Australia vs West Indies
5th Odi Match
In the allrounder stakes, Dwayne Smith has taken a backseat to Kieron Pollard for West Indies in this series. But Smith's 59 from 63 balls in Sunday's loss at the Gabba proved his batting value and he is the tourists' equal leading wicket taker with seven at 24.85. In the injury absence of Roach he was even given the new ball. If Smith and Pollard fire, it goes a long way to reducing the reliance on Gayle.
The MCG pitch when the teams met for the first ODI didn't have the raw speed it produced two days earlier for the Pakistan Twenty20 match. It wasn't an easy surface to bat on and Australia's 256 was more than adequate for a big win. The forecast for Friday in Melbourne is sunny and 29C.
Team Squads
Australia
1 Shane Watson, 2 Brad Haddin (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Cameron White, 6 Adam Voges, 7 James Hopes, 8 Steven Smith, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Ryan Harris, 11 Doug Bollinger.
West Indies
1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Travis Dowlin, 3 Narsingh Deonarine, 4 Wavell Hinds, 5 Brendan Nash, 6 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Dwayne Smith, 9 Nikita Miller, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Kemar Roach.
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