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Journalism of Courage
Sydney, February 6: Australia’s captain Steve Waugh suggested on Tuesday the best way to select a team for the limited overs final against West Indies starting on Wednesday would be to pull the names out of a hat, such is the home side’s depth.
Waugh’s Australians, the reigning World Cup champions, have rotated their bowling attack, batting lineup, wicketkeeper and captaincy roles in the series without dropping a match against West Indies and Zimbabwe in the triangular series.
They play West Indies in a best-of-three finals series in Sydney on Wednesday and Melbourne on Friday and Sunday. ‘‘It (selection) is going to be tough. We might have to pick it out of a hat, which is probably as good as any other way,’’ Waugh told a news conference.
‘‘We’ve won every game we’ve played this season and I’d hate to think we were saving our worst for the finals. I think we’re going to play better than we have so far.’’
West Indies captain Jimmy Adams said his side would need to rise to a level beyond their efforts so far this summer to win the series. ‘‘We have to play, more or less, the best game of the tour,’’ Adams told a news conference.
‘‘We going to have to play the best game we can possibly put together but I think we can do it.’’ Australia beat West Indies 5-0 in the Test series which finished in January, extending their world-record winning streak to 15 Tests.
They will fly to India next week for a three-Test tour. The squad is expected to be announced later this week.
