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The teams
The teams have been named and both have made two changes.
Australia gets Tim David back and will bring in Ben Dwarshuis with Cooper Connolly and Xavier Bartlett going out.
Zimbabwe have lost Brendan Taylor, likely for the tournament according to skipper Sikandar Raza while Graeme Cremer has come in for Richard Ngarava who is injured but Raza hopes he will be back later in the world cup.
Ben Dwarshuis sends one down.Credit: Getty Images
Teams
Australia: Josh Inglis, Travis Head (captain), Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Matthew Kuhnemann, Ben Dwarshuis.
Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Dion Mayers, Sikandar Raza (captain), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Tony Munyonga, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Graeme Cremer, Blessing Muzarabani.
Aussies will bowl first
Australia has won the toss and will bowl.
Both teams go in with 1-0 records so they this shapes as a pivotal matchup.
“We are used to some chaos at the start of competitions and are challenge is to put another good performance in,” Aussie skipper Travis Head said after the toss.
Head joked that Steve Smith hasn’t arrived yet but he hopes he will join the team tonight or tomorrow.
“He [Smith] played golf today,” Head said with a laugh.
Big injury questions ahead of the toss
We are awaiting the coin toss and naming of the final teams but all eyes are on whether the heavy-hitting Tim David (Australia) and keeper-batter Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) are going to play.
David is coming back from a hamstring injury during the Big Bash while Taylor, who had a match-winning 60 not out in an upset win over Australia at the 2007 T20 World Cup, went down injured in his side’s win over Oman so remains an uncertain starter.
We will add the teams as soon as we can. Start time for the match is 4.30pm AEDT.
Tim David of Australia.Credit: Getty Images
Your view: How are you taking in today’s match?
Good afternoon
G’day and welcome to our live blog for Australia’s clash with Zimbabwe win the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup.
The two sides will take to the field in Colombo, Sri Lanka for their group game which is due to start at 4.30pm AEDT and will be broadcast on Amazon Prime.
With Australia missing veterans stars such as Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Mitch Marsh, it should be an intriguing contest.
Please enjoy the hours to come.
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