Champions Trophy: WI elect to bat against England
Ahmedabad : West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to bat against England in their final Champions Trophy Group 'A' match at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium at Motera today.
The Caribbeans, who have already secured their spot in the semi-finals of the high profile event, made two changes with pacemen Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards coming in for Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith.
England dropped out of form speedster Steve Harmison and included Jon Lewis in the playing eleven.
Teams: England: Andrew Flintoff (captain), Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen, Michael Yardy, Jamie Dalrymple, Chris Read (wk), Sajid Mahmood, Jon Lewis, James Anderson.
West Indies: Brian Lara (captain), Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Runako Morton, Marlon Samuels, Carlton Baugh (wk), Fidel Edwards, Corey Colleymore, Jerome Taylor.
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