Will Australia play Michael Hussey today?
A mismatch in the offing
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Australia will resist the temptation to rest either of their frequently injured fast bowlers, Brett Lee and Shaun Tait, and will field their best XI. Ponting, though, still needs to decide what that best XI is, and whether to include the recovering Michael Hussey in the match. If they do, Ponting said either David Hussey or Steven Smith will make way.
Australia (probable) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Brad Haddin (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Cameron White, 6 Michael Hussey/David Hussey, 7 Steven Smith, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Jason Krejza, 11 Shaun Tait
Steve Tikolo has been struggling with a stomach bug, and though he is recovering it remains to be seen whether he will be fit for Sunday’s match.
Kenya (probable) 1 Maurice Ouma (wk), 2 Seren Waters, 3 Collins Obuya, 4 Steve Tikolo, 5 David Obuya, 6 Tanmay Mishra, 7 Thomas Odoyo, 8 Jimmy Kamande (capt), 9 Nehemiah Odhiambo, 10 James Ngoche, 11 Elijah Otieno.
Pitch and conditions
The match will be played on the same track that was used for the England-Ireland match, which produced more than 650 runs, so Ponting expects an easy surface for the batsmen on Sunday. The weather is also expected to be pleasant; sunny but not too humid.
Stats
Thomas Odoyo has been Kenya’s best allrounder: he’s their leading wicket-taker in one-dayers, and the second highest run-getter as well
Shaun Tait has a strike-rate of 26.3 in one-dayers, the best among all bowlers who have sent down at least 1000 deliveries
Kenya have lost all four of their encounters with Australia, and only once have they really tested Australia, in September 2002 when Shane Watson’s unbeaten 77 sealed a last-over win
Quotes
“As we’ve seen in the tournament so far, there is a possibility of upsets happening … we won’t take any game lightly.” Kenya have not been at their best so far in the tournament but Ricky Ponting isn’t letting Australia get complacent
“The guys are really looking forward to playing the top teams, so far I think we have let the fans down, hopefully tomorrow we come up and help them enjoy the day.” Kenya captain Jimmy Kamande
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