West Indies elect to bat against Australia

PERTH: The West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in the first one-day international against Australia at the WACA Ground in Perth on Friday.

Captain Michael Clarke returned for the Australians, but explosive opener David Warner was ruled out by a thumb injury suffered at training.

The West Indies handed a debut to Jason Holder.

Australia has been in indifferent form, losing their recent Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka 2-0, after drawing their five-match one-day international series 2-2.

Teams

Australia - Michael Clarke (capt), George Bailey, Aaron Finch, Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, James Faulkner, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Usman Khawaja, Xavier Doherty (12th man)

West Indies - Darren Sammy (capt), Chris Gayle, Kieran Powell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Devon Thomas, Kemar Roach, Johnson Charles (12th man)

Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK), Paul Reiffel (AUS)

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

Third Umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG)