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Australia, begin their title defence with a match against Zimbabwe at Motera in Ahmedabad.But in the first ODI match in the ICC Cricket World Cup, Zimbabwe coach has made it clear that they are in no way overawed by its reputation. The Aussies have a fine batting line-up in which Shane Watson and Ponting are crucial in the top order to lay the platform for others to build upon. Ponting, whose fabulous innings of 140 not out in 121 balls in the 2003 World Cup final buried Indian hopes, has come back into action after a long injury lay-off following a broken little finger sustained during the Ashes series against England. Brad Haddin looked rusty initially, though he settled down to play lovely lofted drives and sweeps off the spinners.
Australia, begin their title defence with a match against Zimbabwe at Motera in Ahmedabad.But in the first ODI match in the ICC Cricket World Cup, Zimbabwe coach has made it clear that they are in no way overawed by its reputation. The Aussies have a fine batting line-up in which Shane Watson and Ponting are crucial in the top order to lay the platform for others to build upon. Ponting, whose fabulous innings of 140 not out in 121 balls in the 2003 World Cup final buried Indian hopes, has come back into action after a long injury lay-off following a broken little finger sustained during the Ashes series against England. Brad Haddin looked rusty initially, though he settled down to play lovely lofted drives and sweeps off the spinners.
Teams:
Australia: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Callum Ferguson, David Hussey, Cameron White, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger.
Zimbabwe: Elton Chigumbura (capt), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Terry Duffin, Gregory Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Tatenda Taibu, Tinashe Panyangara, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya and Sean Williams.
Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Richard Kettleborough, Third umpire: Amish Saheba, Match Referee: Jeff Crowe
