England elect to field

Published August 31, 2009

MANCHESTER, Aug 30 England captain Paul Collingwood won the toss and elected to field in the first Twenty20 International against Australia at Old Trafford here on Sunday.

Teams

ENGLAND Joe Denly, Ravi Bopara, Jonathan Trott, Matt Prior, Paul Collingwood (captain), Owais Shah, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.

AUSTRALIA Shane Watson, David Warner, Michael Clarke (captain), David Hussey, Cameron White, Adam Voges, Tim Paine, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Dirk Nannes.

Umpires Ian Gould (England) and Richard Kettleborough (England).—AFP

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