text: CRICKET - WEST INDIES TO BAT AFTER WINNING THE TOSS. MELBOURNE 1996-12-06 
   West Indies captain Courtney Walsh elected to bat after winning the toss in the first match in the World Series limited overs competition against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. Teams: 
   Australia - Mark Taylor (captain), Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Greg Blewett, Michael Bevan, Stuart Law, Tom Moody, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath 12th man. West Indies - Sherwin Campbell, Robert Samuels, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Carl Hooper, Jimmy Adams, Junior Murray, Nixon McLean, Kenneth Benjamin, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh (captain), Roland Holder 12th man.
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