALAND - 256 (29 ov)
P Fulton 62 (44)
J Oram 61 (36)
L Vincent 53 (33)
A Symonds 2-35

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

ODI Friendly - Australia vs New Zealand at Sydney

31 January 2007

Australia: S Watson, +A Gilchrist, *R Ponting, D Martyn, P Jaques, M Hussey, M Clarke, B Hogg, B Lee, N Bracken, M Johnson

Toss: New Zealand
Result: Australia win by 9 wickets
Man of the Match: N Bracken (Australia)

NEW ZEALAND - 145 (46.3 ov)
N Bracken 4-30
B Hogg 3-23

AUSTRALIA - 147 for 1 (30.4 ov)
A Gilchrist 81 (89)
S Watson 52* (86)

 

[Lonie_from_50]

How many sixes are being hit here Lonie? More than other versions?

Same as other versions, in the way that not much sixes are hit at all, which is disappointing, but you can still manage to score big if you get on a roll

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

2 February 2007
Warne announces ODI return in World Cup

Australian spin legend Shane Warne has announced today that he will return to the ODI scene for a fitting farewell in the Carribean for the 2007 World Cup. With the squad to be announced in 48 hours time, he has made a tough call to the selectors, but will be included.

Warne is still in limbo with his cricket career, with Richie Benaud saying he can go to aged 40, Warne, who is 37, has had some back trouble and may not play a test match again. He is still 50-50 on the issue of continuing his cricket career.

Warne played his last ODI back in 2003 in the VB Series, but was having an ODI farewell tour in South Africa, but a shock drug scandel saw him banned for 12 months. He missed the World Cup in 2003, and never returned back to the shorter version of the game.

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

4 February 2007
Australia select World Cup squad for Caribbean

With Warne included, their hasn't been any real suprises in the World Cup squad, consisting of 18 members. After a successful Champions Trophy in India and smashing New Zealand and England in the VB Series, the Australians go in as favourites.

The most inexperienced members, Brad Hodge, Mark Cosgrove and Mitchell Johnson have all been in good touch leading up to the biggest series on the ODI calendar.

[B]Player		M	Runs	Ave	Wkts	Ave	Ct/St[/B]
N Bracken	46	85	17.00	85	19.84	8/-
S Clark		24	42	14.00	39	27.38	5/-
M Clarke	95	2728	44.72	25	36.92	41/-
M Cosgrove	7	228	32.57	1	13.00	1/-
A Gilchrist	251	8839	37.61	-	-	362/45
M Hayden	121	4234	40.32	-	-	46/-
B Hodge		5	79	15.80	-	-	1/-
B Hogg		96	714	23.80	120	27.48	26/-
M Hussey	52	1599	84.16	2	77.50	30/-
P Jaques	8	193	32.17	-	-	2/-
M Johnson	15	16	8.00	29	23.97	-/-
B Lee		142	714	19.30	254	22.48	34/-
D Martyn	205	5106	39.58	12	58.67	67/-
G McGrath	229	106	3.79	342	22.44	36/-
R Ponting (c)	265	9912	43.47	3	34.67	119/-
A Symonds	157	3904	38.27	121	35.84	67/-
S Warne		194	1018	13.05	293	25.74	80/-
S Watson	56	1195	42.68	48	35.02	14/-

 

[Lonie_from_50]

LMFAO - Getting ahead of myself, I expected the West Indies tour to be in the World Cup...ignore the above, for now!

I have to go into the 4-match test series without Justin Langer, but a bit of ideas in LF50's head can get me around it. Lucky I introduced Shane Warne back

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

Three Day Friendly - Guyana vs Australia at Kingston, Jamiaca

9-11 February 2007
Cosgrove puts his name on selectors mind

Mark Cosgrove has always been on the selectors mind, but with the absence of Justin Langer, who has been left out of the West Indies tour after suffering a broken arm in the Pura Cup for Western Australia. Cosgrove put in an excellent innings of 100 not out before Ponting declared in their first innings, and Cosgrove's runs came at a strike of more than 60. Phil Jaques was the man of the moment also, making a sensational knock of 164.

The key was that everyone got experience out in the middle in a half-A team facing the locals on expected Carribean wickets. When bowling, Mitchell Johnson continued his awesome form at international level, after playing all 5 tests in The Ashes, and had an excellent VB Series. He took 6-71 in the first innings in which Guyana struggled. A good knock from skipper Shiv Chanderpaul helped settle a draw in the second innings, where Brett Lee was as lethal as ever as the no.1 strike bowler, and Stuart Clark provided 4 wickets.

Australia: P Jaques, M Hayden, *R Ponting, B Hodge, A Symonds, M Cosgrove, S Watson, +A Gilchrist, B Lee, S Clark, M Johnson

Toss: Guyana
Result: Match Drawn
Man of the Match: P Jaques (Australia)

AUSTRALIA - 1st Inns - 603 for 6 dec
P Jaques 164
M Cosgrove 100*
M Hayden 85
R Ponting 58
S Watson 45
A Symonds 43
B Hodge 43

GUYANA - 1st Inns - 193
N Deonarine 64
M Johnson 6-71

GUYANA - 2nd Inns - 325 for 8
K Arjune 85
S Chanderpaul 65
I Khan 51
S Clark 4-83
B Lee 3-54

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Aussie Pride! , International Cricket Captain:Ashes 2006 Edition
by Lonie_from_50​

15 February 2007
Watson in as fourth seamer as Clarke bats 4

Michael Clarke has been granted a spot as the no.4 batsmen, replacing Brad Hodge as selectors wanted to play Shane Watson. Watson, who has had a bad run at test level despite first-class level brilliance has been put into the first test side before the inform Hodge after a great summer in the shorter version of the game, and the ability to help the bowlers out as a fifth man.

Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Mike Hussey will all play after being rested for the friendly last week against Guyana, while Matthew Hayden comes back in after a good knock in the practice game and the absence of Justin Langer gives him a spot.

Australia: Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, *Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, +Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Michael Johnson, Glenn McGrath, Brad Hodge (12th Man)