Australia win toss and field against Bangladesh by AFP

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Scorecard:	Australia v Bangladesh
Event:	National Westminster Bank Series 2005

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DateLine: 25th June 2005

 

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has won the toss and elected to field in the Triangular Series one-day international against Bangladesh at Old Trafford here.

 

Australia were unchanged from the side that beat England by 57 runs at the Riverside on Thursday.

 

Bangladesh Saturday made one alteration to the team beaten by 168 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday with spinner Manjural Islam Rana replacing pace bowler Tapash Baisya, whose seven overs against the hosts cost 67 runs.

 

Last week in Cardiff, Bangladesh beat Australia by five wickets in one of the biggest upsets in cricket history.

 

England currently top the table with 17 points, Australia are second on eight and Bangladesh bottom on five.

 

Teams
Australia: Adam Gilchrist (wkt), Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting (capt), Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath

 

Bangladesh: Javed Omar, Shahriar Nafees, Tushar Imran, Mohammad Ashraful, Habibul Bashar (capt), Aftab Ahmed, Khaled Mashud (wkt), Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Manjural Islam Rana, Nazmul Hossain

 

Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL), Jeremy Lloyds (ENG)
TV umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

(Article: Copyright © 2005 AFP)