Australia captain Ricky Ponting won a toss as well as inaugurated to bat opposite Kenya in a World Cup Group A compare during a Chinnaswamy Stadium upon Sunday.
Michael Hussey, recovered from a injure leg tendon complaint as well as called in to a Australia patrol as a deputy for harmed quick bowler Doug Bollinger, was comparison for his initial compare of this tournament.
The gifted maladroit batsman transposed younger hermit David in a Australia line-up.
Victory for Australia, behest for a fourth true pretension as well as fifth in all, would see Ricky Ponting’s organisation in to a quarter-finals as well as magnify a champions’ dominant strain during a World Cup to 33 games, a method dating behind to 1999.
Kenya, by contrast, have mislaid all 4 of their organisation matches during this contest to date, together with a five-wicket better by associate non-Test republic Canada final time out.
This is effectively Australia’s initial compare for some-more than dual weeks after final weekend’s strife opposite co-hosts Sri Lanka finished as a no-result washout.
Australia: Brad Haddin (wkt), Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steve Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Jason Krejza, Shaun Tait
Kenya: Maurice Ouma (wkt), Alex Obanda, Collins Obuya, David Obuya, Tanmay Mishra, Thomas Odoyo, Rakep Patel, Jimmy Kamande (capt), Nehemiah Odhiambo, Elijah Otieno, James Ngoche
Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) as well as Richard Kettleborough (ENG)
TV umpire: Billy Bowden (NZL)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Pitch conditions: Matches here in in between India as well as England as well as England as well as Ireland saw all 4 innings produce some-more than 300 runs each. But a comparatively low-scoring diversion in in between India as well as Ireland showed a worth of trained bowling.
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