Toss has been made at Barbados the venue for first of the 5 ODI series between the WORLD XI vs. the AUSTRALIA.
Following are the excerpts of the toss:
Tony Grieg: We have here with us the ICC match referee Mike Proctor, the Australian captain Ricky Ponting and the World XI captain Stephen Fleming. Ricky Ponting calls heads and its tails the World XI has won the toss here. Stephen what would you like to do?
Fleming: We would like to bat, thanks.
Tony Grieg: Is it a good toss to win and any reasons for choosing to bat.
Fleming: With the kind of team I have got to lead either decision was fine with us. All our boys are charged up and are looking forward to this game. The pitch looks good for batting and if we can put a good score on this track we have capable bowlers to put enough pressure on the Aussies.
Tony Grieg: We know you are resting Bond due to him not still able to prove his fitness yet. Interesting to see Vettori play along side Murali.
Fleming : Bond unfortunately has a niggle or two but should be fine for the next game. We thought a variety of spin would help us on this track and also Vettori?s performance in the recent ODI series in England helped his cause for selection.
Tony Grieg : Good luck then to you guys. Look forward to an exciting game of cricket.
Tony Grieg : Ricky, would you rather have batted on this track?
Ricky Ponting : It doesn?t really concern us either way their batting is strong enough to face us first or last. Our bowlers are looking forward to it and certainly were looking forward to making first use of the strip. The pitch looks good for batting although it may just favor the spinners a little bit. We may be able to judge the surface and then bat accordingly when our turn comes.
Tony Grieg : Warnie is definitely playing I suppose, is Bret Lee in the team too?
Ricky Ponting : (smiles) Warnie is eager to bowl to the likes of pretty much to all the batsmen they have. Bret Lee is sitting out this game and we have Ian Harvey playing this game for us. The pitch suits his style of bowling.
Tony Grieg : Good luck to you guys then. There we have the two tremendous teams locking horn in this first game of the 5 match ODI Super Challenge series.
P.S : I have decided to bowl the first 25 overs and bat the first 25 overs for Australia.
Aussies were a touch wary of this kind of Tendulkar knowing fully well what he may end up doing if he could concentrate a little while longer. Freddi faced 23 balls while Tendulkar faced 39 balls and blocking at one end. Tendulkar cover drove Gillispie brilliantly for four to signal his arrival. While defensively pushing to the fielders he opened up and hit both McGrath and Gillispie for 4s over mid off and mid on. Freddi after having looked at Tendulkar hitting some lusty blows tried to despatch Gillispie over the bowlers head holed straight into the long off fielder for 17(26). The score at the end of 10 overs is 42/1 with Fleming joining Tendulkar 20(39, 3 fours). Aussies should continue to put pressure on Tendulkar and get him out as soon as possible. Tendulkar after having scored 2 off 24 balls has scored 18 runs off the last 15 balls he has faced. 
