McGrath rested for second match

Glenn McGrath, the Australian fast bowler, will miss the second match of the ICC Super Series in Melbourne on October 7. Chris Gayle, the West Indies opener, has replaced Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan allrounder, in the 12-man World XI team, in a game which they have to win to stay alive in the three-match series.

McGrath has been rested because he experienced tightness in the legs at the end of the first game after taking 2 for 13 in seven overs. He will be replaced by Stuart Clark, the New South Wales fast bowler, who will be making his debut as the 153rd player to represent Australia.

Afridi was the Supersub in the first match and replaced Muttiah Muralitharan at the end of the first innings. He didn't get a chance to bowl and managed only 2 with the bat before attempting a mighty hoick across the line and falling lbw.

Australia
1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Andrew Symonds, 7 Michael Hussey, 8 Shane Watson, 9 Cameron White, 10 Brett Lee, 11 Nathan Bracken, 12 Stuart Clark

World XI
1 Chris Gayle, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 5 Brian Lara, 6 Rahul Dravid, 7 Kevin Pietersen, 8 Andrew Flintoff, 9 Shaun Pollock (capt), 10 Daniel Vettori, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan, 12 Shoaib Akhtar